قفع

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

The root قفع (qaf'a) primarily relates to concepts of containment, enclosure, and contraction. It describes various types of containers, woven baskets, and even defensive structures. It also extends to meanings of physical contraction, bending, or shrinking, applied to body parts, plants, and even abstract concepts like difficulty.

Derived headwords

القُفْعَةnoun

1.
Basket-like containerboth
A container similar to a zabil (large basket), made of palm leaves, not large, and without handles. In Iraq, it is called 'al-quffah'.
2.
Bundle of datesclassical
A bundle of dates, a Yemeni dialect term.
3.
Container for cottonclassical
A bundle of dates, used in Yemen to carry cotton.
4.
Round woven containerclassical
A round container made of palm leaves, used for collecting dates and similar items.
5.
Container for sesame oil productionclassical
A round structure used by oil pressers to hold ground sesame, stacked and pressed to extract oil.
6.
Wooden shieldclassical
A wooden shield, like an inverted bowl, under which men would walk in war towards fortifications.
7.
Swarm of locustsclassical
A group or swarm of locusts.
8.
Group of locustsclassical
A group of locusts.

قُفَاعnoun

1.
Container (plural)classical
Plural of qaf'ah, referring to containers like a zabil.
2.
Disease of the legsclassical
A disease affecting the legs of sheep, causing them to bend.
3.
Disease affecting jointsclassical
A disease that affects people, similar to joint pain, causing finger spasms.

قَفْعَةnoun

1.
Sesame container (plural)classical
Plural of qaf'ah, referring to the containers used for sesame in oil production.

القَفْعَاءnoun

1.
Weak desert plantclassical
A weak, herbaceous plant found in spring, with rough leaves and red, spark-like flowers. Its fruit is downward-facing.
2.
Plant with ring-like structuresclassical
A plant that grows ring-like structures on its branches, which fall off when it dries.
3.
Shrubby plantclassical
A green shrub that lies close to the ground when fresh, with small leaves, but rises and contracts when drying.
4.
Contracted earboth
An ear that appears shrunken or contracted, as if affected by fire.
5.
Contracted fingersboth
A person whose fingers have contracted towards the foot, either naturally or due to an ailment.

قَفَعَverb

1.
To contractboth
To contract or shrink, used in reference to ears or fingers.

الأَقْفَعadjective

1.
One with contracted fingersboth
The owner of contracted fingers.
2.
One with contracted handsboth
Having contracted hands.

المِقْفَعَةnoun

1.
Wooden stick for strikingclassical
A wooden stick used to strike fingers.

قَفَعَهُverb

1.
To strikeclassical
To strike someone, possibly with a stick or hand.
2.
To preventclassical
To turn someone away from their intended action or goal.

انْقَفَعَverb

1.
To be preventedclassical
To be turned away from something or prevented from doing it.
2.
To contract (cold)classical
To contract or shrink due to cold.
3.
To dry and hardenclassical
Used for plants that dry and become stiff.

تَقَفَّعَverb

1.
To contract (cold)classical
To contract or shrink due to cold.

القَفَّاعِيّadjective

1.
Red-facedclassical
A man with a red complexion whose nose peels due to intense redness.

قَفَّاعadjective

1.
Unwilling to spendclassical
Someone who does not spend their money.

القُفَاعnoun

1.
Disease of the legsclassical
A disease affecting the legs of sheep, causing them to bend.
2.
Disease affecting jointsclassical
A disease that affects people, similar to joint pain, causing finger spasms.

القَفْعnoun

1.
Narrowness and hardshipclassical
Difficulty and hardship; people are in a state of hardship.
2.
Plantclassical
A type of plant.

القَفَاعnoun

1.
Contracted plantclassical
A plant that is contracted, resembling hard pods when dry.

القَفَاعَةnoun

1.
Bird trapclassical
A device made from palm fronds used to catch birds.

مَرْوَان بْن المُقَفَّعname

1.
Marwan ibn al-Muqaffa'classical
A Tabi'i (a successor to the companions of the Prophet Muhammad).

عَبْد الله بْن المُقَفَّعname

1.
Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa'classical
A famous eloquent writer, formerly named Rozbeh or Dadbeh bin Dad Jushanshah before converting to Islam. His father was nicknamed 'al-Muqaffa'' because he was severely beaten by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, causing his hand to contract.

أَقْفَعَverb

1.
To contract (reflexive)classical
The passive form of 'qafa'ahu', meaning to contract or shrink.

انْقَفَعَverb

1.
To contract (reflexive)classical
The passive form of 'qafa'ahu', meaning to contract or shrink.

القَيْفُوعnoun

1.
Plantclassical
A plant with leaves, branches, and fruit growing in a cluster.

شَاة قَفْعَاءadjective

1.
Short-tailed sheepboth
A sheep with a short tail.

كَبْش أَقْفَعadjective

1.
Ram with contracted tailclassical
A ram with a short or contracted tail.

القَفْعnoun

1.
Short tailclassical
Referring to short tails, possibly of goats.

القَيْفَعْلَةnoun

1.
Shieldclassical
A shield.

القُفْعَةnoun

1.
Swarm of locustsclassical
A group or swarm of locusts.

القَفْعnoun

1.
Noiseclassical
A loud noise, like that of a crowd.

Parallel reading

القفعة: شيء كالزبيل، يعمل من خوص، ليس بالكبير، بلا عروة

Al-qaf'ah: something like a zabil, made of palm leaves, not large, without handles.

ويسمى بالعراق القفة

And in Iraq, it is called al-quffah.

أو جلة التمر لغة يمانية

Or a bundle of dates, a Yemeni dialect term.

القفعة: الجلة، بلغة اليمن، يحمل فيها القطن

Al-qaf'ah: the bundle of dates, in the dialect of Yemen, used to carry cotton.

وددت أن عندنا من الجراد قفعة أو قفعتين

I wish we had a qaf'ah or two of locusts.

القفعة: من خوص مستديرة يجتنى فيها الرطب ونحوه

Al-qaf'ah: made of palm leaves, round, in which dates and the like are collected.

وهو شيء كالقفة بنجد، واسع الأسفل، ضيق الأعلى

And it is something like a quffah in Najd, wide at the bottom, narrow at the top.

حشوها مكان الحلفاء عراجين تدق، وظاهرها خوص على عمل سلال الخوص

Its filling is made of rushes, pounded date clusters, and its exterior is palm leaves, made like palm leaf baskets.

القفعة: الدوارة التي يجعل الدهانون فيها السمسم المطحون

Al-qaf'ah: the round structure in which oil pressers place ground sesame.

ثم يضغطونها حتى يسيل منها الدهن

Then they press it until the oil flows out.

وج القفعة كالزبيل: قفاع

And the plural of qaf'ah like zabil is qafa'.

جمع قفعة السمسم: قفعات، محركة

The plural of the sesame qaf'ah is qafa'at, with harakat.

القفع: جنة من خشب كالمكبة، يدخل تحته الرجال، يمشون به في الحرب إلى الحصون

Al-qaf': a wooden shield like an inverted bowl, under which men enter, walking with it in war towards fortifications.

واحدتها قفعة

Its singular is qaf'ah.

وهي الدبابات

And they are the tanks (war machines).

والصواب: حشيشة خوارة ضعيفة من نبات الأرض في أيام الربيع، خشناء الورق، لها نور أحمر مثل الشرار

And the correct reading is: a weak, herbaceous plant from the earth's vegetation in spring, with rough leaves, having red flowers like sparks.

وثمرتها مقفعة من تحت

And its fruit is downward-facing.

رأيتها بالبادية، وقد ذكرها زهير في شعره

I saw it in the desert, and Zuhayr mentioned it in his poetry.

أو هي شجرة ينبت فيها حلق كحلق الخواتيم، إلا أنها لا تلتقي

Or it is a tree that grows ring-like structures like those of rings, except they do not meet.

بيض سوابغ قد شكت لها حلق ... كأنه حلق القفعاء مجدول

White, long coats that have been linked with rings... as if they were the linked rings of the qaf'a' plant.

القفعاء: شجيرة خضراء ما دامت رطبة، وهي قضبان قصار، تخرج من أصل واحد لازمة للأرض

Al-qaf'a': a green shrub as long as it is fresh, consisting of short branches, emerging from a single root close to the ground.

فإذا همت بالجفوف ارتفعت عن الأرض، وتقبضت وتجمعت

And when it is about to dry, it rises from the ground, contracts, and gathers.

والأذن القفعاء: التي كأنها أصابتها نار فانزوت

And the contracted ear: one that seems to have been touched by fire and thus shrunk.

فتزوت من أعلاها إلى أسفلها

And it contracted from its top to its bottom.

والفعل قفعت، كفرح قفعا

And the verb is qafa'a, like faraha, qaf'an.

والرجل القفعاء: التي ارتدت أصابعها إلى القدم

And the contracted person: one whose fingers have contracted towards the foot.

فتزوت علة أو خلقة

And it contracted due to illness or natural disposition.

والأقفع صاحبها

And al-aqfa' is its owner.

وهي قفعاء بينة القفع، وقوم قفع الأصابع

And she is clearly contracted, and people with contracted fingers.

والأقفع: المنكس الرأس أبدا

And al-aqfa': one who always hangs his head.

والمقفعة، كمكنسة: خشبة يضرب بها الأصابع

And al-miqfa'ah, like miknasah: a wooden stick used to strike the fingers.

وقفعه بها، كمنع: ضربه

And qafa'ahu biha, like mana'a: he struck him.

فتناوله القاسم وقفعه قفعة شديدة

So al-Qasim took him and struck him a severe blow.

إما أن يكون القاسم قفعه بخشبة، أو بيده فكانت كالمقفعة

Either al-Qasim struck him with a stick, or with his hand, and it was like the miqfa'ah.

هو من قفعه عما أراد: إذا صرفه عنه ومنعه فانقفع انقفاعا

It is from qafa'ahu 'amma arad: if you turn him away from what he wants and prevent him, then he becomes prevented (inqafa'a).

الناس في قفع

People are in hardship.

الرجال الأحمر الذي ينقشر أنفه لشدة حمرته

The red man whose nose peels due to its intense redness.

يقال هو قفاع لماله: إذا كان لا ينفقه

It is said he is qaffaa' with his money: if he does not spend it.

ولا يبالي ما وقع في قفعته، أي: في وعائه

And he does not care what falls into his container, i.e., his vessel.

داء في قوائم الشاة يعوجها

A disease in the legs of a sheep that bends them.

داء يصيب الناس، كوجع المفاصل ونحوه، تتشنج منه الأصابع

A disease that affects people, like joint pain and the like, from which the fingers spasm.

نبات متقفع، كأنه قرون صلابة إذا يبس

A contracted plant, resembling hard pods when it dries.

يقال ليابسه: كف الكلب

Its dried form is called 'kaf al-kalb' (dog's hand).

شيء يتخذ من جريد النخل، ثم يغذف به على الطير، فيصاد

Something made from palm fronds, then thrown at birds, to catch them.

هي كلمة عراقية، ولا أحسبها عربية

It is an Iraqi word, and I do not think it is Arabic.

ورجل مقفع اليدين، كمعظم أي: متشنجهما

And a man with contracted hands, like mu'azzam, meaning: their spasm.

أي: أوعه، أي صغا في الوعاء

Meaning: his container, meaning he inclined into the container.

أقفع وانقفع: مطاوع قفعه، أي: امتنع

Aqfa'a and inqafa'a: passive of qafa'ahu, meaning: to be prevented.

تقفع مطاوع: قفعه البرد تقفيعا، أي: تقبض

Taqaffa'a: passive of qafa'ahu al-bard taqfi'an, meaning: to contract.

أترى البرد قفعها أي: قبضها

Do you think the cold contracted it, meaning: seized it?

انقفع النبات: إذا يبس وتصلب

Inqafa'a al-nabat: when the plant dries and hardens.

في ذنبان ويبيس منقفع

In dhubban and dried, contracted [plant].

والقفع، بالفتح: نبت عن ابن دريد

And al-qaf', with fatha: a plant, according to Ibn Duraid.

نبتة ذات ثمرة في قرثون، وهي ذات ورق وغصنة، تنبت بكل مكان

A plant with fruit in a cluster, having leaves and branches, growing everywhere.

وهي القصيرة الذنب، وقد قفعت قفعا

And she is the short-tailed one, and she has contracted (qafa'at) a contraction (qaf'an).

وكبش أقفع، وهي الكباش القفع

And a ram aqfa', and they are the aqfa' rams.

إنا وجدنا العيس خيرا بقية ... من القفع أذنابا إذا ما اقشعرت

Indeed, we found the camels to be a better remnant... than the contracted tails, when they shiver.

كأنه أراد بالقفع أذنابا: المعزى، لأنها تقشعر إذا صردت

As if he meant by al-qaf' tails: goats, because they shiver when cold.

والقفعاء: الفيشلة

And al-qaf'a': the vulva.

والقفعة، محركة: جماعة الجراد

And al-qaf'ah, with harakat: a swarm of locusts.

القفع، بالضم: القفاق، واحدتها قفعة

Al-qaf', with damma: al-qafaq, its singular is qaf'ah.