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Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being light, agile, or quick, often in a negative or dismissive sense. It can also describe a state of agitation or being easily provoked.

Derived headwords

يَأْفُوفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lightness, agilityclassical

    A quality of being light or agile, often implying a lack of substance or seriousness.

يَأْفُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    lightness, agilityclassical

    A quality of being light or agile, often implying a lack of substance or seriousness.

يُؤَفِّفُverb
  1. 1.
    to be agitatedclassical

    To become agitated, provoked, or angered.

Parallel reading

ي بعض كلامه فلان أخف من يأفوفة
Some of his speech, so-and-so is lighter than a ya'fufah.
وكذا وجد بخط الشيخ رضي الدين الشاطبي
And thus it was found in the handwriting of Sheikh Radi al-Din al-Shatibi.
أرى كل يأفوف وكل حزنبل وشهذارة ترعابة قد تضلعا
I see every light one, and every tall and slender one, and every swift runner has become bloated.
ويقال: إنه ليؤفف عليه، أي يغتاظ
And it is said: he becomes agitated over it, meaning he gets angry.