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Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the sensation of shivering or trembling, often associated with cold or fear. It also extends to related concepts like goosebumps and, in a less common usage, a woman's name.

Derived headwords

الرقوفnoun

1.
Shiveringclassical
A state of shivering or trembling, particularly due to cold.

يرقفverb

1.
to shiverclassical
To shiver or tremble, especially from cold.

أرقفverb

1.
to shiverclassical
To cause shivering or to shiver.

إرقافاnoun

1.
Shiveringclassical
The act or state of shivering.

قف قفوفاverb

1.
to shiverclassical
To shiver intensely.

القشعريرةnoun

1.
Shiveringboth
Goosebumps or shivering, a physical reaction.

القرقفةnoun

1.
Shiveringclassical
A term for shivering or trembling, derived from the root.

ترقفverb

1.
to shiverclassical
To shiver or tremble.

ترقفيname

1.
Tarquaficlassical
A nisba (attribution) indicating a connection to a person or place named Tarquaf, or possibly a woman's name.

الرقفةnoun

1.
Shiveringclassical
A shiver or trembling.

Parallel reading

يقال: رأيته يرقف من البرد، أي: يرعد

It is said: I saw him shivering from the cold, meaning: trembling.

وقد أرقف، بالضم، إرقافا

And he shivered, with the dammah, a shivering.

وكذلك، قف قفوفا

And likewise, he shivered intensely.

وهما القشعريرة

And they are shivering.

القرقفة للرعدة مأخوذة منه، أي: من الإرقاف كررت القاف في أولها

Al-Qarqafah for shivering is taken from it, meaning: from Al-Irqaf, by repeating the Qaf at its beginning.

وترقف، كتنصر: اسم امرأة

And Tarquaf, like Tanassara: is a woman's name.

الرقفة، محركة، والرقفة: الرعدة

Al-Raqfah, with harakah, and Al-Raqfah: is shivering.