ع ق ف

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of bending, curving, or hooking. It extends to describe things that are crooked, bent, or have a hook-like shape, including animals, objects, and even abstract concepts like poverty or stubbornness.

Derived headwords

العَقْفnoun

1.
foxclassical
A fox, as mentioned by Al-Jawhari and Ibn Faris.

عَقَفَهُ، يَـعْقِفُهُverb

1.
to bend itboth
To bend something, as stated by Al-Jawhari.

عَقْفًاnoun

1.
bendingboth
The act of bending or curving.

الأَعْقَفadjective

1.
poor, needyclassical
Describing a poor and needy person, as cited by Al-Layth.
2.
uncultured, boorishclassical
Describing a Bedouin who is uncouth or boorish.
3.
bent, crookedboth
Describing something that is bent or crooked.

عَقْفَانnoun

1.
poor peopleclassical
The plural of 'a'qaf', referring to poor and needy people.
2.
a tribeclassical
A tribe from Khuza'ah, mentioned by Al-Layth.
3.
a placeclassical
A place in the Hijaz region.
4.
ancestor of antsclassical
An ancestor of certain types of ants, specifically the red ants.

الأَعْقَفadjective

1.
bent, crookedboth
Describing something that is bent or crooked.

أَعْقَفَاadjective

1.
bentclassical
Describing something that is bent, specifically referring to a neck or a similar structure.

العَقْفَاءnoun

1.
hooked ironboth
A piece of iron whose end is bent or hooked.
2.
a plantclassical
A plant with leaves like rue and red flowers, and a fruit that is poisonous to sheep but not camels.

العُقَافَةnoun

1.
crooked stickboth
A stick with a hook at its end, used for pulling or guiding things, similar to a shepherd's crook.
2.
scepterclassical
A scepter or a similar staff.

العُقَافnoun

1.
disease of sheep's legsclassical
A disease affecting the legs of sheep, causing them to become crooked.

عاقِفadjective

1.
crooked-legged (sheep)classical
Describing a sheep with crooked legs due to the 'uqaf' disease.

مَعْقُوفَةadjective

1.
crooked-leggedclassical
Describing an animal with crooked legs.

عَقَفَتْverb

1.
became crookedclassical
The past tense verb indicating that something became crooked, often referring to legs.

عُقْفَانnoun

1.
a tribeclassical
A tribe from Khuza'ah.
2.
a placeclassical
A place in the Hijaz.
3.
ancestor of antsclassical
An ancestor of certain types of ants.

عُقَيْفَانnoun

1.
long-legged antsclassical
A type of ant with long legs, often found in ruins and graveyards.

العُقُوفnoun

1.
udder fissureclassical
A fissure or crack in a cow's udder that deviates during milking.

انْعَقَفَverb

1.
to become crookedboth
To become bent or crooked, as found in Al-Sihah.

تَعَوَّجَverb

1.
to become crookedboth
To become crooked or bent.

أَعْقَفadjective

1.
antleredclassical
Describing a gazelle with curved antlers.

العَقْفَاءadjective

1.
twisted-horned (sheep)classical
Describing a sheep whose horns have twisted around towards its ears.

عَقِيفَةadjective

1.
hookedboth
Describing a thorn that is bent or hooked like a fishhook.

مَعْقُوفadjective

1.
bent with ageboth
Describing an old person who is bent over due to extreme age.

التَّعْقِيفnoun

1.
bendingboth
The act of bending or making something crooked.

العَيْقُفَانnoun

1.
a plantclassical
A plant resembling 'urfuj, with a seed similar to that of thafthaf.

عُقْبَان بْن قَيْس بْن عَاصِمname

1.
poetclassical
A poet named 'Uqfan, son of Qays ibn 'Asim.

Parallel reading

العقف: الثعلب نقله الجوهري وابن فارس، وأنشد الأول لحميد بن ثور: كأنه عقف تولى يهرب من أكلب يعقفهن أكلب

Al-'aqf: the fox, as transmitted by Al-Jawhari and Ibn Faris. The former cited Hamid ibn Thawr as saying: 'He is like a fox fleeing from a pack of wolves that are cornering them.'

وعقفه، كضربه يعقفه عقفا: عطفه نقله الجوهري.

And 'aqafahu, like Darabahu, Ya'qifuhu 'aqfan: to bend it, as transmitted by Al-Jawhari.

وقال الليث: الأعقف: الفقير المحتاج وأنشد ليزيد بن معاوية: (يا أيها الأعقف المزجي مطيته ... لنعمة تبتغي عندي ولا نشبا)

And Al-Layth said: Al-A'qaf: the poor, the needy. He cited Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah as saying: (O you needy one urging your mount... seeking favor from me, nor wealth).

والأعقف من الأعراب: الجافي نقله الجوهري.

And Al-A'qaf among the Bedouins: the boorish, as transmitted by Al-Jawhari.

والأعوج: أعقف، عن ابن دريد، وأنشد للعبدي: إذا أخذت في يميني ذا القفا وفي شمالي ذا نصاب أعقفا

And Al-A'waj: A'qaf, from Ibn Duraid. He cited Al-Abdi as saying: 'If in my right hand I take this nape, and in my left this bent neck...'

والأعقف: المنحني المعوج.

And Al-A'qaf: the bent, the crooked.

والعقفاء: حديدة قد لوي طرفها، وفيها انحناء.

And Al-'Uqfa': an iron object whose end is twisted and has a bend.

قال الأزهري: الذي أعرفه في البقول: الفقعاء، ولا أعرف العقفاء

Al-Azhari said: What I know among legumes is Al-Fuqqa', and I do not know Al-'Uqfa'.

قال: العقفاء: ورقه كالسذاب وله زهرة حمراء، وثمرة عقفاء، كأنها شص فيها حب يقتل الشاء، ولا يضر بالإبل، ويقال: هي العقيفاء بالتصغير.

He said: Al-'Uqfa': its leaves are like rue, it has a red flower, and a fruit called 'uqfa', like a hook containing seeds that kill sheep but do not harm camels. It is also said to be Al-'Uqayfa' (diminutive).

والعقافة، كرمانة: خشبة في رأسها حجنة يمد بها الشيء، كالمحجن ويقال: هي الصولجان، ومنه الحديث: فانحنى واعوج، حتى صار كالعقافة.

And Al-'Uqafa, like Rummana: a stick with a hook at its head, used to pull things, like a shepherd's crook. It is also said to be a scepter. From this is the Hadith: 'He bent and crooked, until he became like an 'uqafa'.

والعقاف، كغراب: داء يأخذ في قوائم الشاء تعوج منه.

And Al-'Uqaf, like Ghurab: a disease that affects the legs of sheep, causing them to become crooked.

ويقال: شاة عاقف، ومعقوفة الرجل وقد عقفت، وربما اعترى ذلك كل الدواب.

It is said: a sheep is 'aqif, and a man's (leg) is ma'qufa, and it has become crooked, and this may affect all animals.

وعقفان: حي من خزاعة نقله الليث.

And 'Uqfan: a tribe from Khuza'ah, as transmitted by Al-Layth.

وعقفان: ع، بالحجاز.

And 'Uqfan: a place, in the Hijaz.

فعقفان: جد الحمر من النمل، وفازر: جد السود كذا في العباب، ونقل ابن بري عن دغفل النسابة أنه قال: ينسب النمل إلى عقفان والفازر، فعقفان: جد السود، والفازر: جد الشقر، فتأمل ذلك

So 'Uqfan is the ancestor of the red ants, and Fazar is the ancestor of the black ones, as in Al-'Abab. Ibn Birri transmitted from Daghfal the genealogist that he said: Ants are attributed to 'Uqfan and Fazar; so 'Uqfan is the ancestor of the black ones, and Fazar is the ancestor of the reddish-brown ones, so ponder that.

فالعقيفان: النمل الطويل القوائم يكون في المقابر والخربات، قل: والذر: الذي يكون في البيوت يؤذي الناس، والفازر: المدور الأسود، يكون في التمر، وأنشد: (سلط الذر فازر وعقيفا ... ن فأجلاهم لدار شطون)

So Al-'Uqayfan: the long-legged ants found in graveyards and ruins. It is said: Al-Dhar are those in houses that harm people, and Al-Fazar are the round black ones found in dates. He recited: '(He unleashed) the Dhar, Fazar, and 'Uqayfan... so they drove them out to a distant land.'

وقال أبو حاتم: العقوف، كصبور، من ضروع البقر: ما يخالف شخبه عند الحلب.

Abu Hatim said: Al-'Uquf, like Sabur, from cows' udders: what deviates from its normal flow during milking.

وانقعف: انعوج وانعطف، كما في الصحاح، وهو مطاوع عقفه عقفا

And In'aqafa: to become crooked and bent, as in Al-Sihah, and it is the passive of 'aqafahu 'aqfan.

وتعقف: إذا تعوج.

And Ta'awwaja: if it becomes crooked.

ظبي أعقف: معطوف القرون.

An 'aqaf gazelle: one with curved antlers.

والعقفاء من الشياه: التي التوى قرناها على أذنيها.

And Al-'Uqfa' among sheep: one whose horns have twisted over its ears.

وشوكة عقيفة: أي ملوية كالصنارة.

And an 'aqifa thorn: meaning twisted like a fishhook.

وشيخ معقوف: انحنى من شدة الكبر.

And a ma'quf old man: bent over from extreme old age.

والتعقيف: التعويج، نقله الجوهري.

And Al-Ta'qif: the act of bending, as transmitted by Al-Jawhari.

والعيقفان، على فيعلان: نبت كالعرفج، له سنفة كسنفة الثفاء، عن أبي حنيفة.

And Al-'Aiqfan, on the pattern of Fiy'alan: a plant like Al-'Urfuj, with a seed like that of Al-Thafthaf, from Abu Hanifa.

وعقفان بن قيس بن عاصم: شاعر.

'Uqfan ibn Qays ibn 'Asim: a poet.