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ق ف ف

Root entry · 33 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to dryness, with extensions to states of being stiff, erect, or withered. It also encompasses concepts of theft, following, and specific geographical or natural features.

Derived headwords

الْقَفِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    dried legumesclassical

    Refers to the dried, mature state of legumes and their male (larger) parts, similar to dried fodder.

قَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to dry outboth

    To become dry, especially referring to grass or a garment after washing.

  2. 2.
    to stand erectclassical

    Said of hair when standing up due to fear or anger.

  3. 3.
    to shiverclassical

    To have goosebumps or shiver, as if from fear or cold.

  4. 4.
    to stealclassical

    To steal dirhams subtly between one's fingers, as done by a money changer.

  5. 5.
    to shrinkclassical

    To contract or draw together, becoming like a 'quffah'.

قُفُوفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    drynessboth

    The state of being dry, particularly of grass or hair.

  2. 2.
    standing erectclassical

    The state of hair standing up due to fear or anger.

  3. 3.
    theftclassical

    The act of stealing dirhams between the fingers.

قَفَّافnoun
  1. 1.
    thiefclassical

    A thief, specifically one who steals money subtly, like a money changer.

قَفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    followingclassical

    Following someone's track or being behind them, monitoring their affairs.

  2. 2.
    collectionclassical

    The entirety or comprehensive knowledge of something.

  3. 3.
    trusteeclassical

    An overseer or trustee responsible for someone's affairs and accounting.

قُفَّانnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A specific location or valley.

  2. 2.
    groupclassical

    A gathering or collection of people.

قُفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    basketboth

    A container, often made of palm leaves, used for carrying items like cotton, yarn, or provisions.

  2. 2.
    shiverclassical

    A shiver or tremor, often associated with fever or fear.

  3. 3.
    newborn's first fecesclassical

    The first excrement from a newborn's belly, also called 'aqi'.

  4. 4.
    dried gourdclassical

    A dried gourd or something similar in shape, made from palm leaves.

  5. 5.
    small personclassical

    A person of small stature or weak build.

  6. 6.
    hareclassical

    A hare.

  7. 7.
    withered treeclassical

    A dry, withered tree.

  8. 8.
    hoeclassical

    A tool similar to a hoe.

قَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to shiverclassical

    To shiver or have goosebumps.

  2. 2.
    to contractclassical

    To contract or draw together, becoming like a 'quffah'.

قُفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    shiverclassical

    A shiver or tremor, often associated with fever or fear.

قِفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    newborn's first fecesclassical

    The first excrement from a newborn's belly, also called 'aqi'.

قُفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    dried gourdclassical

    A dried gourd or something similar in shape, made from palm leaves.

قُفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    small personclassical

    A person of small stature or weak build.

قُفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    hareclassical

    A hare.

قُفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    withered treeclassical

    A dry, withered tree.

قُفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    hoeclassical

    A tool similar to a hoe.

قَفّnoun
  1. 1.
    raised groundboth

    An elevated and thick part of the earth, not quite a mountain.

  2. 2.
    dry landclassical

    Dry land, especially the dried vegetation on it.

  3. 3.
    stone heapclassical

    A pile of stones, often rough and uneven.

  4. 4.
    valleyclassical

    A specific valley or location.

قِفَافnoun
  1. 1.
    raised groundboth

    Plural of 'qaff', referring to elevated parts of the earth.

  2. 2.
    stone heapsclassical

    Plural of 'qaff', referring to piles of stones.

أَقْفَافnoun
  1. 1.
    raised groundboth

    Plural of 'qaff', referring to elevated parts of the earth.

  2. 2.
    stone heapsclassical

    Plural of 'qaff', referring to piles of stones.

قُفّnoun
  1. 1.
    short manclassical

    A short man.

  2. 2.
    back of somethingclassical

    The back or rear part of something.

  3. 3.
    axe headclassical

    The head of an axe.

  4. 4.
    rabbleclassical

    A crowd or rabble of people.

  5. 5.
    cloud bankclassical

    A dense bank of clouds resembling a mountain.

  6. 6.
    stone formationclassical

    A formation of stones that are densely packed and layered.

قَفْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to shiverboth

    To shiver from cold, fear, fever, or anger.

  2. 2.
    to chatter teethclassical

    To have chattering teeth due to cold or fever.

  3. 3.
    to dry upclassical

    Said of plants when they dry up.

تَقَفْقَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to shiverclassical

    To shiver from cold.

أَقْفَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to stop laying eggsclassical

    Said of a hen whose egg-laying has ceased.

  2. 2.
    to lose tearsclassical

    Said of an eye that has lost its tears, either from illness or crying.

قَافِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rhymeclassical

    The rhyme of a poem.

قَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to dry upclassical

    Said of the vegetation of the land.

قَافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hoeclassical

    A tool similar to a hoe.

قُفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    base of a wellclassical

    The mound or platform built around the top of a well.

قَفَّيَةadjective
  1. 1.
    grazing the qaffclassical

    Said of a female camel that grazes on the 'qaff' (dry land).

اسْتَقَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to contractclassical

    To contract, shrink, or become stiff, especially in old age.

قَفْفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A specific location or valley.

قَفْقَفَاnoun
  1. 1.
    wingsclassical

    The wings of a bird.

قَفْقَفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    jawsclassical

    The jaws.

قَفْقَافadjective
  1. 1.
    dryclassical

    Said of plants that are dry.

اقْتَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to consumeclassical

    To consume completely, especially out of greed.

Parallel reading

يبيس أحرار البقول وذكورها كالجفيف
Dried mature legumes and their male parts, like dry fodder.
إذا اشتد يبسه
When its dryness intensified.
جف بعد الغسل
It dried after washing.
إذا قام فزعا
When it stood erect out of fear.
فقف جلده قفوفا، يريد اقشعر
His skin shivered, meaning it became covered in goosebumps.
سرق الدراهم بين أصابعه
He stole the dirhams between his fingers.
ذهب قفاف إلى صيرفي بدراهم
Qaffaf went to a money changer with dirhams.
فوزنها، فوجدها تنقص سبعين درهما
He weighed them and found them short by seventy dirhams.
إني استعمله لأستعين بقوته، ثم أكون على قفانه
I employ him to benefit from his strength, then I will be on his track.
هو قفان على فلان: أي أمين عليه يتحفظ أمره ويحاسبه
He is a trustee over so-and-so: meaning he is a guardian over him, safeguarding his affairs and holding him accountable.
قفان كل شيء: جماعه، واستقصاء معرفته
Qaffan of everything: its entirety and its comprehensive knowledge.
رعدة تأخذ من الحمى وقشعريرة
A shiver that comes from fever and a chill.
أول ما يخرج من بطن المولود وهو العقي أيضا
The first thing that comes out of a newborn's belly, which is also called 'aqi'.
القرعة اليابسة
A dried gourd.
شيخ كالقفة
An old man like a dried gourd.
ما ارتفع من الأرض وغلظ، ولم يبلغ أن يكون جبلا
What rises from the earth and is thick, without reaching the level of a mountain.
فلما أجزنا ساحة الحي وانتحى بنا بطن خبت ذي قفاف عقنقل
And when we passed the edge of the settlement and the belly of the valley of Qifaf 'Aqnaqil took us.
قفقفا البعير: لحياه
He made the camel's wings flap: meaning he flapped its wings.
انقطع بيضها
Her eggs ceased.
ذهب دمعها وارتفع سوادها
Its tears dried up and its blackness receded.
ارتعد من البرد وغيره كالخوف والحمى والغضب
He shivered from cold and other things like fear, fever, and anger.
إذا اضطرب حنكاه، واصطكت أسنانه من البرد
When his jaws trembled and his teeth chattered from the cold.
ما يبس من البقول وتناثر حبه وورقه
What has dried from legumes, with its seeds and leaves scattered.
ترعى القف
She grazes on the qaff (dry land).
يبس بقلها جفوفا
Its vegetation dried up completely.
هو الدكة التي تجعل حولها
It is the mound that is made around it.
وقف أقفاف ورمل بحون
And Aqwaf, Aqfaf, and the sands of Bahun.
فقف فصارات فأكناف منعج
Then Qaff, Fasarat, and the surroundings of Man'aj.
بالقفين فالركن
At the Qaffayn and then Ar-Rukn.
يظل يحفهن بقفقفيه
He shelters them with his qafqafiyh (wings).
إذا أكل اقتف أي: أتى على جميعه
If he eats, he consumes it all, meaning he finishes it completely.
خرجنا من القفين لا حي مثلنا
We emerged from Al-Quffayn, no tribe like us.