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ه ل غ ف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe someone or something that is poorly formed or misshapen. It is noted that this root was neglected by major lexicographers.

Derived headwords

الهلغفnoun
  1. 1.
    ill-formed personclassical

    A person who is of a disordered or misshapen creation or build.

كجردحلother
  1. 1.
    like a misshapen camelclassical

    This is a comparative phrase, likening something to a camel that is misshapen or ill-formed.

Parallel reading

الهلغف، كجردحل، والغين معجمة أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان.
Al-halghaf, like jardaḥal, and the ghayn is dotted, was neglected by Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan.
وقال ابن الفرج: سمعت زائدة يقول: هو المضطرب الخلق
And Ibn Al-Faraj said: I heard Zā'idah say: It is the one of disordered creation.
كما في العباب.
As in Al-'Ubāb.