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ع ف ل ق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something wide, loose, and slack, often referring to a physical opening or a person's disposition. It can also denote foolishness or clumsiness.

Derived headwords

العَفْلَقnoun
  1. 1.
    wide, slack openingclassical

    A wide and loose vulva. It can also refer to any large, slack opening.

  2. 2.
    large, slack thingclassical

    Something large and hanging loosely, often used to describe a person or a physical attribute.

عَفْلَقadjective
  1. 1.
    wide and slackclassical

    Describing a vulva that is wide and loose. It can also describe anything large and slack.

  2. 2.
    clumsy, foolishclassical

    Describing a woman who is clumsy in speech and action, or generally foolish.

العَفْلَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    clumsiness, foolishnessclassical

    The state of being clumsy, foolish, or ill-spoken, particularly attributed to a woman.

العَفْلُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    fool, simpletonclassical

    An idiot or a simple-minded person.

Parallel reading

كل مشان ما تشد المنطقا ولا تزال تخرج العفلقا
Every shrewish woman who does not restrain her speech and keeps spewing out obscenities.
العفلق بتسكين الفاء: الضخم المسترخي
Al-'afleq (with sukun on the fa): the large and slack.
وربما يسمى الفرج الواسع بذلك
And the wide vulva is sometimes called that.
ويا ابن رطوم ذات فرج عفلق
And O son of a woman with a wide, slack vulva.
وقد رواه قوم: غفلق بالغين معجمة
And some narrated it as 'ghafleq' with a ghayn.
وكذلك المرأة الخرقاء السيئة المنطق والعمل
And likewise the clumsy woman, bad in speech and action.
واللام زائدة كالعفلقة
And the lam is extra, like al-'afleqah.
يقال: امرأة عفلقة، وعضنكة: ضخمة الركب
It is said: an 'afleqah woman, and 'adhnakah: one with large knees.