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قفصل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be very rare and possibly a variant or inversion of another root. It is primarily associated with the meaning of 'lion' and potentially related to the rapid consumption of food.

Derived headwords

القَفْصَلnoun
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A term for a lion.

قصفَلverb
  1. 1.
    to consume entirelyclassical

    To eat food completely, consuming all of it.

Parallel reading

القفصل، بالضم أهمله الجوهري، وصاحب اللسان، وفي العباب: هو الأسد.
Al-qafṣal, with damma, was neglected by Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan, and in Al-'Abab: it is the lion.
وكأنه مقلوب القصفل، من قصفل الطعام: إذا أكله أجمع، فتأمل.
And it seems to be an inversion of qasfala, from qasfala food: if one eats it entirely, so ponder.