Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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عقف عقفر عقل


Q. 1. ⇒ عقفر

عَقْقَرَتْهُ الدَّوَاهِى, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) and عقفرت عَلَيْهِ, (Ḳ,) andاِعْقَنْفَرَتْ↓ عليه, (Lth, O, Ḳ,) Calamities destroyed him: (Lth, Ṣ, O:) or prostrated and destroyed him. (Ḳ.)


Q. 2. ⇒ تعقفر

تَعَقْفَرَ He (a man) perished: (Lth, O:) or became prostrated and destroyed, (Ḳ,) by calamities. (Lth, O, Ḳ.)


Q. 3. ⇒ اعقنفر


عَقْفَرَةٌ

عَقْفَرَةٌ [inf. n. of 1.]

Root: عقفر - Entry: عَقْفَرَةٌ Dissociation: B

[Also] Craftiness, or cunning, of a [demon of the kind called] غُول. (O, TA.)


عَنْقَفِيرٌ

عَنْقَفِيرٌ A calamity (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA) of fortune: (TA:) like عَنْقَآءُ; from which it is said by IF to be formed, by additional letters: (O:) pl. عَقَافِيرُ. (O, TA.)

Root: عقفر - Entry: عَنْقَفِيرٌ Signification: A2

A crafty, or cunning, [demon of the kind called] غُول. (O, TA.)

Root: عقفر - Entry: عَنْقَفِيرٌ Signification: A3

A clamorous and foul-tongued woman, (Ḳ, TA,) that overcomes with evil. (TA.)

Root: عقفر - Entry: عَنْقَفِيرٌ Signification: A4

A scorpion. (O, Ḳ.)

Root: عقفر - Entry: عَنْقَفِيرٌ Signification: A5

A she-camel so old that the back of her neck almost touches her shoulder (Ḳ, O, TA) by reason of her extreme old age. (TA.)


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