عفص
العربية
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عفص
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Borrowed into Arabic from Aramaic עַפְצָא (ʿap̄ṣā) / ܥܱܦܨܳܐ (ʿap̄ṣā), absolute state עֲפֶץ (ʿap̄eṣ), itself treated as a later variant of אַפְצָא (ʾap̄ṣā) / ܐܱܦܨܳܐ (ʾap̄ṣā), absolute state אֲפֶץ (ʾap̄eṣ). The Arabic verbs are denominal, from the use of the idea of oakgalls being a powerful astringent, used in medicine and tanning. Arabic عَصَفَ (ʕaṣafa, “to hit on; to blow violently”) is metathetical to this denominal verb with its ideas of violence and after the inflation of an oakgall. Distantly related to the root ع ص ر (ʕ ṣ r) which also exists in Aramaic.
noun عَفْص · ʕafṣ · عَفْصَة · الْعَفْص
- gall-nut, oak-gall
- gall-oak (Quercus lusitanica and other species)
verb عَفَصَ · ʕafaṣa · يَعْفِصُ · عَفْص · عَافِص
- to tie up, to wring, to squish
- to defeat in battle
- to rape, to sard forcefully
verb عَفَّصَ · ʕaffaṣa · يُعَفِّصُ · تَعْفِيص · مُعَفِّص
- to tincture with oakgall
adjective عَفِص · ʕafiṣ · الْعَفِص · عَفِصَة · الْعَفِصَة
- acrid, of astringent taste
In English
- oak gall gall produced by an oak by a wasp larva
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