أقلف

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Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root ق ل ف (q-l-f).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَقْلَف (ʔaqlaf) (feminine قَلْفَاء (qalfāʔ), common plural قُلْف (qulf))

  1. uncircumcised
    • (Can we date this quote?), ʾAbū al-Faraj al-ʾAṣbahānī, الأَغَانِي [al-ʔaḡānī, The Book of Songs]:
      قال كعب الأشقريّ يهجو زيادا الأعجم:
      وأقلف صلّى بعد ما ناك أمّه
      يرى ذاك في دين المجوس حلالا
      فقال له زياد: يا ابن النّمامة أهي أخبرتك أنّي أقلف؟ فغلبه زياد
      Kaʿb al-ʾAšqarī once said about Ziyād the Persian,
      "Uncircumcised, yet prays after lying with his mother! He thinks it lawful in the code of Zoroaster!"
      Thereupon, Ziyād said to him, "You son of a tattler! Was it she who passed on to you that I am uncircumcised?" And thus, Ziyād beat him.

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