قفقف

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Arabic

Etymology

From a reduplicated onomatopoeic root ق ف ق ف (q f q f). Compare قَرْقَفَ (qarqafa, shiver), غَرْغَرَ (ḡarḡara, gurgle), وَسْوَسَ (waswasa, whisper), قَمْقَمَ (qamqama, grumble).

Pronunciation

Verb

قَفْقَفَ (qafqafa) Iq (non-past يُقَفْقِفُ (yuqafqifu), verbal noun قَفْقَفَة (qafqafa))

  1. to shiver
  2. to chatter (teeth)
  3. (of plants) to be desiccated, to be exsiccated

Conjugation