عفص

Meaning

Noun

1. (collective) gall-nut, oak-gall
2. (collective) gall-oak (Quercus lusitanica and other species)

Verb

1. to tie up, to wring, to squish
2. to defeat in battle
3. to rape, to sard forcefully

Verb

to tincture with oakgall

Adj

acrid, of astringent taste

Concepts

Thuja

oak

pungent

step

tread

Thuya

bitter

gallnuts

Synonyms

تقدم

خَطَا

مشى

🚶

وَطَأ

سحق

بادر

تبع

خطا

داس

درج

دعس

تقدم بحزر

Translations

Thuja

Thuja

Thuja

Thuja

Thuja

andar

🚶

caminhar

🚶

Thuya

pisar

Thuya

Thuya

πατώ

Etymology

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.