Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

قَفَّازٌ

Root: قفز

Full Definition

قَفَّازٌ That leaps, jumps, springs, or bounds, much, or often; [and so قَفُوزٌ , occurring in art. رفأ in the M and K, applied as an epithet to a gazelle.]
2 Hence, قَفَّازَةٌ A female slave: because she seldom remains still. You say, يَا ٱبْنَ القَفَّازَةِ O son of the female slave.


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