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زفد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of filling or stuffing something. It is used in the context of making a horse gain weight by filling it with food or other substances.

Derived headwords

زَفَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to stuff, to fillclassical

    To fill something, particularly a horse, with food or other substances, often for the purpose of fattening it.

زَفَدَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to stuff it, to fill itclassical

    A specific instance of filling or stuffing something, as indicated by the pronoun suffix.

زَفْدnoun
  1. 1.
    stuffing, fillingclassical

    The act or result of stuffing or filling something.

Parallel reading

يقال صممت الفرس «1» فانصم سمنا، وحشوته إياه، وزفدته إياه، وزكته إياه، وكله معناه الملء.
It is said, 'The horse was made to become fat,' and it became fat, and I stuffed it with it, and I filled it with it, and I fattened it with it, and all of these mean filling.
وحشوته إياه
and I stuffed it with it
وزفدته إياه
and I filled it with it
وزكته إياه
and I fattened it with it
وكله معناه الملء
and all of these mean filling