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وفع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to covering, enclosing, or a raised/elevated area. It also extends to specific types of containers, cloths used for wiping, and materials for treating camels.

Derived headwords

الوفعةnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    A covering or sheath.

  2. 2.
    raised groundclassical

    An elevated area of land.

وفاعnoun
  1. 1.
    stopperboth

    The stopper or seal of a bottle.

أوفاعnoun
  1. 1.
    elevated areasclassical

    Plural of 'wafi' (a raised area of land).

الوفيعةnoun
  1. 1.
    basketboth

    A type of basket made from palm branches and leaves.

  2. 2.
    cloth for wipingboth

    A cloth used by a scribe to wipe his pen of ink.

  3. 3.
    menstrual clothboth

    A cloth used by a menstruating woman.

  4. 4.
    medicinal applicationclassical

    A woolly substance applied to camels with mange.

وفعةadjective
  1. 1.
    youngclassical

    Describing a young boy, similar to 'kif'ah'.

أفعةadjective
  1. 1.
    youngclassical

    Describing a young boy, similar to 'kif'ah'.

Parallel reading

الوفعة: الغلاف، وجمعها وفاع.
Al-wuf'ah: the covering, and its plural is wifā'.
والوفع المرتفع من الأرض، وجمعه أوفاع؛
And al-waf' is the elevated part of the land, and its plural is awfā'.
فما تركت أركانه من سواده، ... ولا من بياض مسترادا، ولا وفعا
So its corners left nothing of its blackness, ... nor of recovered whiteness, nor of elevation.
والوفيعة: هنة تتخذ من العراجين والخوص مثل السلة، ولا تقله بالقاف.
And al-wafī'ah: something made from palm branches and leaves like a basket, and it is not said with 'qaf'.
الوفيعة، بالفاء والقاف جميعا، القفة من الخوص؛
Al-wafī'ah, with both 'fa' and 'qaf', is a basket of palm leaves.
هي بالقاف لا غير،
It is with 'qaf' and nothing else.
وقال غيرهما بالفاء لا غير.
And others said it is with 'fa' and nothing else.
ويقال للخرقة التي يمسح بها الكاتب قلمه من المداد: الوفيعة.
And the cloth with which the scribe wipes his pen of ink is called al-wafī'ah.
والوفيعة: خرقة الحائض.
And al-wafī'ah: a cloth of a menstruating woman.
الربذة والوفيعة والطلية صوفة تطلى بها الإبل الجربى.
Ar-rabdhah, al-wafī'ah, and at-taliyah are wool applied to mangy camels.
والوفيعة والوفاع: صمام القارورة.
And al-wafī'ah and al-wifā': the stopper of a bottle.
وغلام وفعة وأفعة كيفعة.
And a boy is waf'ah and af'ah, like kif'ah.