خذرف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to rapid movement, particularly of limbs or in running. It also describes a spinning toy, a type of plant, and a state of being well-disposed or worn out.

Derived headwords

خَذْرَفَverb

1.
to move rapidlyboth
To move quickly, especially with the legs or hooves.
2.
to spinclassical
To cause something to spin or whirl.
3.
to fillclassical
To fill a container.
4.
to tearclassical
To become torn or worn out.

خَذْرَفَةnoun

1.
spinningclassical
The act of spinning or whirling.
2.
roundness of limbsclassical
The roundness or thickness of limbs.
3.
piece of clothclassical
A piece or fragment of cloth.
4.
gravelclassical
Gravel or small stones thrown by camels' hooves when running fast.

الخَذْرُوفnoun

1.
spinning toyclassical
A toy made of a split piece of wood or reed, attached to a string, which makes a humming or whirring sound when spun.
2.
fast runnerclassical
A fast-moving horse or runner.
3.
part of a millclassical
A piece of wood placed in the upper millstone.
4.
clay toyclassical
A type of clay, similar to sugar, used as a toy.
5.
scattered thingsclassical
Anything scattered or spread out.

درير، كخذروف الوليد أمره ... تتابع كفيه بخيط موصل — flowing, like the child's spinning toy its movement... its hands following with a connected string —

الخَذَارِيفnoun

1.
spinning toysclassical
Plural of خذروف, referring to the spinning toys.
2.
scattered thingsclassical
Plural of خذروف, referring to scattered or spread-out items.

خُذَارِيفُ مِنْ قَيْضِ النَّعَامِ التَّرَائِكِ — Scattered pieces from the shells of ostriches on the ground —

الخَذْرَافnoun

1.
type of plantclassical
A type of desert plant (ḥamḍ) that grows in spring and dries up in summer, often with thorny white parts when dry.

يلذن بخذراف المتان وبالغرب — They seek refuge by the sturdy khadhrāf and by the western plants —

ومنابت الحمصيص والخذراف — and the growing places of ḥimṣīṣ and khadhrāf —

خُذْرَافَةnoun

1.
type of plantclassical
A single plant of the khadhrāf type.

مُتَّخَذْرِفadjective

1.
good-naturedclassical
A person of good disposition or pleasant character.

تَخَذْرَفَverb

1.
to be scatteredclassical
To be scattered or dispersed.
2.
to tearclassical
To become torn or worn out.

تخذرفت النوى فلانا وتخذرمته إذا قذفته ورحلت به — The date pits scattered and tossed him about, if they were thrown and he was carried with them —

تَخَذْرُفُ الرَّحَىverb

1.
to spinclassical
The millstone spins or turns.

وقد خذرف الرحى — and the millstone has spun —

Parallel reading

زج بقوائمه

It moved rapidly with its legs.

الخذرفة استدارة القوائم

Al-khadhrfah is the roundness of the limbs.

الخذروف: السريع المشي

Al-khadhrūf: the fast walker.

وهو الذي يسمى الخرارة

And it is what is called al-kharrārah.

يدوره الصبي بخيط في يده فيسمع له دوي

The boy spins it with a string in his hand, and a whirring sound is heard from it.

درير، كخذروف الوليد أمره ... تتابع كفيه بخيط موصل

Flowing, like the child's spinning toy its movement... its hands following with a connected string.

اليرمع الخرارة التي يلعب بها الصبيان وهي الخذروف

Al-yarma' is the rattle that children play with, and it is al-khadhrūf.

فإذا أمر دار وسمعت له حفيفا

And when it is spun, it turns and a rustling sound is heard from it.

وهو يخذرف بقوائمه

And he moves rapidly with his legs.

وإن سح سحا خذرفت بالأكارع

And if it flowed with a flowing, it moved rapidly with its forelegs.

ما ترمي الإبل بأخفافها من الحصى إذا أسرعت

What camels throw with their hooves of gravel when they run fast.

وكل شيء منتشر من شيء، فهو خذروف

And everything scattered from something is a khadhrūf.

خذاريف من قيض النعام الترائك

Scattered pieces from the shells of ostriches on the ground.

تخذرفت النوى فلانا وتخذرمته إذا قذفته ورحلت به

The date pits scattered and tossed him about, if they were thrown and he was carried with them.

والخذروف عود الذي يوضع في خرق الرحى العليا

And al-khadhrūf is the stick that is placed in the upper millstone.

والخذروف طين شبيه بالسكر يلعب به

And al-khadhrūf is clay similar to sugar, played with.

الخذراف: ضرب من الحمض

Al-khadhrāf: a type of desert plant.

له وريقة صغيرة ترتفع قدر الذراع، فإذا جف شاكه البياض

It has a small leaf that rises about a cubit; when it dries, white thorns appear.

يلذن بخذراف المتان وبالغرب

They seek refuge by the sturdy khadhrāf and by the western plants.

الصحيح أن الخذراف من الحمض وليس من بقول الربيع

The correct view is that al-khadhrāf is from desert plants and not from spring vegetables.

فتذكرت نجدا وبرد مياهها، ... ومنابت الحمصيص والخذراف

So I remembered Najd and the coolness of its waters, ... and the growing places of ḥimṣīṣ and khadhrāf.

رجل متخذرف: طيب الخلق

A man muttakhdhirif: good-natured.

خذرف الإناء: ملأه

To fill the container: to fill it.

الخذرفة: القطعة من الثوب

Al-khadhrfah: a piece of cloth.

تخذرف الثوب: تخرق

The garment becomes torn: it tears.