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خزف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to pottery and ceramics, specifically items made from fired clay. It also extends to meanings of swiftness, piercing, and tearing.

Derived headwords

الخَزَفnoun
  1. 1.
    Potteryboth

    Items made from clay and fired in a kiln, becoming earthenware or porcelain.

  2. 2.
    Earthenwareboth

    Specifically refers to earthenware, a type of pottery.

خَزَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Piece of potteryboth

    A single unit or piece of pottery.

الخَزَّافnoun
  1. 1.
    Potterboth

    A person who makes or sells pottery.

خَزَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To pierceboth

    To make a hole through something.

  2. 2.
    To tearboth

    To rip or split a piece of fabric.

خَزْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Piercingboth

    The act of making a hole through something.

  2. 2.
    Tearingboth

    The act of ripping or splitting fabric.

خَزَفَ بِيَدِهِverb
  1. 1.
    To move swiftly (hand)classical

    To move one's hand quickly or nimbly.

خَزْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Swift hand movementclassical

    The act of moving one's hand swiftly or nimbly, especially when walking.

Parallel reading

الخزف: ما عمل من الطين وشوي بالنار فصار فخارا
Pottery: what is made from clay and baked by fire, becoming earthenware.
واحدته خزفة
Its singular is 'khazfah'.
الخزف، بالتحريك، الجر والذي يبيعه الخزاف
Al-khazaf, with vowelization, refers to earthenware and the one who sells it, the potter.
وخزف بيده يخزف خزفا: خطر
And he moved his hand swiftly, he moves his hand swiftly with swiftness: it means to move quickly.
وخزف الشيء خزفا: خرقه
And he pierced the thing with piercing: it means to perforate it.
وخزف الثوب خزفا: شقه
And he tore the garment with tearing: it means to split it.
والخزف: الخطر باليد عند المشي
And al-khazaf: refers to the swiftness of the hand when walking.