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ديف
Root entry · 8 derived lemmasThis root primarily relates to the concept of mixing or blending. It also encompasses geographical locations and descriptive terms for large animals.
Derived headwords
ديافnoun
- 1.place at seaclassical
A location in the sea.
- 2.village in Shamclassical
A village located in the Levant region (Sham).
ديفverb
- 1.to mix, blendboth
To mix or blend something with something else.
يديفverb
- 1.to mix, blendboth
A variant form of the verb meaning to mix or blend.
يديفهverb
- 1.to mix, blendboth
To mix or blend something (object) with something else.
دافverb
- 1.to mix, blendclassical
A linguistic variant of 'to mix or blend'.
يدوفهverb
- 1.to mix, blendboth
To mix or blend something (object) with something else.
تديفونverb
- 1.you mix, blendboth
The second-person plural present tense verb meaning 'you mix or blend'.
ديافيadjective
- 1.large, majesticclassical
Describing a camel as large, imposing, and majestic.
Parallel reading
دياف: موضع في البحر، وهي أيضا قرية بالشام
Diyāf: a place in the sea, and it is also a village in Sham.
وقد أوردوا ذلك في ديف، وقالوا وهو من الواو
And they have mentioned that under D-Y-F, and they said it is from the 'waw'.
وقال الأزهري: دياف قرية بالشام تنسب إليها النجائب
And Al-Azharī said: Diyāf is a village in Sham to which swift camels are attributed.
إذا سافه العود الديافي جرجرا
When the majestic oud (wood) makes a rumbling sound.
وداف الشيء يديفه: لغة في دافه يدوفه إذا خلطه
And Dāfa a thing Yadayfuhu: a dialectal form of Dāfa Yadhūfuhu when he mixed it.
وفي الحديث: وتديفون «1» فيه من القطيعاء أي تخلطون
And in the Hadith: 'And you mix into it from the flock' meaning you blend.
والواو فيه أكثر من الياء، ويروى بالذال المعجمة، وليس بالكثير
And the 'waw' is more common in it than the 'ya', and it is narrated with the letter Dhāl, and it is not frequent.
وجمل ديافي: وهو الضخم الجليل
And a Diyāfī camel: meaning it is large and majestic.