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ذعف

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns swift, deadly poison and the rapid, fatal effects it has. It extends to the concept of something being deadly or rapidly fatal, often associated with poison or a quick death.

Derived headwords

الذَّعَافnoun
  1. 1.
    instant poisonclassical

    A potent poison that acts immediately upon ingestion or contact.

  2. 2.
    deadly substanceclassical

    Figuratively, something intensely harmful or destructive, like a deadly poison.

ذُعَافnoun
  1. 1.
    poisonboth

    A general term for a toxic substance that causes death or severe harm.

ذَعَفnoun
  1. 1.
    poisonclassical

    The substance of poison itself, often used in a collective sense.

ذَعُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    bitterclassical

    Referring to something intensely bitter, possibly in taste or effect.

مُذْعَفadjective
  1. 1.
    poisonedclassical

    Describing food or drink that has had poison added to it.

أَذْعَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to kill swiftlyclassical

    To cause someone's death rapidly, often through poison.

ذَعَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to give poisonclassical

    To administer poison to someone.

ذُعَافadjective
  1. 1.
    swift-killingclassical

    Describing a death that is rapid and sudden.

ذُؤَافadjective
  1. 1.
    swift-killingclassical

    An alternative form for describing a death that is rapid and sudden.

ذَعِفadjective
  1. 1.
    swift-killingclassical

    Describing a snake whose venom is rapidly fatal.

Parallel reading

الذَّعاف: سم ساعة.
Al-dha'af: poison of an hour (instant poison).
سم ذعاف: قاتل وحي
A deadly poison: lethal and instantaneous.
قالت درة بنت أبي لهب: فيها ذعاف الموت، أبرده ... يغلي بهم، وأحره يجري
Durrah bint Abi Lahab said: 'In it is the poison of death; its coldness makes them boil, and its heat runs.'
سقتهن كأسا من ذعاف وجوزلا
He gave them to drink a cup of poison and 'juzla' (a type of plant or fruit).
العذوف السكوت، والذعوف المرارات.
Al-'adhuuf is silence, and al-dhu'uuf is bitterness.
وطعام مذعوف: جعل فيه الذعاف
And poisoned food: poison has been put into it.
وأذعفه: قتله قتلا سريعا.
And 'adh'afahu: he killed him a swift killing.
وذعفت الرجل: سقيته الذعاف.
And 'dha'aftu al-rajula: I gave the man poison to drink.
وموت ذعاف وذؤاف أي سريع يعجل القتل.
And a swift death and a rapid death, meaning quick, hastening the killing.
وحية ذعف اللعاب: سريعة القتل.
And a snake with deadly venom: swift to kill.