ذلف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the physical characteristic of a short, small, or upturned nose. It extends to related concepts of beauty and physical description, and metaphorically to easily traversable terrain.

Derived headwords

الذَّلَفnoun

1.
shortness of the noseboth
The state of having a short nose, characterized by a small nose bridge and tip.
2.
smallness of the noseboth
Refers to the small size of the nose, particularly the nostril area.
3.
upturned noseboth
A nose that curves upwards, often associated with beauty.
4.
flatness of the noseboth
The characteristic of the nose being flattened or lying flat against the face.

ذَلِفَverb

1.
to have a short noseboth
To possess a nose that is short and small, often considered a mark of beauty.

ذَلَفًاnoun

1.
shortness of the nose (masdar)both
The verbal noun indicating the state of having a short and small nose.

أَذْلَفadjective

1.
short-nosedboth
A man who has a short and small nose.

ذَلْفَاءadjective

1.
short-nosed (female)both
A woman who has a short and small nose, often considered attractive.

ذُلْفnoun

1.
group of short-nosed menclassical
The plural of 'adhlaf', referring to a group of men with short noses.

الذَّلْفnoun

1.
easy terrainclassical
Referring to sand dunes that are easy to traverse, similar to 'ad-dakk'.

Parallel reading

الذَّلَف، بالتحريك: قصر الأنف وصغره

Adh-dhalaf, with harakah: shortness and smallness of the nose.

وقيل: قصر القصبة وصغر الأرنبة

And it was said: shortness of the bridge and smallness of the tip.

وقيل: هو كالخنس

And it was said: it is like al-khanns (a snub nose).

وقيل: هو غلظ واستواء في طرف الأرنبة

And it was said: it is thickness and evenness at the tip of the nostril.

وقيل: هو قصر في الأرنبة واستواء في القصبة من غير نتوء

And it was said: it is shortness in the nostril and evenness in the bridge without protrusion.

والفطس لصوق القصبة بالأنف مع ضخم الأرنبة

And al-fats is the adherence of the bridge to the nose with a large nostril.

ذلف ذلفا

He had a short nose, with shortness of the nose.

للثم عندي بهجة ومزية، ... وأحب بعض ملاحة الذلفاء

Kissing has with me delight and preference, ... and I love some of the beauty of the short-nosed woman.

هو صغر الأنف واستواء الأرنبة

It is the smallness of the nose and the evenness of the nostril.

تقول: رجل أذلف بين الذلف

You say: a short-nosed man among the short-nosed.

وقد ذلف

And he had a short nose.

وامرأة ذلفاء من نسوة ذلف

And a short-nosed woman from short-nosed women.

إنما الذلفاء ياقوتة، ... أخرجت من كيس دهقان

Indeed, the short-nosed woman is a ruby, ... taken out of a merchant's purse.

لا تقوم الساعة حتى تقاتلوا قوما صغار الأعين ذلف الآنف

The Hour will not be established until you fight a people with small eyes and short noses.

الذلف، بالتحريك: قصر الأنف وانبطاحه

Adh-dhalaf, with harakah: shortness and flatness of the nose.

وقيل: ارتفاع طرفه مع صغر أرنبته

And it was said: the elevation of its tip with the smallness of its nostril.

والذلف، بسكون اللام: جمع أذلف كأحمر وحمر

And adh-dhulf, with sukun on the lam: a plural of 'adhlaf' like 'ahmar' and 'humr'.

والآنف: جمع قلة للأنف وضع موضع جمع الكثرة

And 'al-anuf': a minority plural for the nose, placed in the position of a majority plural.

ويحتمل أنه قللها لصغرها

And it is possible that he intended it as a minority plural due to their smallness.

والذلف كالدك من الرمال: وهو ما سهل منه

And adh-dhalf, like ad-dakk of the sands: it is that which is easy of it.