ردف

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

The root ردف (r-d-f) primarily denotes following, succeeding, or being behind something or someone. This concept extends to physical following, riding behind, and metaphorical succession or accompaniment, as well as parts of the body and poetic or astronomical terms.

Derived headwords

رَدِفَverb

1.
to followboth
To come after or follow something or someone.
2.
to ride behindboth
To ride on the back of an animal or vehicle behind the primary rider.

تَرادَفَverb

1.
to follow each otherboth
To follow one another in succession, to be sequential.
2.
to cooperateclassical
To cooperate or assist each other.

أَرْدَفَverb

1.
to cause to followboth
To make something or someone follow; to send after.
2.
to make ride behindboth
To cause someone to ride behind oneself.
3.
to followboth
To follow, as in a succession of events or occurrences.

ارْتَدَفَverb

1.
to ride behindboth
To ride on the back of an animal or vehicle behind the primary rider.
2.
to take from behindclassical
To seize or take hold of someone from behind.

رَدْفnoun

1.
followerboth
That which follows something else; a follower.
2.
rear partboth
The rear or hind part of something.
3.
buttocksboth
The buttocks or rump, especially of a woman.
4.
rider behindboth
A person who rides behind another on an animal or vehicle.
5.
poetic meter termclassical
A quiescent letter preceding the rhyme letter in Arabic poetry.

رَدِيفnoun

1.
followerboth
One who follows or comes after another.
2.
rider behindboth
A person riding behind another.
3.
accompanying starclassical
A star that follows or is near another star.

رَدَفَةnoun

1.
buttocksboth
The buttocks or rump.
2.
followerclassical
A follower or attendant.

رُدْفَانnoun

1.
day and nightclassical
Day and night, as each follows the other.
2.
two followersclassical
Two followers, specifically referring to two individuals in a historical context.

رَدَافَىnoun

1.
followersboth
A plural for followers, especially those who come in succession.
2.
drivers of camelsclassical
Camel drivers or guides, especially those who follow each other.

رَدَافِىnoun

1.
followersboth
A plural for followers, especially those who come in succession.
2.
drivers of camelsclassical
Camel drivers or guides, especially those who follow each other.

رَدِيفَةnoun

1.
followerboth
A follower or something that follows.
2.
strip of fatclassical
A strip of fat, particularly on an animal's back.

رَوَادِفnoun

1.
followersboth
Those who follow behind, especially a group of people.
2.
strips of fatclassical
Strips of fat, especially on the back of an animal.
3.
palm offshootsclassical
Offshoots or suckers that grow from the base of a palm tree.

تَرادُفnoun

1.
successionboth
The state of following one after another; sequence.
2.
cooperationclassical
Mutual assistance or cooperation.
3.
synonymymodern
The state of having the same or nearly the same meaning; synonymy.

ارْتِدافnoun

1.
riding behindboth
The act of riding behind someone.
2.
taking from behindclassical
The act of seizing or taking hold of someone from behind.

مُرْدِفadjective

1.
followingboth
Following or coming after.
2.
one who rides behindboth
One who rides behind another.

مُرْتَدِفadjective

1.
riding behindboth
Riding behind someone.

مُتَرادِفadjective

1.
following each otherboth
Following one another in succession.
2.
synonymousmodern
Having the same or similar meaning.

مُرادِفadjective

1.
followingboth
Following or accompanying.
2.
synonymousmodern
Synonymous; having the same meaning.

رَدَّفَverb

1.
to followboth
To follow something or someone.
2.
to ride behindboth
To ride behind someone.

رَدَّافَةnoun

1.
successionclassical
The act of following or succeeding.
2.
deputy kingclassical
The position or role of a deputy king or regent in pre-Islamic Arabia.

رَدِيفَانnoun

1.
two followersclassical
Two followers, specifically referring to two individuals in a historical context.

رَدْفَانnoun

1.
day and nightclassical
Day and night, as each follows the other.

رَدِيفnoun

1.
followerboth
One who follows or comes after another.
2.
rider behindboth
A person riding behind another.
3.
accompanying starclassical
A star that follows or is near another star.

استَرْدَفَverb

1.
to ask to ride behindboth
To ask someone to allow one to ride behind them.

Parallel reading

ما تبع الشيء.

That which follows a thing.

وكل شيء تبع شيئا، فهو ردفه

And everything that follows something is its follower.

وإذا تتابع شيء خلف شيء، فهو الترادف

And when one thing follows another, that is succession (al-tarāduf).

جاء القوم ردافى أي بعضهم يتبع بعضا.

The people came in succession (raddāfā), meaning some followed others.

ويقال للحداة الردافى

And the camel drivers are called al-raddāfā.

وهذا أمر ليس له ردف أي ليس له تبعة.

And this is a matter that has no follower, meaning it has no consequence.

وأردفه أمر: لغة في ردفه مثل تبعه وأتبعه بمعنى

And a matter followed him (ardafahu amr): a variant pronunciation for 'raddafahu amr', meaning 'it followed him' and 'atba'ahu' in meaning.

إذا الجوزاء أردفت الثريا،

When Gemini follows the Pleiades,

فأردفت خيلا على خيل لي،

So I sent cavalry after cavalry,

وردف الرجل وأردفه: ركب خلفه

And 'radafa al-rajul' and 'ardafahu': to ride behind a man.

والجمع ردفاء وردافى، كالفرادى جمع الفريد.

And the plural is 'rudafā' and 'raddāfā', like 'farādā' which is the plural of 'farīd'.

يقال ردفت فلانا أي صرت له ردفا.

It is said 'radaftu fulānan' meaning 'I became a follower for him'.

بألف من الملائكة مردفين أي متتابعين يردف بعضهم بعضا.

With a thousand angels following one another, meaning successive, one following another.

والردف: مؤخره.

And al-radf: its rear part.

والردف: الكفل والعجز

And al-radf: the rump and the buttocks.

والروادف: الأعجاز

And al-rawādif: the buttocks.

وترادف الشيء: تبع بعضه بعضا.

And 'tarāduf al-shay': one thing followed another.

والترادف: التتابع.

And al-tarāduf: succession.

والارتداف: الاستدبار.

And al-irtidāf: taking from behind.

وأردف الشيء بالشيء وأردفه عليه: أتبعه عليه

And 'ardafa al-shay' bi-al-shay' and 'ardafahu 'alayhi': to follow it upon it.

والرديف: المرتدف، والجمع رداف.

And al-radīf: the one riding behind, and the plural is 'ridāf'.

واستردفه: سأله أن يردفه.

And 'istaradafahu': he asked him to let him ride behind him.

والردف: الراكب خلفك.

And al-radf: the rider behind you.

ودابة لا تردف ولا ترادف أي لا تقبل رديفا.

And a beast that does not take a rider behind (lā turdif) and does not accept a rider behind (lā turādif), meaning it does not allow a rider behind.

والرداف: موضع مركب الرديف

And al-ridāf: the place where the rider behind sits.

وأرداف النجوم: تواليها وتوابعها.

And 'ardāf al-nujūm': their succession and their followers.

وأردفت النجوم أي توالت.

And the stars followed one another (ardafat) meaning they came in succession.

والردف والرديف: كوكب يقرب من النسر الواقع.

And al-radf and al-radīf: a star that is near Al-Nasr al-Wāqi' (Vega).

والرديف في قول أصحاب النجوم: هو النجم الناظر إلى النجم الطالع

And al-radīf in the saying of astronomers: it is the star that looks at the rising star.

والردف: الكفل.

And al-radf: the rump.

وأرداف الملوك في الجاهلية الذين كانوا يخلفونهم في القيام بأمر المملكة، بمنزلة الوزراء في الإسلام

And the 'ardāf al-mulūk' in the pre-Islamic era were those who succeeded them in managing the kingdom, equivalent to ministers in Islam.

والردافة: الاسم من أرداف الملوك في الجاهلية.

And al-ridāfah: the name for the 'ardāf al-mulūk' in the pre-Islamic era.

والروادف: أتباع القوم المؤخرون يقال لهم روادف وليسوا بأرداف.

And al-rawādif: the followers of a people who come last, they are called rawādif and not ardaf.

والردفان: الليل والنهار لأن كل واحد منهما ردف صاحبه.

And al-radfān: night and day because each of them follows its companion.

ومنا الردفان

And among us are al-radfān

والردف: الذي يجيء بقدحه بعد ما اقتسموا الجزور فلا يردونه خائبا، ولكن يجعلون له حظا فيما صار لهم من أنصبائهم.

And al-radf: he who brings his cup after they have divided the slaughtered camel and they do not send him back disappointed, but rather they give him a share of what they have obtained.

والردف في الشعر حرف ساكن من حروف المد واللين يقع قبل حرف الروي ليس بينهما شيء

And al-radf in poetry is a quiescent letter from the letters of elongation and softness that occurs before the rhyme letter with nothing between them.

وردفهم الأمر وأردفهم: دهمهم.

And the matter overwhelmed them (radafahum amr wa ardafahum), meaning it suddenly befell them.

قل عسى أن يكون ردف لكم

Say, 'Perhaps that which you seek to hasten has drawn near to you'

يجوز أن يكون أراد ردفكم فزاد اللام

It is permissible that he intended 'radifakum' and added the 'lām'.

ويقال: أردفت الرجل إذا جئت بعده.

And it is said: 'Ardaftu al-rajul' if you came after him.

وكان نزل بهم أمر فردف لهم آخر أعظم منه.

And an event befell them, and another greater event followed it.

تتبعها الرادفة.

Followed by the follower.

وأتيناه فارتدفناه أي أخذناه أخذا.

And we came to him and seized him (fa-irtadafnāhu), meaning we took him by force.

والروادف: رواكيب النخلة

And al-rawādif: the offshoots of the palm tree.

والردافى، على فعالى بالضم: الحداة والأعوان لأنه إذا أعيا أحدهم خلفه الآخر

And al-raddāfā, on the pattern 'fa'ālā' with damma: the camel drivers and helpers, because if one of them tires, another follows him.

وردفان موضع، والله أعلم.

And Radfān is a place, and God knows best.