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رزف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of approaching or drawing near. It also encompasses the idea of hastening or moving quickly, often applied to animals like camels or to the sound of clouds.

Derived headwords

رَزَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to approachboth

    To draw near or come close to something.

رَزِيفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    approachingclassical

    The act of drawing near or coming close.

الرَّزْفnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteningclassical

    The act of moving quickly or speeding up.

أَرْزَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenclassical

    To move quickly or speed up.

  2. 2.
    to make hasteclassical

    To urge or cause something to move faster.

مَرْزُفadjective
  1. 1.
    hasteningclassical

    Describing something that is moving quickly or speeding up.

زَرَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenclassical

    To move quickly or speed up.

أَزْرَفَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to urge (in speed)classical

    To urge a camel or other animal to increase its speed.

زَرَفَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenclassical

    Referring to a female camel that is moving quickly.

أَزْرَفَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to urge (in speed)classical

    To urge a female camel to increase its speed.

Parallel reading

رزف إليه يرزف رزيفا: دنا
He approached it, approaching, an approaching: he drew near.
والرزف: الإسراع؛ عن كراع
And ar-razf: hastening; according to Kra'a.
وأرزف الرجل: أسرع
And the man hastened: he sped up.
وأرزف السحاب: صوت كأرزم
And the clouds made a sound: a sound like arzam.
فذاك سقى أم الحويرث ماءه، ... بحيث انتوت واهي الأسرة مرزف
So that watered Umm al-Huwayrith with its water, ... where the weak-boned one, the hastening one, intended.
ورزفت الناقة: أسرعت
And the she-camel hastened: she sped up.
وأرزفتها أنا: أحثثتها في السير
And I urged her on: I hastened her in her journey.
ورواه الصرام عن شمر زرفت وأزرفتها، الزاي قبل الراء
And As-Sarram narrated it from Shamir: 'zaraft' and 'azraftuha', with the Zay before the Ra.