زعف

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root زعف (za'afa) primarily relates to intense, swift, and deadly actions, often associated with death, poison, and lethal weapons. It can also extend to exaggeration or falsehood in speech.

Derived headwords

زُعَافnoun

1.
deadly poisonboth
A potent and deadly poison, often implying swift action.
2.
intense deathclassical
Referring to a severe and intense form of death.
3.
swift deathclassical
Specifically, a swift or sudden death.

ذُعَافnoun

1.
intense deathclassical
A severe and intense form of death, synonymous with زعاف.

ذُؤَافnoun

1.
intense deathclassical
A severe and intense form of death, synonymous with زعاف.

زُؤَافnoun

1.
intense deathclassical
A severe and intense form of death, synonymous with زعاف.

زعفverb

1.
to strike deadclassical
To strike or hit someone, causing them to die quickly in place.
2.
to finish offclassical
To deliver the final blow or finish someone off.
3.
to exaggerateclassical
To add to or lie about something, particularly in speech.

أزعفverb

1.
to strike deadclassical
To strike or hit someone, causing them to die quickly in place.
2.
to cause to dieclassical
To cause someone's death swiftly.
3.
to incapacitateclassical
To render someone unable to move or act, to immobilize.

ازدعفverb

1.
to strike deadclassical
To strike or hit someone, causing them to die quickly in place.
2.
to incapacitateclassical
To render someone unable to move or act, to immobilize.

المُزْعِفadjective

1.
deadlyboth
Referring to something that kills, especially a poison or a weapon.
2.
swift-killingclassical
Describing something that causes a quick death.

المُزْعَافَةnoun

1.
deadly snakeclassical
A type of snake known for its deadly venom.

المُزْعَامَةnoun

1.
deadly snakeclassical
A type of snake known for its deadly venom, synonymous with المزعافة.

الزَّعُوفnoun

1.
perilsclassical
Things that lead to destruction or death; dangers.

Parallel reading

موت زعاف وذعاف وذؤاف وزؤاف: شديد

Deadly death (زعاف), intense death (ذعاف), intense death (ذؤاف), and intense death (زؤاف): severe.

الموت الزعاف الوحي

The deadly death (زعاف) is the swift one.

زعفه يزعفه زعفا وأزعفه: رماه أو ضربه فمات مكانه سريعا

He struck him with زعف, يزعفه زعفا, and أزعفه: he struck him or hit him, and he died in his place swiftly.

وقد أزعفته: أقعصته

And أزعفته him: you immobilized him.

وكذلك ازدعفته

And likewise ازدعفته him.

وزعفه يزعفه زعفا: أجهز عليه

And he struck him with زعف, يزعفه زعفا: he finished him off.

وسم زعاف، والمزعف: القاتل من السم

And deadly poison (زعاف), and the deadly one (المزعف): the killer from the poison.

برجلك من مزعافة الريق معضل

With your foot from a deadly-saliva-producing [creature] is a serious matter.

أراد حية ذات ريق مزعف

He intended a snake with deadly saliva.

ومن أسماء الحية المزعافة والمزعامة

And among the names of the snake are المزعافة and المزعامة.

وسيف مزعف: لا يطني

And a deadly sword (مزعف): it does not delay [in killing].

وكان له سيف سماه المزعف

And he had a sword which he named المزعف.

علوت بالمزعف المأثور هامته، ... فما استجاب لداعيه وقد سمعا

I struck his head with the inherited المزعف, ... and he did not respond to his caller, though he had heard.

والزعوف: المهالك

And الزعوف: the perils.

وزعف في الحديث: زاد عليه أو كذب فيه

And he exaggerated in the hadith (زعف): he added to it or lied in it.