زوف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a type of relaxed, flowing, or hovering movement. It can apply to humans walking, birds flying, or even the surface of water. It also encompasses a specific gymnastic or playful maneuver.

Derived headwords

زَافَverb

1.
to walk leisurelyboth
To walk with a relaxed, unhurried gait, with limbs moving loosely.
2.
to hoverboth
To glide or soar in the air, often with a sense of effortless movement.
3.
to rise to the surfaceclassical
For water to form bubbles or foam on its surface.

يَزُوفُverb

1.
he walks leisurelyboth
Present tense of walking with a relaxed gait.
2.
he hoversboth
Present tense of gliding or soaring in the air.

يُزَافُverb

1.
he walks leisurelyclassical
Passive or alternative present tense of walking with a relaxed gait.
2.
he hoversclassical
Passive or alternative present tense of gliding or soaring in the air.

زَوْفًاnoun

1.
leisurely walkboth
The act or state of walking with a relaxed, unhurried gait.
2.
hoveringboth
The act or state of gliding or soaring in the air.

زُوفُوفًاnoun

1.
leisurely walkclassical
An intensified form of walking with a relaxed, unhurried gait.
2.
hoveringclassical
An intensified form of gliding or soaring in the air.

زَوْفُ الحَمَامَةِnoun

1.
dove's spread wingsclassical
The specific posture of a dove when it spreads its wings and tail on the ground.

تَزَايَفَverb

1.
to perform a gymnastic maneuverclassical
A specific playful or training exercise where one places a hand on a ledge, leaps, and circles around it in the air before returning to the starting point.

تَزَايُفُ الغِلْمَانِnoun

1.
boys' gymnastic maneuverclassical
The collective practice of the specific gymnastic maneuver by boys.

زَوْفَةnoun

1.
a leap and turnclassical
A single instance of the gymnastic maneuver involving a leap, circling, and return.

Parallel reading

زاف الإنسان يزوف ويزاف زوفا وزووفا: استرخى في مشيته.

A person walks leisurely, he walks leisurely and is walked leisurely, a leisurely walk and a prolonged leisurely walk: he relaxed in his gait.

وزاف الطائر في الهواء: حلق.

And the bird hovered in the air: it soared.

الزوف زوف الحمامة إذا نشرت جناحيها وذنبها على الأرض

The 'zauf' of the dove is when it spreads its wings and tail on the ground.

وكذلك زوف الإنسان إذا مشى مسترخي الأعضاء.

And likewise is the 'zauf' of a person when he walks with relaxed limbs.

وزاف الغلام وزاف الطائر على حرف الدكان «2» فاستدار حواليه ووثب يتعلم بذلك الخفة في الفروسة.

And the boy and the bird hovered around the edge of the platform, turning around it and leaping, learning lightness in horsemanship thereby.

وقد تزاوف الغلمان: وهو أن يجيء أحدهم إلى ركن الدكان فيضع يده على حرفه ثم يزوف زوفة فيستقل من موضعه ويدور حوالي ذلك الدكان في الهواء حتى يعود إلى مكانه.

And the boys have performed the 'tazawof': which is for one of them to come to a corner of the platform, place his hand on its edge, then perform a 'zawfah' (leap and turn), launching himself from his place and circling around that platform in the air until he returns to his spot.

وزاف الماء: علا حبابه.

And the water rose to the surface: its bubbles rose.