زيف

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of counterfeit or debased currency, specifically coins. It extends to meanings of being inferior, rejected, or of poor quality. Additionally, it describes a specific type of gait or movement characterized by speed, swagger, or a peculiar swaying motion, applicable to humans, animals, and even abstract concepts like war.

Derived headwords

زَافَverb

1.
to be debased/counterfeitclassical
Said of coins, meaning they were rejected due to being counterfeit or of poor quality.
2.
to swagger/strideclassical
Said of a camel or a person, describing a fast, swaying, or strutting gait.
3.
to move quickly/swayclassical
Said of a camel, person, or even war, describing a swift, undulating, or forward-pushing movement.
4.
to be high/tallclassical
Said of a building or structure, meaning it was tall or elevated.
5.
to leap/jumpclassical
Said of a wall or structure, meaning it was leaped over or jumped.

زَيَّفَverb

1.
to debase/counterfeitclassical
To make coins counterfeit or of poor quality, causing them to be rejected.
2.
to belittle/disparageclassical
To consider someone or something as small, insignificant, or contemptible, derived from the concept of counterfeit coins.

زَيُوفٌadjective

1.
counterfeit/debasedclassical
Describing coins that are counterfeit, debased, or rejected.
2.
swaggering/struttingclassical
Describing a gait characterized by speed and swagger.

زَائِفٌadjective

1.
counterfeit/debasedclassical
Describing coins that are counterfeit, debased, or rejected.
2.
swaggering/struttingclassical
Describing a gait characterized by speed and swagger.

زَيْفٌnoun

1.
counterfeit/debasementclassical
The state or quality of being counterfeit, debased, or rejected, especially concerning coins.
2.
swaggering gaitclassical
A gait characterized by speed, swagger, or a swaying motion.
3.
eaves/corniceclassical
The projecting ledge or cornice at the top of a wall or building, often where birds perch.
4.
battlement/parapetclassical
A defensive wall or parapet on the top of a building, similar to a battlement.

زِيَافَةٌnoun

1.
swaggering gaitclassical
A gait characterized by pride, swagger, and a swaying motion, often used for camels or ostentatious movement.
2.
ostentatious movementclassical
A proud or showy manner of walking or moving.

زَيَّافٌadjective

1.
swaggering/struttingclassical
Describing someone or something that moves with a fast, swaying, or strutting gait.

زِيُوفٌnoun

1.
counterfeit coinsclassical
Plural of 'zayf', referring to counterfeit or debased coins.
2.
swaggering gaitsclassical
Plural of 'zayf', referring to proud or swaying gaits.

زَيْفَةٌnoun

1.
battlement/parapetclassical
A single unit of a battlement or parapet, a raised structure on the top of a wall.

زَيُوفَةٌnoun

1.
debasement/inferiorityclassical
The quality or state of being debased, inferior, or rejected, particularly referring to coins.
2.
swaggering gaitclassical
A gait characterized by speed and a swaying or strutting motion.

زَيْفَانٌnoun

1.
swaggering/struttingclassical
The act of moving with a fast, swaying, or strutting gait.

زَائِفَاتٌadjective

1.
counterfeit/debasedclassical
Feminine plural of 'za'if', describing counterfeit or debased coins.

زِيفٌnoun

1.
counterfeit/debasementclassical
The state or quality of being counterfeit, debased, or rejected, especially concerning coins.
2.
swaggering gaitclassical
A gait characterized by speed, swagger, or a swaying motion.
3.
eaves/corniceclassical
The projecting ledge or cornice at the top of a wall or building, often where birds perch.
4.
battlement/parapetclassical
A defensive wall or parapet on the top of a building, similar to a battlement.

زَافَتْverb

1.
were rejected/debasedclassical
Past tense, feminine plural of 'zafa', referring to coins that were rejected due to being counterfeit.
2.
moved quickly/swayedclassical
Past tense, feminine plural of 'zafa', describing movement.

زَافَتْ عَلَيْهِverb phrase

1.
were rejected (coins)classical
Said of coins, meaning they were rejected by the buyer due to being counterfeit or of poor quality.

زَيَّفْتُهَاverb phrase

1.
I debased themclassical
I made them counterfeit or of poor quality, causing them to be rejected.

زَائِفَةٌadjective

1.
counterfeit/debasedclassical
Feminine form of 'za'if', describing counterfeit or debased coins.

Parallel reading

زَافَتْ عَلَيْهِ دَرَاهِمُهُ أَيْ صَارَتْ مَرْدُودَةً لِغِشٍّ فِيهَا

His dirhams were rejected for him, meaning they became rejected due to adulteration within them.

وَقَدْ زُيِّفَتْ إِذَا رُدَّتْ

And they were considered counterfeit if they were rejected.

زَافَ الدِّرْهَمُ يَزِيفُ زُيُوفًا وَزُيُوفَةً: رَدُؤَ

The dirham was debased, it debases, a debasement and a debasement: it became bad.

فَهُوَ زَائِفٌ، وَالْجَمْعُ زُيُوفٌ

So it is counterfeit, and the plural is counterfeit ones.

وَكَذَلِكَ زِيفٌ، وَالْجَمْعُ زُيُوفٌ

And likewise, it is debased, and the plural is debased ones.

كَأَنَّ صَلِيلَ الْمَرْوِ، حِينَ تَشُدُّهُ، ... صَلِيلَ زُيُوفٍ يَنْتَقِدْنَ بِعَبْقَرَا

Like the clanging of flint, when you strike it, ... is the clanging of debased coins being tested in Abqara.

وَفِي الْقَوْمِ زِيفٌ مِثْلُ زِيفِ الدَّرَاهِمِ

And among the people is a debasement like the debasement of dirhams.

لَا تُعْطِهِ زَيْفًا وَلَا نَبْهَرِجَا

Do not give him counterfeit or adulterated (money).

تَرَى وَرَقَ الْفِتْيَانِ فِيهَا كَأَنَّهُمْ ... دَرَاهِمُ، مِنْهَا زَاكِيَاتٌ وَزِيفٌ

You see the young men's papers in it as if they were ... dirhams, some of them good and some debased.

وَمَا زَوَّدُونِي غَيْرَ سَحْقِ عِمَامَةٍ ... وَخَمْسِمِئٍ، مِنْهَا قِسِيٌّ وَزَائِفٌ

And they did not provide me with anything but finely ground turban cloth ... and five hundred, among them strong ones and counterfeit ones.

وَكَانَتْ زُيُوفًا وَقِسِيَّةً أَيْ رَدِيئَةً

And they were debased and strong, meaning bad.

وَدِرْهَمٌ زِيفٌ وَزَائِفٌ

And a dirham is debased and counterfeit.

وَزَيَّفَ الرَّجُلُ: بَهْرَجَهُ

And a man debased (it): he adulterated it.

وَقِيلَ: صَغَّرَ بِهِ وَحَقَّرَ، مَأْخُوذٌ مِنَ الدِّرْهَمِ الزَّائِفِ وَهُوَ الرَّدِيءُ

And it was said: he belittled him and degraded him, taken from the counterfeit dirham which is the bad one.

مَنْ زَافَتْ عَلَيْهِ دَرَاهِمُهُ فَلْيَأْتِ بِهَا السُّوقَ، وَلْيَشْتَرِ بِهَا سَحْقَ ثَوْبٍ وَلَا يُحَالِفُ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا أَنَّهَا جِيَادٌ

Whoever has his dirhams rejected for him should bring them to the market, and buy with them fine cloth, and not swear to people that they are good.

وَزَافَ الْبَعِيرُ وَالرَّجُلُ وَغَيْرُهُمَا يَزِيفُ فِي مِشْيَتِهِ زَيْفًا وَزُيُوفًا وَزَيْفَانًا، فَهُوَ زَائِفٌ وَزِيفٌ

And the camel and the man and others moved with a swagger, they swagger, a swagger, a swagger, and a swaggering, so he is swaggering and a swaggerer.

أُنْكِبُ زَيَّافًا وَمَا فِيهِ نَكَبٌ

I fall upon a swaggerer, and there is no stumbling in him.

وَقِيلَ زَافَ الْبَعِيرُ يَزِيفُ تَبَخْتُرًا فِي مِشْيَتِهِ

And it was said the camel swaggered, it swaggered, strutting in its gait.

وَالزَّيَّافَةُ مِنَ النُّوقِ: الْمُخْتَالَةُ

And the swaggering one among she-camels is the proud one.

زَيَّافَةٌ مِثْلُ الْفَنِيقِ الْمُكَرَّمِ

A swaggering one like the honored young camel.

وَزَافَتْ كَمَوْجِ الْبَحْرِ تَسْمُو أَمَامَهَا، ... وَقَامَتْ عَلَى سَاقٍ وَآنَ التَّلَاحُقُ

And it advanced like waves of the sea, rising before it, ... and it stood on its leg, and it was time for pursuit.

وَزَافَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي مَشْيِهَا تَزِيفُ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهَا كَأَنَّهَا تَسْتَدِيرُ

And the woman swaggered in her walk, she swaggered, if you see her as if she is turning around.

وَالْحَمَامَةُ تَزِيفُ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْحَمَامِ الذَّكَرِ أَيْ تَمْشِي مُدَلَّةً

And the dove struts before the male pigeon, meaning it walks proudly.

بَعْدَ زَيْفَانٍ وَثَبَاتِهِ

After swaggering and its steadfastness.

وَزَافَ الْجِدَارُ وَالْحَائِطُ زَيْفًا: قَفَزَهُ؛ عَنْ كُرَاعٍ

And the wall and the partition leaped, a leap: it was leaped over; according to Kra'a.

وَزَافَ الْبِنَاءُ وَغَيْرُهُ زَيْفًا: طَالَ وَارْتَفَعَ

And the building and others rose, a rise: it became long and elevated.

وَالزَّيْفُ: الْإِفْرِيزُ الَّذِي فِي أَعْلَى الدَّارِ، وَهُوَ الطَّنْفُ الْمُحِيطُ بِالْجِدَارِ

And the cornice is the cornice that is at the top of the house, and it is the projecting ledge surrounding the wall.

تَرَكُونِي لَدَى قُصُورٍ وَأَعْرَاضٍ ... قُصُورٍ، لِزَيْفِهِنَّ مَرَاقِي

They left me at palaces and estates ... palaces, for their battlements are stairways.

وَقِيلَ: إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ بِذَلِكَ لِأَنَّ الْحَمَامَ يَزِيفُ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ شُرْفَةٍ إِلَى شُرْفَةٍ

And it was said: it was named that because the doves strut upon them from one balcony to another.