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ظءف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of driving away, expelling, or repelling someone or something forcefully. It implies a strong and often burdensome act of pushing away.

Derived headwords

ظَأَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to repel himclassical

    To drive someone away or expel them in a burdensome or exhausting manner.

ظَأْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    repellingclassical

    The act of repelling or driving away, characterized by being burdensome or exhausting.

Parallel reading

ظَأَفَهُ ظَأْفًا: طَرَدَهُ طَرَدًا مُرْهِقًا لَهُ.
He repelled him a repelling: he drove him away with a driving away that was burdensome to him.