عذف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to obtaining or consuming something, often in small amounts. It can also refer to silence, bitterness, or a specific type of poison.

Derived headwords

عَذَفَverb

1.
to obtain a littleboth
To acquire or get hold of a small portion of something, particularly food or drink.

عَذْفًاnoun

1.
obtaining a littleclassical
The act of obtaining a small amount of something, as a verbal noun from the verb 'عَذَفَ'.
2.
food or drinkclassical
A small portion of food or drink that has been obtained.

العَذُوفnoun

1.
what was obtainedclassical
That which has been acquired or obtained, especially a small amount of food or drink.
2.
silenceclassical
The state of being silent or quiet.
3.
bitternessesclassical
The bitter parts or substances.

العَذَافnoun

1.
what was obtainedclassical
That which has been acquired or obtained, especially a small amount of food or drink.
2.
poisonclassical
A potent or deadly poison, possibly a variant or inversion of 'ذُعَاف'.

عَذَفَ نَفْسَهُverb

1.
to restrain oneselfclassical
To hold oneself back or restrain oneself, similar to the meaning of 'عَزَفَ نَفْسَهُ'.

عُذَافnoun

1.
poisonclassical
A potent or deadly poison, mentioned as being an inversion of 'ذُعَاف'.

عَذَفَverb

1.
to eatclassical
To consume food, used by the tribe of Rabi'ah.

عَدُوفًاnoun

1.
anythingclassical
Anything at all, used in negation, similar to 'عَذَفًا' or 'عَذُوفًا'.

Parallel reading

عَذَفَ من الطعام والشراب يعذف عذفا: أصاب منه شيئا.

To obtain from food and drink, one obtains a little: he acquired something from it.

والعذوف والعذاف: ما أصابه.

And Al-'Adhuf and Al-'Adhaf: what was obtained.

وعذف نفسه: كعزفها.

And he restrained himself: like he restrained himself.

وسم عذاف: مقلوب عن ذعاف؛ حكاه يعقوب واللحياني.

And 'Adhaf poison: an inversion of Dhu'af; Ya'qub and Al-Lihyani narrated it.

والعذوف: السكوت.

And Al-'Adhuf: silence.

والعذوف: المرارات.

And Al-'Adhuf: the bitter parts.

والعذف: الأكل، وقد عذف، بالذال المعجمة؛ هذه لغة ربيعة.

And Al-'Adhf: eating, and he ate, with the voiced dental (Dhal); this is a dialect of Rabi'ah.

يقال: ما ذقت عذفا ولا عذوفا ولا عذافا أي شيئا، وكذلك يقال ولا عدوفا، بالدال، وقد تقدم بالدال المهملة.

It is said: I did not taste 'Adhfan, nor 'Adhufan, nor 'Adhafan, meaning anything; likewise it is said, nor 'Adufan, with the Dal, and it has preceded with the unpointed Dal.

وباتت الدابة على غير عذوف.

And the animal spent the night without obtaining anything.