فوف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to whiteness, particularly in fingernails and seeds, and extends to fine, light, or white fabrics, and also signifies something insignificant or worthless.

Derived headwords

الفُوفnoun

1.
whiteness on nailsclassical
The whiteness that appears on the fingernails of young people.
2.
white spot on seedclassical
The white spot or kernel inside a date pit from which the palm tree grows.
3.
shell of a pitclassical
The husk or shell covering the kernel of a date or pit, distinct from the flesh.
4.
fine cottonclassical
Cotton, especially fine cotton.
5.
fine Yemeni fabricclassical
A type of fine, thin fabric from Yemen, often embroidered.
6.
insignificant thingclassical
Something of little value or importance.

فُوفَةnoun

1.
part of whitenessclassical
A single instance or portion of the whiteness found on fingernails.
2.
shell of a pitclassical
The thin husk or shell that covers the kernel of a date pit.
3.
insignificant thingclassical
A thing of little worth or consequence.

مُفَوَّفadjective

1.
thin and whiteclassical
Describing fabric that is thin, light, or has white stripes, like a fine Yemeni cloth.
2.
insignificantclassical
Of little value or importance.

أفْوَافnoun

1.
fine cottonclassical
Plural of فوف, referring to fine cotton.
2.
fine fabricclassical
A type of fine fabric, possibly striped or white.

فَوَّفَverb

1.
to be insignificantclassical
To be of no value or importance.

فَوْفًاnoun

1.
insignificanceclassical
The state of being insignificant or worthless; a negligible amount.

تَفْوِيفnoun

1.
insignificanceclassical
The act or state of being insignificant or worthless.

فُوفِيّadjective

1.
fine fabricclassical
Relating to fine, thin fabric, possibly with white stripes.

Parallel reading

الفوف: البياض الذي يكون في أظفار الأحداث

Al-fūf: The whiteness that is on the fingernails of young people.

الفوف الحبة البيضاء في باطن النواة التي تنبت منها النخلة.

Al-fūf is the white kernel inside the pit from which the palm tree grows.

والفوفة والفوف: القشرة التي على حبة القلب والنواة دون لحمة التمرة، وكل قشرة فوف.

And al-fūfah and al-fūf: the husk that is on the kernel of the fruit and the pit, excluding the flesh of the date; every husk is fūf.

الفوفة القشرة الرقيقة تكون على النواة، قال: وهي القطمير أيضا

Al-fūfah is the thin husk that is on the pit; he said: it is also al-quṭmīr.

وأنت لا تغنين عني فوفا

And you do not avail me anything (lit. 'a fūf').

وما أغنى عنه فوفا أي قدر فوف.

And it did not avail him fūf, meaning the measure of a fūf.

الفوف: ضرب من برود اليمن.

Al-fūf: A type of Yemeni fabrics.

خرج وعليه حلة أفواف

He went out wearing a garment of afwāf.

الأفواف: جمع فوف وهو القطن

Al-afwāf: Plural of fūf, which is cotton.

يقال: برد أفواف وحلة أفواف بالإضافة.

It is said: 'bard afwāf' and 'ḥullah afwāf' in an idafa construction.

الأفواف ضرب من عصب البرود.

Al-afwāf is a type of striped fabric.

الفوف ثياب رقاق من ثياب اليمن موشاة، وهو الفوف، بضم الفاء، وبرد مفوف أي رقيق.

Al-fūf are thin garments from embroidered Yemeni clothes, and it is al-fūf (with damma on the fa), and a mufawwaf garment means thin.

الفوف قطع القطن

Al-fūf are pieces of cotton.

وبرد فوفي وثوثي على البدل

And a fūfī and thūthī garment, by substitution.

وبرد أفواف ومفوف: بياض وخطوط بيض

And afwāf and mufawwaf garments: whiteness and white stripes.

ترفع للعبد غرفة مفوفة، وتفويفها لبنة من ذهب وأخرى من فضة.

A mufawwaf chamber is raised for the servant, and its tafwīf is a brick of gold and another of silver.

ما فاف عني بخير ولا زنجر فوفا

He did not turn away from me with any good, nor did he offer a fūf (insignificant thing).

والفوف تنسجه الدبور، وأتلال ... ملمعة القرا شقر

And the fūf (referring to flowers) is woven by the east wind, and hills... shining with flowers.

وما ذاق فوفا أي ما ذاق شيئا.

And he did not taste fūf, meaning he did not taste anything.