ليف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns fibrous material, especially the natural fibers found on palm trees and coconuts. It extends to the process of producing or accumulating such fibers and the resulting products.

Derived headwords

اللِّيفnoun

1.
Fiberboth
The fibrous material, particularly the natural fibers of palm trees and coconuts.

لِيفَةnoun

1.
Strand of fiberboth
A single piece or strand of fiber, especially from a palm tree.

لَافَverb

1.
To be fibrousclassical
To become thick and have abundant fibers, referring to a young palm tree (fasila).

لَيَّفَverb

1.
To produce fiberclassical
To cause something to have abundant fiber, or to process it into fiber.

تَلْيِيفnoun

1.
Fiberingclassical
The process of producing or accumulating fiber, a masdar of layyafa.

مُلَيِّفnoun

1.
Producer of fiberclassical
One who produces or processes fiber, derived from the verb layyafa.

كُنْبَارnoun

1.
Coconut husk fiberboth
The fibrous husk of a coconut, specifically the part that wraps the nut and is separate from its outer shell.

Parallel reading

الليف: ليف النخل معروف

The fiber: the fiber of the palm tree is well-known.

القطعة منه ليفة

A piece of it is a strand of fiber.

وليفت الفسيلة: غلظت وكثر ليفها

And the young palm tree became fibrous: it grew thick and its fiber became abundant.

وقد ليفه المليف تلييفا

And the producer of fiber processed it into fiber, a fibering.

وأجود الليف ليف النارجيل

And the best of the fibers is the fiber of the coconut.

وهو جوز الهند، تجيء الجوزة ملفوفة فيه وهي بائنة من قشرها

And it is the coconut; the nut comes wrapped in it, and it is separate from its shell.

يقال لها الكنبار

It is called the kunbar (coconut husk fiber).

وأجود الكنبار يكون أسود شديد السواد

And the best of the kunbar is black, intensely black.

وذلك أجود الليف وأقواه مسدا وأصبره على ماء البحر وأكثره ثمنا

And that is the best of the fibers, strongest in its binding, most resistant to seawater, and most valuable.