وظف

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns assigned portions, duties, or fixed amounts, whether of sustenance, tasks, or physical measurements. It extends to concepts of obligation, following, and the passage of time or fortune.

Derived headwords

الوظيفةnoun

1.
assigned portionboth
The portion allotted to something daily, such as sustenance, food, fodder, or drink.
2.
dutyboth
An assigned task or responsibility, often a fixed obligation.
3.
fortuneclassical
A turn of fortune or a period of dominance, referring to shifts in power or circumstances.

الوظائفnoun

1.
assigned portionsboth
The plural of 'وظيفة', referring to multiple allotted portions of sustenance or other provisions.

الوظفnoun

1.
assigned portionsboth
A plural form of 'وظيفة', referring to allotted portions or provisions.
2.
legs (of animals)classical
The lower parts of the legs of four-legged animals, specifically the part from the wrist/ankle to the joint.

وظفverb

1.
to assignboth
To assign or allot something, to impose it as a duty or portion.
2.
to obligateboth
To obligate oneself or someone else to a specific task or portion.

توظيفnoun

1.
assignmentboth
The act of assigning or allotting something, making it obligatory.
2.
impositionboth
The act of imposing a duty or task upon someone.

وظّفverb

1.
to assignboth
To assign or allot something, to impose it as a duty or portion (Form II).
2.
to obligateboth
To obligate oneself or someone else to a specific task or portion (Form II).

مُوظَّفnoun

1.
employeemodern
One who is assigned a task or duty, typically in employment.
2.
assigned oneboth
One who has been assigned a specific portion or duty.

الوظيفnoun

1.
lower legclassical
The part of the leg of a four-legged animal above the fetlock (wrist/ankle) up to the knee or hock joint.
2.
hoofclassical
The hoof of a camel, considered analogous to a horse's hoof.

أوظفةnoun

1.
lower legsclassical
The plural of 'وظيف', referring to the lower parts of the legs of animals.

وظفتverb

1.
to injure the legclassical
To strike or injure the 'وظيف' (lower leg) of an animal.
2.
to shorten the tetherclassical
To shorten the tether or rope of a camel.

أظفهverb

1.
to injure the legclassical
To strike or injure the 'وظيف' (lower leg) of a camel (Form IV).

وظفاnoun

1.
injury to the legclassical
An injury to the 'وظيف' (lower leg) of an animal.

استوظفverb

1.
to encompassclassical
To encompass or include fully, specifically referring to the cutting of vital parts during slaughter.

يظفهverb

1.
to followclassical
To follow someone or something closely, to trail behind.

وظفnoun

1.
turns of fortuneclassical
Plural of 'وظيفة', referring to shifts in fortune or periods of dominance.

Parallel reading

الوظيفة من كل شيء: ما يقدر له في كل يوم من رزق أو طعام أو علف أو شراب

The 'وظيفة' of everything is what is allotted to it daily of sustenance, food, fodder, or drink.

وجمعها الوظائف والوظف

Its plural is 'الوظائف' and 'الوظف'.

ووظف الشيء على نفسه ووظفه توظيفا: ألزمها إياه

And he assigned a thing to himself, and assigned it (Form II) as an imposition: he obligated himself to it.

وقد وظفت له توظيفا على الصبي كل يوم حفظ آيات من كتاب الله عز وجل

And I imposed upon him (Form II) as an assignment upon the boy the memorization of verses from the Book of Allah, the Almighty, every day.

والوظيف لكل ذي أربع: ما فوق الرسغ إلى مفصل الساق

And the 'وظيف' for every four-legged animal is: what is above the wrist to the knee joint.

ووظيفا يدي الفرس: ما تحت ركبتيه إلى جنبيه، ووظيفا رجليه: ما بين كعبيه إلى جنبيه

And the 'وظيف' of the horse's forelegs: what is below its knees to its sides, and the 'وظيف' of its hind legs: what is between its hocks to its sides.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: الوظيف من رسغي البعير إلى ركبتيه في يديه، وأما في رجليه فمن رسغيه إلى عرقوبيه

And Ibn al-A'rabi said: The 'وظيف' of a camel is from its wrists to its knees in its forelegs, and as for its hind legs, it is from its wrists to its hocks.

والجمع من كل ذلك أوظفة ووظف

And the plural of all of that is 'أوظفة' and 'وظف'.

ووظفت البعير أظفه وظفا إذا أصبت وظيفه

And I injured the camel's leg ('وظفت البعير') I struck its leg ('أظفه') with an injury ('وظفا') if I hit its 'وظيف'.

الوظيف مستدق الذراع والساق من الخيل والإبل ونحوهما، والجمع الأوظفة

The 'وظيف' is the slender part of the forearm and lower leg of horses, camels, and the like, and the plural is 'الأوظفة'.

فنزع له بوظيف بعير فرماه به فقتله

So he pulled out a camel's leg ('وظيف بعير') and threw it at him, killing him.

يستحب من الفرس أن تعرض أوظفة رجليه وتحدب أوظفة يديه

It is preferred in a horse that the 'أوظفة' of its hind legs be broad and the 'أوظفة' of its forelegs be narrow.

ووظفت البعير إذا قصرت قيده

And I shortened the camel's tether ('وظفت البعير') if I shortened its rope.

وجاءت الإبل على وظيف واحد إذا تبع بعضها بعضا كأنها قطار، كل بعير رأسه عند ذنب صاحبه

And the camels came in a single 'وظيف' (line) if they followed each other like a train, each camel's head at its companion's tail.

وجاء يظفه أي يتبعه؛ عن ابن الأعرابي

And he came following him ('يظفه'), meaning trailing him; from Ibn al-A'rabi.

ويقال: وظف فلان فلانا يظفه وظفا إذا تبعه، مأخوذ من الوظيف

And it is said: So-and-so followed So-and-so ('وظف فلانا يظفه وظفا') if he trailed him, derived from 'الوظيف'.

إذا ذبحت ذبيحة فاستوظف قطع الحلقوم والمريء والودجين أي استوعب ذلك كله

If you slaughter an animal, then seek to encompass ('فاستوظف') the cutting of the windpipe, the esophagus, and the jugular veins, meaning to include all of that.

ما هبت الريح والدنيا لها وظف أي دول

As long as the wind blows and the world has its 'وظف' (turns of fortune), meaning its cycles of power.

هي شبه الدول مرة لهؤلاء ومرة لهؤلاء، جمع الوظيفة

They are like cycles of dominance, one time for these people and another time for those people, the plural of 'الوظيفة'.