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زفل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to groups of people or animals, often implying a large gathering or multitude. It can also extend to concepts of lightness or speed, and appears in proper names.

Derived headwords

الأزفلةnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleboth

    A large gathering or multitude of people.

  2. 2.
    groupclassical

    A general term for a group or collection of things, not limited to people.

  3. 3.
    herd of camelsclassical

    Specifically, a group or herd of camels.

أزفلتهمnoun
  1. 1.
    their groupclassical

    Referring to their collective group or multitude, used in conjunction with a pronoun.

قال الفراء: يقال جاؤوا بأزفلتهم وبأجفلتهم أي بجماعتهم — Al-Farra' said: It is said, 'They came with their azfalatihim and their ajfalatihim,' meaning with their group.
الأزفلىnoun
  1. 1.
    groupclassical

    A group or collection of anything, similar to 'al-azfalah'.

إزفلةnoun
  1. 1.
    lightnessclassical

    A state of being light, agile, or quick.

أخذته إزفلة — He was overcome by lightness.
وزوفلname
  1. 1.
    man's nameclassical

    A proper name for a man.

وزيفلname
  1. 1.
    man's nameclassical

    A proper name for a man.

Parallel reading

الأزفلة، بفتح الهمزة والفاء: الجماعة من الناس، وقيل: الجماعة، وكذلك الزرافة.
Al-azfalah, with fatha on the hamza and fa: a group of people, and it is said: a group, and likewise al-zarafah.
قال الفراء: يقال جاؤوا بأزفلتهم وبأجفلتهم أي بجماعتهم، وقال غيره: جاؤوا الأجفلى.
Al-Farra' said: It is said, 'They came with their azfalatihim and their ajfalatihim,' meaning with their group, and others said: 'They came with the ajfla.'
أتيت النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وهو في أزفلة ؛ الأزفلة: الجماعة من الناس وغيرهم، والهمزة زائدة.
I came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and he was in an azfalah; al-azfalah: a group of people and others, and the hamza is extra.
أنها أرسلت إلى أزفلة من الناس أي جماعة؛
That she sent to an azfalah of people, meaning a group;
إني لأعلم ما قوم بأزفلة، ... جاؤوا لأخبر من ليلى بأكياس
I know what people are in an azfalah, ... they came to inform me about Layla with bags
جاؤوا لأخبر من ليلى فقلت لهم: ... ليلى من الجن أم ليلى من الناس؟
They came to inform me about Layla, so I said to them: ... Is Layla from the jinn or Layla from mankind?
والأزفلى: الجماعة من كل شيء؛
And al-azfla: a group of everything;
حتى إذا ظلماؤها تكشفت ... عني، وعن صيهبة قد شرفت «3».
Until when its darkness cleared ... from me, and from Sayhaba who had become elevated.
عادت تباري الأزفلى واستأنفت
She returned, competing with al-azfla, and resumed.
وقال الفراء: الأزفلة الجماعة من الإبل.
Al-Farra' said: Al-azfalah is a group of camels.
وقال سيبويه: أخذته إزفلة، بكسر الهمزة وتشديد اللام، أي خفة.
Sibawayh said: Izfalah, with kasra on the hamza and shadda on the lam, overcame him, meaning lightness.
والأزفلى: مثل الأجفلى؛
And al-azfla: like al-ajfla;
جاؤوا إليك أزفلى ركوبا
They came to you as azfla, riding.
وزوفل: اسم، وفي التهذيب: وزيفل اسم رجل.
Wazawfil: a name, and in Al-Tahdhib: Wazayfil is the name of a man.