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يفن

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes old age and advanced years, often referring to an elderly man or an aged animal. It can also extend to concepts of decay, wear, and the passage of time, with some instances indicating smallness or being a place name.

Derived headwords

اليَفَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Elderly manclassical

    An old man, particularly one who is frail or advanced in years.

  2. 2.
    Aged animalclassical

    An old or aged animal, such as an old bull.

اليفنnoun
  1. 1.
    Elderly manclassical

    An old man, characterized by advanced age.

اليفنnoun
  1. 1.
    Smallclassical

    This word can also refer to something small, indicating it is a homonym or an antonym.

اليفنةnoun
  1. 1.
    Cowclassical

    One of the names for a cow, specifically an old one.

يفنnoun
  1. 1.
    Old bullclassical

    An old bull, referring to an aged male bovine.

يفنname
  1. 1.
    Water sourceclassical

    A specific name for a water source located between the territories of the Banu Numayr ibn 'Amir tribe.

يفنname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A geographical location or place name.

Parallel reading

أيّها اليفن الذي قد لهزه القتير
O aged one, whom the white hairs have afflicted.
اليفن، بالتحريك: الشيخ الكبير، والقتير: الشيب
Al-yáfan, with vowel movement: the old man, and al-qutayr: the white hair.
يا ليت شعري هل أتى الحسانا ... أني اتخذت اليفنين شانا، السلب واللومة والعيانا؟
I wish I knew if Al-Hassan has come... that I have taken the two aged ones as a sign, the skin and the blame and the visible?
وما إن أرى الدهر فيما مضى ... يغادر من شارف أو يفن
And I do not see time in the past... leaving behind any aged one or old man.
قال ابن القطاع واليفن الصغير أيضا، وهو من الأضداد.
Ibn al-Qatta' said: and al-yáfan also means small, and it is one of the antonyms.
من أسماء البقرة اليفنة والعجوز واللفت والطغيا.
Among the names of a cow are al-yáfinah, al-'ajūz, al-laffat, and al-ṭughyā.
اليفن الشيخ الفاني
Al-yáfan: the dying old man.
وقال بعضهم هو على تقدير يفعل لأن الدهر فنه وأبلاه.
And some of them said it is on the pattern of yaf'al because time wears it out and makes it old.
اليفن الثيران الجلة، واحدها يفن
Al-yáfan: the large, old bulls, the singular of which is yáfan.
تقول لي مائلة العطاف: ... ما لك قد مت من القحاف؟ ذلك شوق اليفن والوذاف، ... ومضجع بالليل غير دافي
She says to me, bending her neck: ... What is wrong with you that you have died from the baldness? That is the longing of the aged bulls and the swift ones, ... and a bed at night that is not warm.
ويفن: ماء بين مياه بني نمير بن عامر.
And Yáfan: a water source between the waters of Banu Numayr ibn 'Amir.
ويفن: موضع، والله أعلم.
And Yáfan: a place, and God knows best.