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الزفت

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of filling, overwhelming, and forceful movement, often with negative connotations. It also extends to meanings of tar, coating, and absorbing.

Derived headwords

زَفَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to fillboth

    To fill something completely, often implying a sense of being overwhelmed or saturated.

  2. 2.
    to rageclassical

    To experience intense anger or fury.

  3. 3.
    to drive awayclassical

    To expel or push someone or something away forcefully.

  4. 4.
    to driveboth

    To propel or urge forward, often with force.

  5. 5.
    to pushboth

    To exert force against something to move it away.

  6. 6.
    to preventclassical

    To hinder or stop someone or something from doing or happening.

  7. 7.
    to exhaustboth

    To make someone extremely tired or weary.

  8. 8.
    to tireboth

    To cause fatigue or weariness.

زِفْتnoun
  1. 1.
    tarboth

    A black, viscous substance obtained from coal or wood, used for paving and waterproofing.

مُزَفَّتadjective
  1. 1.
    coated with tarboth

    Covered or treated with tar or a similar substance.

زِفْتnoun
  1. 1.
    medicineclassical

    A medicinal substance or preparation.

ازْدَفَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to absorbboth

    To take in or soak up something, such as money or information.

زُفِتَverb
  1. 1.
    to pour intoclassical

    To pour or inject information or speech into someone's ear.

Parallel reading

الملء
filling
والغيظ
and rage
والطرد
and driving away
والسوق
and driving
والدفع
and pushing
والمنع
and preventing
والإرهاق
and exhaustion
والإتعاب
and tiring
وبالكسر: القار
and with kasra: tar
والمزفت: المطلي به
and al-muzfatt: coated with it
و= دواء
and = medicine
وازدفت المال: استوعبه
and izdaft al-mal: he absorbed the money
وزفت الحديث في أذنه: أفرغه
and zaft al-hadith fi udhunihi: he poured the speech into his ear