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وفد

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of arriving, coming, or being sent, often in a formal capacity. It extends to related ideas of delegation, messengers, and even physical attributes associated with arrival or prominence.

Derived headwords

وَفَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to arriveboth

    To come, to arrive at a place or destination.

  2. 2.
    to come as a delegationboth

    To come as a group of envoys or representatives.

وَفْدٌnoun
  1. 1.
    delegationboth

    A group of people sent as representatives or envoys.

  2. 2.
    arrivalclassical

    The act of arriving, especially as a group.

وُفُودٌnoun
  1. 1.
    delegationsboth

    Plural of 'wafdun', referring to multiple groups of envoys or representatives.

  2. 2.
    arrivalclassical

    The act of arriving, especially in large numbers.

وِفَادَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    delegationboth

    The state or act of being a delegation; the arrival of envoys.

  2. 2.
    arrivalclassical

    The act of arriving.

إِفَادَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    arrivalclassical

    The act of arriving.

أَوْفَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to send as a delegationboth

    To send someone or a group as an envoy or representative.

وُفُودٌnoun
  1. 1.
    envoysboth

    Those who come as a delegation or group of messengers.

وُفْدٌnoun
  1. 1.
    envoysboth

    Those who come as a delegation or group of messengers.

أَوْفَادٌnoun
  1. 1.
    envoysboth

    Those who come as a delegation or group of messengers.

وَافِدٌnoun
  1. 1.
    arrivalboth

    One who arrives, especially a messenger or envoy.

  2. 2.
    early camelclassical

    The first or earliest of camels to arrive.

  3. 3.
    prominent cheekboneclassical

    The raised part of the cheekbone when chewing.

وَافِدَاهُnoun
  1. 1.
    cheeksclassical

    The two prominent parts of the cheeks, often referring to the cheekbones.

وَافِدٌname
  1. 1.
    Wafid tribeclassical

    A proper name for a tribe.

إِيفَادٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sending envoysboth

    The act of sending messengers or a delegation.

  2. 2.
    overlookingclassical

    The act of looking over or supervising.

  3. 3.
    raising headclassical

    The act of raising one's head, like a gazelle.

  4. 4.
    speedingclassical

    The act of moving quickly or hastening.

  5. 5.
    elevationclassical

    The act of raising or becoming elevated.

تَوْفُّدٌnoun
  1. 1.
    overlookingclassical

    The act of looking over or supervising.

تَوْفِيدٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sending envoysclassical

    The act of sending messengers or a delegation.

ذِرْوَةُ الْحَبْلِ مِنَ الرَّمْلِ الْمُشْرِفِnoun
  1. 1.
    crest of a sand duneclassical

    The highest point of a sand dune that overlooks an area.

مُسْتَوْفِدٌnoun
  1. 1.
    one who is eagerclassical

    One who is eager or ready to do something.

بَنُو وَفْدَانَname
  1. 1.
    Banu Wafdan tribeclassical

    A proper name for a tribe.

الْأَوْفَادُnoun
  1. 1.
    peopleclassical

    A general term for a group of people.

Parallel reading

وَفَدَ إِلَيْهِ، وَعَلَيْهِ، يَفِدُ وَفْدًا وَوُفُودًا وَوِفَادَةً، وَإِفَادَةً: قَدِمَ، وَوَرَدَ.
He arrived at it, and upon it, arriving a delegation, arrivals, and delegation, and arrival: he came, and he appeared.
وَأَوْفَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِلَيْهِ، وَهُمْ وُفُودٌ وَوُفْدٌ وَأَوْفَادٌ وَوُفِّدٌ.
And he sent him as a delegation to him, and to him, and they are delegations, and envoys, and envoys, and those sent.
وَالْوَافِدُ: السَّابِقُ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَالْقَطَا سَائِرُهَا، وَالْمُرْتَفِعُ مِنَ الْخَدِّ عِنْدَ الْمَضْغِ، وَ"مِنْ شَابٍ غَابَ وَافِدَاهُ".
And the arriving one: the first of the camels and the rest of the sandgrouse, and the raised part of the cheek when chewing, and 'from a youth who was absent, his cheeks'.
وَوَافِدٌ: حَيٌّ.
And Wafid: a tribe.
وَالْإِيفَادُ: الْإِشْرَافُ، كَالتَّوْفُّدِ، وَالْإِرْسَالُ، كَالتَّوْفِيدِ، وَرَفْعُ الرِّيمِ رَأْسَهُ، وَنَصْبُهُ أُذُنَيْهِ، وَالْإِسْرَاعُ، وَالْارْتِفَاعُ.
And the sending of envoys: the overlooking, like the overlooking, and the sending, like the sending, and the raising of the gazelle's head, and its setting up its ears, and the hastening, and the elevation.
وَالْوَفْدُ: ذِرْوَةُ الْحَبْلِ مِنْ رَمْلٍ مُشْرِفٍ.
And the delegation: the crest of the dune of sand overlooking.
وَالْمُسْتَوْفِدُ: الْمُسْتَوْفِزُ.
And the one who is eager: the one who is eager.
وَبَنُو وَفْدَانَ: حَيٌّ.
And Banu Wafdan: a tribe.
وَالْأَوْفَادُ: قَوْمٌ.
And the envoys: people.
وَهُمْ عَلَى أَوْفَادٍ: عَلَى سَفَرٍ.
And they are on a journey: on a journey.