اليفع

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of height, elevation, and reaching maturity. It describes physical elevation like hills and mountains, as well as the age of adolescence and early adulthood. It also extends to abstract concepts of superiority and prominence.

Derived headwords

اليفعnoun

1.
hillboth
A small natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
2.
elevationclassical
A high place or position.

تيفعverb

1.
to ascendboth
To climb up or go up something, such as a hill.

يفوعadjective

1.
elevatedclassical
High or raised in position.

يافعadjective

1.
adolescentboth
A boy or girl who is developing into an adult, typically between the ages of 13 and 18.
2.
approaching twentyclassical
A young person who is nearing the age of twenty.

يفعةnoun

1.
adolescent girlboth
A young female who is approaching adulthood.

أيفاعnoun

1.
adolescentsboth
Plural of a young person approaching adulthood.

يفعةadjective

1.
adolescentboth
Describing a young person, typically a girl, approaching adulthood. This form is not typically dualized or pluralized.

يافعname

1.
Yafi'both
A proper name, used for individuals, tribes, and places.

والبةname

1.
Walibaclassical
The name of a mare belonging to the brother of Bani Sidra bin Amr.

يفعverb

1.
to ascendclassical
To climb or go up a mountain.

أيفعadjective

1.
approaching twentyclassical
A young person who is nearing the age of twenty.

موقعadjective

1.
matureclassical
Having reached full development; adult. Used in the negative to describe someone not yet mature.

يافعاتnoun

1.
overwhelming mattersclassical
Affairs or matters that are high, dominant, and cannot be easily managed or overcome.
2.
lofty mountainsclassical
High and towering peaks of mountains.

ميفعةnoun

1.
eminenceclassical
A high or prominent place or position on the land.

ميفعname

1.
Mif'aclassical
A place name in the coast of Yemen.

ميفعةname

1.
Mif'a'aclassical
A place name in the coast of Yemen, two days' journey from Mif'a.

أيفعname

1.
Aif'a'classical
A name of a person, possibly a narrator.

سميفعname

1.
Sumayfi'classical
A name, possibly of a person.

اسميفعname

1.
Ismayfi'classical
A name, possibly of a person.

Parallel reading

اليفع، محركة، وكسحاب: التل

Al-yif'u, with harakah, and like suHāb: the hill.

وتيفع: صعده

And tayyafa'ahu: he ascended it.

وأمكنة يفوع، بالضم: مرتفعة

And amkinatun yafū'u, with dammah: elevated places.

وغلام يافع، ج: يفعة، كطلبة وكثبان

And a boy is yāfi'u, pl.: yafi'ah, like Talabah and Kuthbān.

وغلام يفع، محركة، ج: أيفاع

And a boy is yafi'u, with harakah, pl.: ayfā'.

وغلام يفعة، محركة، ولا يثنى ولا يجمع

And a boy is yafi'ah, with harakah, and it is not dualized nor pluralized.

ويافع: ع، وفرس والبة أخي بني سدرة بن عمرو

And Yāfi': a name, and Walibah the mare of the brother of Bani Sidrah bin Amr.

وأبو قبيلة من رعين، ويافع بن عامر: محدث

And the father of a tribe from Rayn, and Yāfi' bin 'Āmir: a traditionist.

ومبرح بن شهاب اليافعي: صحابي

And Mubarrih bin Shihāb al-Yāfi'ī: a companion.

واليافعيون من المحدثين: جماعة

And the Yāfi'īs among the traditionists: a group.

ويفع الجبل، كمنع: صعده

And yafi'a the mountain, like mana'a: he ascended it.

والغلام: راهق العشرين، كأيفع

And the boy: nearing twenty, like ayfa'.

وهو يافع لا موفع

And he is yāfi'u, not muwafi'u.

واليافعات من الأمور: ما علا وغلب منها فلم يطق

And al-yāfi'āt from matters: what is high and overwhelming and cannot be endured.

ومن الجبال: الشمخ

And from the mountains: the lofty ones.

والميفعة: الشرف من الأرض

And al-mif'ah: the eminence from the land.

وميفع وميفعة: بلدان بينهما يومان بساحل اليمن

And Mif'a and Mif'ah: two places two days apart on the coast of Yemen.

وأيفع، كأحمد: ضعيف روى عن سعيد بن جبير، وابن عبد الكلاعي، وابن ناكور ذو الكلاع: صحابيان، أو اسم ابن ناكور سميفع أو اسميفع

And Aif'a', like Ahmad: a weak narrator who narrated from Sa'īd bin Jubayr, and Ibn 'Abd al-Kalā'ī, and Ibn Nāqūr Dhū al-Kilā': two companions, or the name of Ibn Nāqūr is Sumayfi' or Ismayfi'.