الءءفة

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns afflictions, calamities, or destructive occurrences that affect something. It extends to the idea of something being struck by such an affliction, and the collective experience of a group being afflicted.

Derived headwords

الآفةnoun

1.
Calamity, afflictionboth
A disaster, plague, or affliction that strikes something.
2.
Corrupting conditionboth
A condition that spoils or corrupts what it affects.

أوفىverb

1.
To be afflictedclassical
To be struck by a calamity or affliction, particularly used for crops.

مؤوفadjective

1.
Afflictedclassical
Describing something that has been struck by an affliction or calamity.

مئيفadjective

1.
Afflictedclassical
Describing something that has been struck by an affliction or calamity.

أوفواverb

1.
To be afflictedclassical
The people were afflicted by a calamity.

إيفواverb

1.
To be afflictedclassical
The people were afflicted by a calamity.

أفواverb

1.
To be afflictedclassical
The people were afflicted by a calamity.

إفواverb

1.
To be afflictedclassical
The people were afflicted by a calamity.

آفاتnoun

1.
Plagues, calamitiesboth
The plural form of 'آفة', referring to multiple afflictions or disasters.

Parallel reading

الآفة: العاهة، أو عرض مفسد لما أصابه.

The affliction: a defect, or a corrupting condition for what it has struck.

وإيف الزرع، كقيل: أصابته

And the crops being afflicted, as it is said: it struck them.

فهو مؤوف ومئيف

And it is afflicted and struck.

والقوم أوفوا وإيفوا وأفوا وإفوا

And the people were afflicted, and were afflicted, and were afflicted, and were afflicted.

والهمزة ممالة بينها وبين الفاء: دخلت الآفة عليهم

And the hamza is inclined between it and the fa: the affliction entered them.

ج: آفات

Plural: afflictions.