خرف

Root entry · 38 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the harvesting of fruits, particularly dates, and the season of autumn when this occurs. It extends to concepts of ripeness, gathering, and the associated time of year. Figuratively, it can refer to a decline in mental faculties or to fabricated stories.

Derived headwords

خَرَفَverb

1.
to harvest fruitsboth
To pick or gather ripe fruits, especially dates.
2.
to become senileboth
To lose one's mental faculties, to become weak-minded or senile.
3.
to be accustomed to eatingclassical
To be fond of or addicted to eating a particular thing, like 'al-khirfah'.

خَرْفٌnoun

1.
harvestingboth
The act of harvesting fruits, especially dates.
2.
senilityboth
A state of mental decline or weakness.

مَخْرَفٌnoun

1.
harvesting placeclassical
A place where fruits are harvested, or a path between rows of date palms.
2.
roadclassical
A well-trodden or clear road.

خِرَافٌnoun

1.
harvestingboth
The act of harvesting fruits, especially dates.
2.
date harvestboth
The gathered dates themselves.

اخْتَرَفَverb

1.
to harvestboth
To pick and gather fruits, especially dates.
2.
to pick up dates for someoneclassical
To gather dates for another person.

مُخْتَرِفٌnoun

1.
harvested fruitboth
Fruit that has been picked or gathered.
2.
harvesting placeclassical
A place where one harvests, or a path between date palms.

مُخْتَرَفٌnoun

1.
harvested fruitboth
Fruit that has been picked or gathered.

زَنْبِيلٌ صَغِيرٌnoun

1.
small basketclassical
A small basket used for collecting choice ripe dates.

الْخَرِيفَةُnoun

1.
date palmboth
A date palm tree designated for its ripe fruit, or the ripe fruit itself.
2.
autumnboth
The season of autumn.

الْخَرَائِفُnoun

1.
date palmsboth
Date palms that are ready for harvesting or have been estimated for their yield.

خَرُوفَةٌnoun

1.
male lambboth
A male lamb, especially one that has grazed and grown strong.
2.
foalboth
A horse's foal until it reaches one year of age, or specifically six to seven months old.
3.
date palmclassical
A date palm tree designated for its ripe fruit.

أَخْرِفَةٌnoun

1.
male lambsboth
Plural of 'kharufah', referring to male lambs.

خِرْفَانٌnoun

1.
male lambsboth
Plural of 'kharufah', referring to male lambs.

الْخَارِفُnoun

1.
date palm keeperclassical
One who guards or tends to date palm trees.
2.
titleclassical
A title given to Malik bin Abdullah, from the tribe of Hamdan.

الْخِرْفَةُnoun

1.
harvested fruitboth
Fruit that has been picked or gathered.
2.
harvesting placeclassical
A place where one harvests, or a path between date palms.

الْخُرَافَةُnoun

1.
fabricated storyboth
An amusing but false or unbelievable tale.
2.
legendary taleclassical
A story attributed to a jinn-possessed man, often considered unbelievable.

الْخَرِيفُnoun

1.
autumn seasonboth
The three months between summer heat and winter, during which fruits are harvested.
2.
autumn rainboth
Rain that falls during the autumn season, or the first rain of early winter.

خِرَفِيٌّadjective

1.
autumnalboth
Relating to the autumn season.

خُرِفْنَاverb

1.
we were rained uponboth
We were struck by the autumn rain.
2.
we experienced autumnboth
We entered or experienced the autumn season.

رُطْبٌ مَجْنِيٌّnoun

1.
harvested datesboth
Ripe dates that have been picked.

سَاقِيَةٌnoun

1.
water channelboth
A channel or conduit for water, especially one dug for date palms.

سَنَةٌnoun

1.
yearboth
A year, particularly in the context of time or seasons.

عَامٌnoun

1.
yearboth
A year, particularly in the context of time or seasons.

حَفْرٌ لِلنَّخْلَةِverb phrase

1.
to dig for a palm treeclassical
To excavate a hole for a palm tree in a streambed, filling it with sand until bedrock is reached.

الْجِلْبَانُnoun

1.
chickpeasclassical
A type of legume, specifically chickpeas, borrowed from Persian.

الْخَرْفُnoun

1.
shriveled dateboth
Unripe or shriveled dates.
2.
time of departureclassical
The time when people set out, specifically towards autumn.

وَقْتُ اخْتِرَافِ الثِّمَارِnoun phrase

1.
time of fruit harvestingboth
The season or specific time when fruits are ripe for picking.

خَرِيفٌadjective

1.
senileboth
Having lost one's mental faculties; senile.

أَخْرَفَهُverb

1.
to spoil itboth
To cause something to become spoiled or corrupted.
2.
to make ready for harvestclassical
To cause date palms to reach the time of harvesting.
3.
to assign a palmclassical
To designate a palm tree for someone to harvest.

أَخْرَفَ النَّخْلَverb phrase

1.
date palms ripenedboth
The date palms reached the time for their fruit to be harvested.

أَخْرَفَ الشَّاةَverb phrase

1.
ewe gave birth in autumnboth
A ewe gave birth during the autumn season.

أَخْرَفَ الْقَوْمَverb phrase

1.
people entered autumnboth
A group of people entered the autumn season.

أَخْرَفَ الذُّرَىverb phrase

1.
corn grew tallclassical
The corn stalks grew excessively tall.

أَخْرَفَ النَّاقَةَverb phrase

1.
she-camel gave birthclassical
A she-camel gave birth in the same season she conceived.

مُخْرِفٌadjective

1.
giving birth in autumnboth
A female animal that gives birth during the autumn season.

خَرْفَفَهُverb

1.
to attribute senilityclassical
To attribute a state of senility or mental decline to someone.

خَارَفَهُverb

1.
to deal with in autumnclassical
To interact with or conduct business during the autumn season.

مُخَارِفٌadjective

1.
deprivedclassical
Deprived or lacking, especially in fortune or ability.

Parallel reading

خرف الثمار خرفا ومخرفا وخرافا، ويكسر: جناه، كاخترفه، و فلانا: لقط له التمر.

He harvested the fruits, a harvesting, and gathered them, like picking them; and for someone else, he picked dates for him.

وكمرحلة: البستان، وسكة بين صفين من نخل يخترف المخترف من أيهما شاء، والطريق اللاحب، كالمخرف، كمقعد فيهما.

And as a place: the garden, and a path between two rows of date palms from which the harvester picks as he wishes, and the clear road, like a road, like a place for both.

وكمقعد: جنى النخل.

And as a place: the harvesting of date palms.

وكمنبر: زنبيل صغير يخترف فيه أطايب الرطب.

And as a pulpit: a small basket in which choice ripe dates are gathered.

والخروفة والخريفة: نخلة تأخذها لتلقط رطبها، أو الخرائف: النخل التي تخرص.

And al-kharufah and al-kharifah: a palm tree you take to pick its ripe fruit, or al-khara'if: the palms that are estimated for their yield.

وكصبور: الذكر من أولاد الضأن، أو إذا رعى وقوي، وهي خروفة، ج: أخرفة وخرفان، و: مهر الفرس إلى مضي الحول، أو إذا بلغ ستة أشهر أو سبعة.

And like a patient one: the male of sheep, or if it grazed and grew strong, and it is a kharufah, pl. akhrifah and khirfan, and: a horse's foal until a year passes, or if it reaches six or seven months.

والخارف: حافظ النخل، وبلا لام: لقب مالك بن عبد الله، أبي قبيلة من همدان.

And al-kharif: the keeper of the date palms, and without 'al': a title of Malik bin Abdullah, father of a tribe from Hamdan.

والخرفة، بالضم: المخترف، والمجتنى، كالخرافة، ككناسة.

And al-khirfah, with dammah: the harvested fruit, and what is gathered, like al-khurafah, like a broom.

والخرائف: النخل التي تخرص.

And al-khara'if: the date palms that are estimated for their yield.

وكأمير: ثلاثة أشهر بين القيظ والشتاء تخترف فيها الثمار، والنسبة: خرفي، ويكسر ويحرك، و: المطر في ذلك الفصل، أو أول المطر في أول الشتاء.

And like an امیر: three months between summer and winter during which fruits are harvested, and the attribution: khirafi, and it is broken and moved, and: the rain in that season, or the first rain in early winter.

وخرفنا، مجهولا: أصابنا ذلك المطر، والرطب المجني، والساقية، والسنة، والعام، وقيس بن صعصعة بن أبي الخريف: محدث.

And we were rained upon, passively: that rain struck us, and the harvested ripe dates, and the water channel, and the year, and the year, and Qais bin Sa'sa'ah bin Abi al-Kharif: a traditionist.

وكسفينة: أن يحفر للنخلة في مجرى السيل الذي فيه الحصى حتى ينتهى إلى الكدية، ثم يحشى رملا، وتوضع فيه النخلة.

And like a ship: to dig for the palm tree in the streambed containing pebbles until it reaches bedrock, then fill it with sand, and place the palm tree in it.

والخرفى، كسكرى: الجلبان لحب م، معرب: "خربا".

And al-khirfa, like sukra: chickpeas for m-seed, borrowed: 'kharba'.

وكثمامة: رجل من عذرة استهوته الجن، فكان يحدث بما رأى فكذبوه وقالوا: "حديث خرافة"، أو هي حديث مستملح كذب.

And like thumamah: a man from 'Adhrah whom the jinn fascinated, so he would narrate what he saw, and they called him a liar and said: 'a tale of khurafah', or it is an amusing, false tale.

والخرف، محركة: الشيص، وبضمتين في قول الجارود رضي الله تعالى عنه: يا رسول الله، قد علمت ما يكفينا من الظهر ذود نأتي عليهن في خرف، أراد: في وقت خروجهم إلى الخريف.

And al-kharf, with harakah: unripe dates, and with two dammahs in the saying of al-Jarud, may God be pleased with him: O Messenger of God, you know what suffices us from the back is a herd we approach them with in kharf, he meant: at the time of their departure to autumn.

وكسحاب، ويكسر: وقت اختراف الثمار.

And like sahabi, and it is broken: the time of harvesting fruits.

وخرف، كنصر وفرح وكرم، فهو خرف، ككتف: فسد عقله.

And he became senile, like nasr, farih, and karam, so he is senile, like katif: his mind deteriorated.

وكفرح: أولع بأكل الخرفة.

And like farih: he became addicted to eating al-khirfah.

وأخرفه: أفسده، و النخل: حان له أن يخرف، و الشاة: ولدت في الخريف، و القوم: دخلوا فيه، و الذرة: طالت جدا، و فلانا نخلة: جعلها له خرفة يخترفها، و الناقة: ولدت في مثل الوقت الذي حملت فيه، وهي مخرف.

And He spoiled it: He corrupted it, and the date palms: it was time for them to be harvested, and the ewe: she gave birth in autumn, and the people: they entered it, and the corn: it grew very tall, and a date palm for someone: He made it for him as a khirfah for him to harvest, and the she-camel: she gave birth at the same time she conceived, and she is mukhrif.

وخرفه تخريفا: نسبه إلى الخرف.

And he attributed senility to him, a process of attributing senility: he attributed senility to him.

وخارفه: عامله بالخريف.

And he dealt with him during autumn: he dealt with him in autumn.

ورجل مخارف، بفتح الراء: محروم محدود.

And a man mukharif, with fatha on the ra: deprived, limited.