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ذرف

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the flowing or shedding of tears, often implying a forceful or abundant flow. It also extends to concepts of pouring, exceeding a limit, and approaching death.

Derived headwords

ذَرَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to flow (tears)both

    The verb describes tears flowing from the eye.

يَذْرِفُverb
  1. 1.
    to flow (tears)both

    The present tense of the verb, indicating the ongoing flow of tears.

ذَرْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing (tears)both

    The masdar (verbal noun) indicating the act or instance of tears flowing.

ذَرْفَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing (tears)both

    Another masdar form for the flowing of tears.

ذُرُوفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing (tears)both

    A further masdar form denoting the flowing of tears.

ذَرِيفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing (tears)both

    Yet another masdar form for the flowing of tears.

تَذْرَافًاnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing (tears)both

    A masdar form of the verb, specifically referring to the flowing of tears.

تَذْرِيفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pouring (tears)both

    The masdar of the Form IV verb, meaning to pour out tears.

تَذْرِفَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    pouring (tears)classical

    A masdar form related to pouring out tears.

ذَرَفَتْ عَيْنُهُverb
  1. 1.
    his eye shed tearsboth

    The eye shed tears, indicating the act of crying.

أَسَالَتْ عَيْنُهُ الدَّمْعَverb
  1. 1.
    his eye made tears flowboth

    The eye caused tears to flow, implying an active shedding of tears.

مَذْرُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    shed (tears)both

    Describes tears that have been shed or flowed.

ذَرِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    shed (tears)both

    An adjective for tears that are shed or flowing.

المَذَارِفnoun
  1. 1.
    tear ductsclassical

    The parts of the eye from which tears flow; the tear ducts.

الذَّرَفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    weak gaitclassical

    A slow, weak, or unsteady manner of walking.

صَبَّ دَمْعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to pour out his tearsboth

    To shed tears profusely or deliberately.

زَادَ عَلَى المِئَةِverb
  1. 1.
    to exceed one hundredboth

    To go beyond the number of one hundred; to surpass a limit.

أَشْرَفَ بِهِ عَلَى المَوْتِverb
  1. 1.
    to bring him to the brink of deathboth

    To cause someone to be on the verge of dying; to bring them close to death.

Parallel reading

ذرف الدمع يذرف ذرفا وذرفانا وذروفا وذريفا وتذرافا: سال
Tears flow, they flow a flowing, and a flowing, and a flowing, and a flowing: they run.
و عينه: سال دمعها
And his eye: its tears flowed.
و العين دمعها: أسالته
And the eye, its tears: it made them flow.
والدمع مذروف وذريف
And the tears are shed and flowing.
والمذارف: المدامع
And the tear ducts: the tear ducts.
والذرفان، محركة: المشي الضعيف
And al-dharfan, with vowel movement: the weak gait.
وذرف دمعه تذريفا وتذرافا وتذرفة: صبه
And he poured out his tears with pouring, and pouring, and pouring: he spilled it.
و على المئة: زاد
And over one hundred: he exceeded.
و فلانا الموت: أشرف به عليه
And so-and-so, death: he brought him to its brink.