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ذف

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root ذف (dhf) primarily relates to the concept of hastening, finishing off, or dispatching, often with a sense of speed or lightness. It also encompasses meanings related to poison, small amounts of water, and swiftness, particularly in the context of movement or travel.

Derived headwords

ذَفَّ عَلَىverb
  1. 1.
    to finish offboth

    To dispatch or bring an end to something, especially a wounded person or a task.

  2. 2.
    to hastenboth

    To move quickly or speed up in a matter.

ذَفٌّ وذَفافٌnoun
  1. 1.
    dispatchclassical

    The act of finishing off or dispatching.

  2. 2.
    hasteclassical

    Speed or quickness in an affair.

ذَفَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to dispatchboth

    To hasten or finish off, often used reflexively or with a preposition.

ذَفْذَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to strutclassical

    To walk with a swagger or pompous gait.

ذَفٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    swiftboth

    Moving quickly and lightly, especially a horse or a person.

  2. 2.
    lightboth

    Having little weight or substance.

ذَفيفٌnoun
  1. 1.
    swiftnessclassical

    The quality of being swift or fast.

ذَفٌّ خفيفٌadjective
  1. 1.
    swift and lightboth

    Describing something that is both fast and not heavy.

خِفَافٌ ذِفَافٌadjective
  1. 1.
    swift and lightclassical

    An idiomatic expression for something that is very swift and light.

الذَّفافnoun
  1. 1.
    deadly poisonclassical

    A potent and fatal poison.

  2. 2.
    little waterclassical

    A small quantity of water.

  3. 3.
    moistureclassical

    A slight dampness or wetness.

أَذَفَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to dispatch itboth

    To cause something to be finished off or dispatched.

ذَافَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to dispatch itboth

    To hasten or finish off something.

ذَفْذَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to dispatch itboth

    To hasten or finish off something, often with emphasis.

الذَّفُّnoun
  1. 1.
    sheepclassical

    A collective noun for sheep.

الذُّفُّnoun
  1. 1.
    little waterclassical

    A small amount of water.

ذَفٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    swiftboth

    Moving quickly and lightly, especially over the surface of the earth.

اِسْتَذْفِverb
  1. 1.
    take what comes to youclassical

    To accept or take what is available or comes your way.

ذَفْفِفْ جِهَازَ رَاحِلَتِكَverb
  1. 1.
    lighten your camel's loadclassical

    To reduce the weight or burden of a camel's equipment.

فَذْفَذَverb
  1. 1.
    to strutclassical

    To walk with a swagger or pompous gait.

اِسْتَذْفَأَ أَمْرُنَاverb
  1. 1.
    our affair was preparedclassical

    Our matter or situation became ready or prepared.

الذَّفُوفname
  1. 1.
    name of a horseclassical

    The name of a specific horse belonging to Al-Nu'man ibn al-Mundhir.

مَا فِيهِ ذَفَافٌother
  1. 1.
    nothing attached to itclassical

    There is no attachment or connection to it.

مَا ذَاقَ ذَفَافًاother
  1. 1.
    he did not taste anythingclassical

    He did not taste anything at all.

سَهْمٌ مُذَفْفٌadjective
  1. 1.
    swift arrowclassical

    An arrow that is fast and light.

Parallel reading

ذَفَّ عَلَى الجَرِيحِ ذَفًّا وذَفافًا
He finished off the wounded person with dispatch and haste.
وَفِي الأَمْرِ: أَسْرَعَ
And in the matter: he hastened.
وَطَاعُونٌ ذَفِيفٌ: وَحْيٌ مُجَهَّزٌ
And a swift plague: a dispatched contagion.
وَقَدْ ذَفَّ يَذِفُ
And it (the plague) has been swift, it hastens.
وَخَفِيفٌ ذَفِيفٌ، وَخِفَافٌ ذَفَافٌ: إِتْبَاعٌ
And light swift, and light swift: an echo word.
وَالذَّفَافُ: السَّمُّ القَاتِلُ
And al-dhfaf: the deadly poison.
وَالمَاءُ القَلِيلُ، أَوْ البَلَلُ
And the little water, or the dampness.
وَأَذَفَّهُ وَذَافَهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ، وَ لَهُ: أَجْهَزَ عَلَيْهِ
And he dispatched it, and he hastened it, and upon it, and for it: he finished it off.
كَذَفْفِهِ وَذَفْذَفِهِ
Like his dispatching it and his hastening it.
وَالذَّفُّ: الشَّاءُ
And al-dhffu: the sheep.
وَبِالضَّمِّ: القَلِيلُ مِنَ المَاءِ
And with damma: the little of water.
وَكَغُرَابٍ وَأَمِيرٍ: السَّرِيعُ الخَفِيفُ
And like ghurab and amir: the swift, the light.
وَخُذْ مَا ذَفَّ لَكَ وَاسْتَذْفِفْ
And take what comes to you and accept it.
وَذَفْفِفْ جِهَازَ رَاحِلَتِكَ: خَفِّفْ
And lighten your camel's load: make it lighter.
وَذَفْذَفَ وَفَذْفَذَ: تَبَخْتَرَ
And dhfhdhafa and fadhfadha: he strutted.
وَاسْتَذْفَأَ أَمْرُنَا: تَهَيَّأَ
And our affair was prepared: it became ready.
وَمَا فِيهِ ذَفَافٌ
And there is no attachment to it.
وَمَا ذَاقَ ذَفَافًا، وَيُفْتَحُ: شَيْئًا
And he did not taste dhfafan, and it is opened (fatha): anything.
وَسَهْمٌ مُذَفْفٌ
And a swift arrow.