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زحف

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root 'زحف' primarily denotes slow, creeping, or crawling movement, often associated with armies advancing, infants crawling, or animals moving. It can also extend to concepts of proximity, gradual approach, and even specific geographical or poetic terms.

Derived headwords

زَحَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to crawlboth

    To move slowly on the belly or hands and knees, like an infant or a reptile.

  2. 2.
    to advanceboth

    To move forward, especially in a slow, steady, and often menacing manner, like an army.

  3. 3.
    to creepclassical

    To move stealthily or gradually.

زحف إليه — He moved towards him slowly.
زحف الصبي قبل أن يمشي — The child crawls before he walks.
زَحْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    crawlingboth

    The act of moving slowly on the belly or hands and knees.

  2. 2.
    advancingboth

    The act of an army moving forward.

زُحُوفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    crawlingboth

    The act of moving slowly on the belly or hands and knees.

  2. 2.
    advancingboth

    The act of an army moving forward.

زَحَفَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    crawlingboth

    The act of moving slowly on the belly or hands and knees.

  2. 2.
    advancingboth

    The act of an army moving forward.

الزَّحْفnoun
  1. 1.
    armyboth

    A large army that is advancing towards the enemy.

  2. 2.
    crawlingboth

    The act of crawling, especially by an infant.

الزحف: الجيش يزحفون إلى العدو — The army: soldiers advancing towards the enemy.
والصبي: يزحف قبل أن يمشي — And the child: crawls before he walks.
زَاحِفadjective
  1. 1.
    crawlingboth

    Describing something that crawls, such as a reptile or an infant.

  2. 2.
    advancingboth

    Describing an army that is advancing.

  3. 3.
    slow-movingclassical

    Describing something that moves slowly.

فهو زاحف — So it is a crawler.
وسموا زاحفا وزحافا — And they named him 'Zahif' and 'Zuhhaf'.
زَحُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    crawlingboth

    Describing a female animal or person that crawls.

  2. 2.
    slow-movingclassical

    Describing something that moves slowly.

وهي زحوف — And she is a crawler.
زَاحِفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    crawlingboth

    Describing a female animal or person that crawls.

وزاحفة — And a crawler.
زَوَاحِفnoun
  1. 1.
    crawlersboth

    Plural of 'crawler', referring to animals that crawl, like reptiles.

من زواحف — Of the crawlers.
مَزَاحِفnoun
  1. 1.
    places of crawlingclassical

    Areas where snakes or other creatures crawl.

مزاحف الحيات: مواضع مدبها — The crawling places of snakes: their places of movement.
مُزْحِفadjective
  1. 1.
    exhaustedclassical

    Describing a camel that has become exhausted and unable to move.

فهو مزحف — So it is exhausted.
مِزْحَافadjective
  1. 1.
    habitually exhaustedclassical

    Describing a camel that is habitually exhausted.

ومعتاده: مزحاف — And its habit: being exhausted.
زُحْنَفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    having knocking hocksclassical

    Describing someone whose hocks almost strike each other when walking.

  2. 2.
    one who crawlsclassical

    Describing someone who crawls on the ground.

والزحنففة: الذي يكاد عرقوباه يصطكان، ومن يزحف على الأرض — And 'Zuhunfafa': one whose hocks almost strike each other, and one who crawls on the ground.
زُحَافnoun
  1. 1.
    crawlingclassical

    The act of crawling.

  2. 2.
    one who crawlsclassical

    A name given to someone who crawls.

كشداد — Like 'Shaddad'.
أَزْحَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to become an armyclassical

    For a tribe or group to become an advancing army.

  2. 2.
    to reach a goalclassical

    For someone to reach the utmost of what they sought.

  3. 3.
    to become exhaustedclassical

    For a camel to become exhausted.

أزحف لنا بنو فلان: صاروا زحفا — So-and-so's tribe became an army: they became an advancing force.
وأزحف فلان: انتهى إلى غاية ما طلب — And so-and-so reached his goal: he reached the limit of what he sought.
وأزحف البعير: أعيا — And the camel became exhausted: it became tired.
تَزَاحَفُواverb
  1. 1.
    to draw nearboth

    To approach each other closely, especially in combat.

تزاحفوا في القتال: تدانوا — They drew near each other in battle: they approached closely.
مُزَاحَفadjective
  1. 1.
    poetically defectiveclassical

    Describing poetry where a letter is omitted between two others, causing them to move closer.

والشعر مزاحف — And poetry is 'muzahaf'.
ازْدَحَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk slowlyclassical

    To walk slowly towards someone.

كازدحف — Like 'izdahafa'.

Parallel reading

زحف إليه، كمنع، زحفا وزحوفا وزحفانا: مشى و الدبا: مشى قدما.
He moved towards him, like 'mana'a', with crawling and advancing. And the reptile: moved forward.
والزحف: الجيش يزحفون إلى العدو.
And 'al-zahf': the army advancing towards the enemy.
و الصبي: يزحف قبل أن يمشي، و البعير: إذا أعيا فجر فرسنه، فهو زاحف، وهي زحوف وزاحفة من زواحف.
And the child: crawls before he walks, and the camel: if it becomes exhausted, its gait becomes strained, so it is a crawler, and she is a crawler and a crawler from the crawlers.
ومزاحف الحيات: مواضع مدبها، و ms1105 السحاب: حيث وقع قطره.
And 'mazahif' of snakes: their places of movement, and of clouds: where their rain falls.
والمزيحفة: ة بزبيد.
And 'al-Muzayhifah': a place in Zabid.
وكزبير: جبل، وبئر.
And like 'zubayr': a mountain, and a well.
ونار الزحفتين: نار الشيح والألاء، لأنه يسرع الاشتعال فيهما.
And the fire of 'al-zahfatayn': the fire of wormwood and acacia, because it ignites quickly in them.
والزحنففة: الذي يكاد عرقوباه يصطكان، ومن يزحف على الأرض.
And 'al-zuhunfafa': one whose hocks almost strike each other, and one who crawls on the ground.
وكهمزة: من لا يسيح في البلاد، وسموا زاحفا وزحافا، كشداد.
And like 'humazah': one who does not travel widely in the land, and they named him 'Zahif' and 'Zuhhaf', like 'Shaddad'.
وأزحف لنا بنو فلان: صاروا زحفا، و فلان: انتهى إلى غاية ما طلب، و البعير: أعيا، فهو مزحف، ومعتاده: مزحاف.
And so-and-so's tribe became an army: they became an advancing force, and so-and-so reached his goal: he reached the limit of what he sought, and the camel became exhausted: it became tired, so it is exhausted, and its habit is being exhausted.
وتزاحفوا في القتال: تدانوا.
And they drew near each other in battle: they approached closely.
وككتاب في الشعر: أن يسقط بين الحرفين حرف فيزحف أحدهما إلى الآخر، والشعر مزاحف، بفتح الحاء.
And like 'kitab' in poetry: that a letter falls between two letters, so one moves towards the other, and poetry is 'muzahaf', with a fatha on the ha'.
وتزحف إليه: تمشى، كازدحف.
And he walked slowly towards him: he walked, like 'izdahafa'.