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الزعنفة

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to things that are short, small, or detached. It extends to describe parts of objects, groups of people, and even abstract concepts like calamities. The root also encompasses actions related to adornment and movement.

Derived headwords

الزَّعْنَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short personboth

    Refers to a male who is short in stature.

  2. 2.
    short womanboth

    Refers to a female who is short in stature.

  3. 3.
    portionboth

    A segment or part of any given thing.

  4. 4.
    extremity of leatherclassical

    The edge or tip of a piece of leather, likened to hands and feet.

  5. 5.
    scoundrelboth

    A base or contemptible person.

  6. 6.
    detached groupclassical

    A segment of a tribe that breaks off and becomes isolated.

  7. 7.
    small tribeclassical

    A small tribe that joins itself to a larger one.

  8. 8.
    piece of clothboth

    A fragment or section of a garment.

  9. 9.
    tattered hemboth

    The frayed or torn lower part of a garment.

  10. 10.
    calamityboth

    A disastrous event or misfortune.

زَعانِفnoun
  1. 1.
    fish finsboth

    The fins of a fish.

  2. 2.
    disparate groupclassical

    Any group whose members do not share a common origin.

  3. 3.
    lower garment partsclassical

    The moving parts of the lower section of a shirt or garment.

زَعْنَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to adorn a brideclassical

    To decorate or embellish a bride.

Parallel reading

الزَّعْنَفَة، بالكسر والفتح: القصير، والقصيرة
Al-za'nfah, with kasr and fath: the short man, and the short woman.
وطائفة من كل شيء
And a portion of everything.
وطرف الأديم كاليدين والرجلين
And the edge of the leather like hands and feet.
والرذل
And the scoundrel.
والقطعة من القبيلة تشذ وتنفرد
And the piece of the tribe that breaks away and becomes isolated.
أو القبيلة القليلة تنضم إلى غيرها
Or the small tribe that joins itself to another.
والقطعة من الثوب، أو أسفله المتخرق
And the piece of the garment, or its tattered lower part.
والداهية
And the calamity.
ج: زعانف: وهي أجنحة السمك
Plural: zanaaf: which are the fins of the fish.
وكل جماعة ليس أصلهم واحدا
And every group whose origin is not one.
وما تحرك من أسافل القميص
And what moves from the lower parts of the shirt.
وزعنف العروس: زينها
And za'nufa the bride: he adorned her.