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الضيف

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a guest, hospitality, and visiting. It extends to related ideas like menstruation, emotional distress, and even military or social positioning. The root also touches upon specific entities like a horse breed and a historical figure.

Derived headwords

الضيفnoun
  1. 1.
    guestboth

    A person who visits or stays with someone, typically for a short period.

  2. 2.
    collective nounboth

    Can refer to a single guest or a group of guests.

  3. 3.
    side, flankclassical

    The side or flank, particularly in a military context.

أضيافnoun
  1. 1.
    guestsboth

    Plural form of 'guest', referring to multiple visitors.

ضيوفnoun
  1. 1.
    guestsboth

    Another plural form of 'guest', referring to multiple visitors.

ضيفانnoun
  1. 1.
    guestsclassical

    A less common plural form of 'guest'.

ضيفةnoun
  1. 1.
    menstruating womanclassical

    A woman who is menstruating.

ضافتverb
  1. 1.
    to menstruateclassical

    The verb form indicating the state of menstruation.

تضيفverb
  1. 1.
    to menstruateclassical

    The verb form indicating the state of menstruation.

ضيفاnoun
  1. 1.
    hospitalityboth

    The act of being a guest or providing hospitality.

ضيافةnoun
  1. 1.
    hospitalityboth

    The act of being a guest or providing hospitality.

ضافverb
  1. 1.
    to be a guestboth

    To stay as a guest at someone's home.

  2. 2.
    to hostboth

    To receive and entertain guests.

يضيفverb
  1. 1.
    to be a guestboth

    Present tense of being a guest.

  2. 2.
    to hostboth

    Present tense of hosting.

تضيفverb
  1. 1.
    to be a guestboth

    Present tense of being a guest.

  2. 2.
    to hostboth

    Present tense of hosting.

كتضيفتهverb
  1. 1.
    to hostboth

    To receive and entertain guests.

الضيفnoun
  1. 1.
    horse breedclassical

    A specific breed of horse, descended from Al-Haroun.

  2. 2.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, possibly a given name or surname.

محمد بن عبد الملك بن ضيفونname
  1. 1.
    historical figureclassical

    A person named Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Dayfun, who narrated from Ibn al-A'rabi.

المضيفةnoun
  1. 1.
    worry, griefclassical

    A state of mental distress, worry, or sorrow.

الضيفنnoun
  1. 1.
    freeloaderclassical

    Someone who comes along with a guest, imposing themselves without invitation.

ضافverb
  1. 1.
    to lean, inclineclassical

    To lean towards something or be inclined towards it.

تضيفverb
  1. 1.
    to lean, inclineclassical

    To lean towards something or be inclined towards it.

أضفتهverb
  1. 1.
    to make it leanclassical

    To cause something to lean or incline.

  2. 2.
    to make it longclassical

    To make something lengthy or prolonged.

ضيفتهverb
  1. 1.
    to make it leanclassical

    To cause something to lean or incline.

  2. 2.
    to make it longclassical

    To make something lengthy or prolonged.

إليهverb
  1. 1.
    to make it lean towardsclassical

    To cause something to lean or incline towards something else.

منهverb
  1. 1.
    to be afraid ofclassical

    To feel fear or apprehension regarding something.

  2. 2.
    to be wary ofclassical

    To be cautious or on guard against something.

  3. 3.
    to transgress againstclassical

    To violate or overstep boundaries concerning something.

  4. 4.
    to hasten fromclassical

    To move quickly away from something.

  5. 5.
    to flee fromclassical

    To escape or run away from something.

  6. 6.
    to overlook fromclassical

    To have a view from a higher position, or to disregard.

المضافnoun
  1. 1.
    surroundedclassical

    In war, someone who is surrounded or besieged.

  2. 2.
    attachedclassical

    Someone who is closely attached or adhering to a group.

  3. 3.
    false claimantclassical

    Someone falsely claiming lineage or belonging to a group.

  4. 4.
    refugeeclassical

    Someone who has sought refuge or is sheltered.

المستضيفnoun
  1. 1.
    one seeking helpclassical

    Someone who is calling for assistance or seeking aid.

Parallel reading

الضيف: للواحد والجميع، وقد يجمع على أضياف وضيوف وضيفان، وهي ضيف وضيفة.
The guest: for the singular and the plural, and it may be pluralized as adyaf, duyoof, and dayfan, and it is dayf and dayfah.
ضافت تضيف: حاضت.
Dafat tuḍīfu: she menstruated.
وهي ضيفة: حائض.
And she is a dayfah: menstruating.
وضفته أضيفه ضيفا وضيافة، بالكسر: نزلت عليه ضيفا، كتضيفته.
And I hosted him, I host him, dayfan and ḍiyāfah (with kasr): I stayed as a guest at his place, like taḍyiftuhu.
والضيف: فرس من نسل الحرون، وعلم، وبالكسر: الجنب.
And Al-Dayf: a horse from the lineage of Al-Haroun, and a proper name, and with kasr: the side.
ومحمد بن عبد الملك بن ضيفون، كسحنون: روى عن ابن الأعرابي.
And Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Dayfun, like Sahnoon: narrated from Ibn al-A'rabi.
والمضيفة، ويضم: الهم والحزن.
And Al-Muḍīfah, and with damma: worry and grief.
والضيفن: من يجيء مع الضيف متطفلا.
And Al-Dayfan: one who comes with the guest as an uninvited freeloader.
ضاف: مال، كتضيف وضيف.
Dafa: he leaned, like taḍyifu and ḍayf.
وأضفته: أملته، وضيفته، و إليه: ألجأته، و منه: أشفقت، وحذرت، وعدوت، وأسرعت، وفررت، وأشرفت.
And I made it lean: I made it long, and I made it lean, and towards it: I made it seek refuge, and from it: I felt pity, and I was wary, and I transgressed, and I hastened, and I fled, and I overlooked.
والمضاف في الحرب: من أحيط به، والملزق بالقوم، والدعي المسند إلى من ليس منهم، والملجأ.
And Al-Muḍāff in war: one who is surrounded, and one attached to the people, and the false claimant attributed to those not among them, and the refuge-seeker.
والمستضيف: المستغيث.
And Al-Mustaḍīf: the one seeking help.