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الظرف

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns containers and vessels, but extends significantly to encompass qualities of intelligence, wit, elegance, and refined manners. It describes a person possessing these refined qualities, particularly in youth, and the act of cultivating or feigning them.

Derived headwords

الظرفnoun
  1. 1.
    Container, vesselboth

    A receptacle or container for holding something.

  2. 2.
    Wit, intelligenceboth

    Mental acuity, cleverness, and quickness of understanding.

  3. 3.
    Elegance, refinementboth

    Gracefulness in manner, appearance, or speech; sophistication.

  4. 4.
    Skill, adroitnessclassical

    Expertise or dexterity in performing a task.

ظروفnoun
  1. 1.
    Containers, vesselsboth

    Plural of ظرف (dharrf), referring to receptacles or containers.

  2. 2.
    Circumstances, conditionsmodern

    The prevailing conditions or situations.

ظرفاnoun
  1. 1.
    Wit, intelligenceboth

    The quality of being witty, intelligent, or clever.

  2. 2.
    Elegance, refinementboth

    The state of being elegant, refined, or graceful.

ظرافةnoun
  1. 1.
    Wit, charmboth

    The quality of being witty, charming, and pleasant.

  2. 2.
    Elegance, gracefulnessboth

    The state of being elegant and graceful in appearance or manner.

ظريفadjective
  1. 1.
    Witty, charmingboth

    Possessing wit, charm, and pleasantness; amusing.

  2. 2.
    Elegant, gracefulboth

    Having an elegant and pleasing appearance or manner.

  3. 3.
    Clever, intelligentboth

    Possessing intelligence and quickness of mind.

ظرفاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Witty peopleboth

    Plural of ظريف (dharrf), referring to witty, charming, or elegant individuals.

ظرفnoun
  1. 1.
    Witty peopleclassical

    A broken plural of ظريف (dharrf), referring to witty or elegant people.

ظرافnoun
  1. 1.
    Witty peopleclassical

    A plural of ظريف (dharrf), referring to witty or elegant people.

ظريفينnoun
  1. 1.
    Witty peopleclassical

    A dual form of ظريف (dharrf), referring to two witty or elegant people.

ظروفnoun
  1. 1.
    Witty peopleclassical

    A plural of ظريف (dharrf), referring to witty or elegant people.

تظرفverb
  1. 1.
    To feign wit/eleganceboth

    To pretend to be witty, elegant, or refined; to affect such qualities.

ظرفnoun
  1. 1.
    A witty personclassical

    An individual possessing wit, charm, and elegance.

ظرافونnoun
  1. 1.
    Witty peopleclassical

    A plural of ظريف (dharrf), referring to witty or elegant people.

نقي الظرفadjective
  1. 1.
    Honest, trustworthyclassical

    Describing someone who is pure in their refinement and integrity; honest and not treacherous.

بظرفهprepositional phrase
  1. 1.
    In personclassical

    To see someone in their own person or presence.

أظرفverb
  1. 1.
    To have witty sonsclassical

    To beget sons who are witty and elegant.

  2. 2.
    To give someone a containerclassical

    To provide someone with a vessel or container.

Parallel reading

الظرف: الوعاء
The ظرف (dharrf) is the container, the vessel.
ج: ظروف
Its plural is ظروف (dhuroof).
والكياسة
And wit, intelligence.
ظرف ككرم ظرفا وظرافة
It is like كَرُمَ (karuma) in meaning, with ظرفاً (dharfan) and ظرافة (dharaafatan) as its masdars.
فهو ظريف من ظرفاء وظرف
So he is ظريف (dhareef), from ظرفاء (dharafaa') and ظرف (dhurf).
كأنهم جمعوه بعد حذف الزائد
As if they formed it after removing the extra letters.
أو هو حسن الوجه والهيئة
Or it is beauty of face and form.
أو يكون في الوجه واللسان
Or it can be in the face and the tongue.
أو البزاعة وذكاء القلب
Or shrewdness and intelligence of the heart.
أو الحذق
Or skillfulness.
أو لا يوصف به إلا الفتيان الأزوال، والفتيات الزولات، لا الشيوخ ولا السادة
Or it is only applied to young men of stature and young women of grace, not to old men or masters.
وتظرف: تكلفه
And تظرف (tadharrifa) means to feign it, to pretend to have it.
وكغراب ورمان: الظريف
And like غراب (ghuraab) and رمان (rummaan) is the pattern for الظريف (al-dhareef).
جمع الأول: ظرفاء، والثاني: ظرافون
The plural of the first is ظرفاء (dharafaa'), and of the second is ظرافون (dharaafun).
وهو نقي الظرف: أمين غير خائن
And نقي الظرف (naqiyy al-dharrf) means honest, not treacherous.
ورأيته بظرفه: بنفسه
And رأيته بظرفه (ra'aytuhu bi-dharrfihi) means I saw him in person.
وأظرف: ولد بنين ظرفاء
And أظرف (adhrafa) means to have sons who are witty.
وفلانا: جعل له ظرفا
And أظرف فلاناً (adhrafa fulanan) means to give him a container.