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ظف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of binding, gathering, or restricting, often in a negative or difficult context. It extends to hardship in life, scarcity, and the act of tracing or following.

Derived headwords

ظَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to bind tightlyboth

    To bind or tie something, such as the legs of a camel, completely and securely.

  2. 2.
    to gatherboth

    To collect or bring together, to assemble.

ظَفٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    hardshipclassical

    A difficult, unpleasant, or miserable life.

  2. 2.
    scarcityclassical

    A state of persistent scarcity or high prices.

ظَفَفٌnoun
  1. 1.
    scarcityclassical

    A state of scarcity or persistent high prices, synonymous with 'ضَفَفٌ'.

مُظَفُوفٌadjective
  1. 1.
    boundclassical

    Bound or tied up, referring to something that has been secured.

استَظَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to traceclassical

    To follow or trace the tracks or remnants of something.

Parallel reading

ظف قوائم البعير: شدها كلها، وجمعها.
To bind the camel's legs: to tie them all and gather them.
والظف: العيش النكد، والغلاء الدائم.
And 'al-ẓaff': a miserable life, and persistent high prices.
والظفف: الضفف.
And 'al-ẓafaf': 'al-ḍafaf' (scarcity).
والمظفوف: المضفوف.
And 'al-muẓaffūf': 'al-maḍfūf' (bound).
واستظف آثارهم: تتبعها.
And 'istaẓaffa āthārahum': to trace their tracks.