العدف

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns small amounts of provisions, food, or sustenance. It extends to concepts of time, groups of people, and parts of objects, often implying a limited or small quantity.

Derived headwords

العَدْفnoun

1.
small provisionboth
A small amount of provisions or sustenance.
2.
eatingclassical
The act of eating.
3.
small amount of fodderboth
A meager quantity of fodder for animals.

العَدْفnoun

1.
part of the nightclassical
A portion or segment of the night.
2.
group of peopleclassical
A group or gathering of people.

العَدْفَةnoun

1.
part of the nightclassical
A portion or segment of the night.
2.
group of peopleclassical
A group or gathering of people.
3.
group of ten to fifty menclassical
A company of men ranging from ten to fifty in number.
4.
piece of somethingclassical
A fragment or piece of an object.
5.
part of a garmentclassical
A section or portion of a piece of cloth.
6.
root of a treeclassical
The part of a tree that extends into the ground.

العَدُوفnoun

1.
tasteclassical
A taste or flavor.

العَدُوفَةnoun

1.
tasteclassical
A taste or flavor.

العَدَفnoun

1.
group of ten to fifty menclassical
A company of men ranging from ten to fifty in number.

العَدِيفnoun

1.
group of ten to fifty menclassical
A company of men ranging from ten to fifty in number.

العَيْدَفnoun

1.
piece of somethingclassical
A fragment or piece of an object.

العَدِيفَةnoun

1.
part of a garmentclassical
A section or portion of a piece of cloth.

العَدِيفnoun

1.
root of a treeclassical
The part of a tree that extends into the ground.

يَعْدِفُverb

1.
to eatclassical
He ate.

عَدِفَverb

1.
to eatclassical
He ate.

عَدْفnoun

1.
somethingclassical
A thing, often used in negation to mean 'anything'.

عَدَافnoun

1.
somethingclassical
A thing, often used in negation to mean 'anything'.

عَدُوفnoun

1.
somethingclassical
A thing, often used in negation to mean 'anything'.

عَدُوفَةnoun

1.
somethingclassical
A thing, often used in negation to mean 'anything'.

عَدُوفnoun

1.
fodderboth
Fodder or food for animals.

العَدْفnoun

1.
grittinessclassical
Foreign matter or grit in the eye.

تَعَدَّفَverb

1.
to taste a littleclassical
To taste a small amount of something, let alone a large amount.

عَدْفَاءadjective

1.
a type of diseaseclassical
A specific type of disease or ailment.

Parallel reading

النوال القليل، والأكل، واليسير من العلف

The small provision, the eating, and the meager amount of fodder.

واليسير من العلف

And the meager amount of fodder.

وبالكسر: القطعة من الليل

And with kasra: a portion of the night.

والجماعة منا، كالعدفة

And a group of us, like al-`adafah.

وهو: الذواق

And it is: the taste.

وبالتحريك: القذى

And with haraka: the foreign matter (in the eye).

وعدف يعدف: أكل

And `adafa, yu`difu: he ate.

وما ذقنا عدوفا ولا عدوفة، ولا عدفا، ويحرك، ولا عدافا، كغراب: شيئا

And we did not taste `adufan nor `adufatan, nor `adifan, nor `adafan: anything.

ودابة بلا عدوف: بلا علف

And a beast without `aduf: without fodder.

والعدفة، بالكسر: ما بين العشرة إلى الخمسين من الرجال، كالعدف، بالكسر، وكعنب

And al-`adafah, with kasra: what is between ten and fifty of men, like al-`adaf, with kasra, and like `unub.

والتجمع، والقطعة من الشيء، كالعيدف، والصدرة، وكالصنفة من الثوب

And the gathering, and the piece of a thing, like al-`aydif, and the breast-part, and like the stripe of a garment.

وأصل الشجر الذاهب في الأرض، ويحرك، ج: كعنب، ط ويحرك ط

And the root of the tree going into the earth, and it is moved, plural: like `unub, and it is moved.

وما تعدفت اليوم: ما ذقت قليلا فضلا عن كثير

And what I tasted today: I did not taste a little, let alone a lot.

وعدفاء: ع

And `adfaa': a disease.