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عف

Root entry · 33 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns abstaining from what is unlawful or unseemly, often implying chastity and self-restraint. It also extends to meanings related to milk remaining in a udder, and in specific contexts, to medicine or a type of fish.

Derived headwords

عَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to abstainboth

    To refrain from what is unlawful or unbecoming; to be chaste or modest.

عَفَاverb
  1. 1.
    to abstainclassical

    Synonym for 'عَفَّ' (to abstain from what is unlawful or unbecoming).

عَفَافًاnoun
  1. 1.
    abstinenceboth

    The act of abstaining from what is unlawful or unbecoming; chastity.

عَفَافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    abstinenceboth

    The act of abstaining from what is unlawful or unbecoming; chastity.

  2. 2.
    remaining milkclassical

    The milk that remains in a ewe's udder after most of it has been milked out.

عِفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    abstinenceboth

    The act of abstaining from what is unlawful or unbecoming; chastity.

  2. 2.
    old womanclassical

    An old woman.

  3. 3.
    small white fishclassical

    A small, smooth, white fish whose cooked taste is like rice.

عَفٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    chasteboth

    Abstaining from what is unlawful or unbecoming; chaste.

عَفِيفٌadjective
  1. 1.
    chasteboth

    Abstaining from what is unlawful or unbecoming; chaste.

أَعِفَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    chaste peopleboth

    Plural of 'عَفٌّ' or 'عَفِيفٌ', referring to chaste individuals.

عَفِيفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    chaste (fem.)both

    Feminine form of 'عَفِيفٌ', referring to a chaste woman.

عَفَائِفnoun
  1. 1.
    chaste womenboth

    Plural of 'عَفِيفَة', referring to chaste women.

عَفِيفَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    chaste womenboth

    Plural of 'عَفِيفَة', referring to chaste women.

اسْتَعَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    to act chasteboth

    To behave in a chaste or abstinent manner.

تَعَفَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to act chasteboth

    To behave in a chaste or abstinent manner.

  2. 2.
    to pretend chastityclassical

    To feign or pretend to be chaste or abstinent.

  3. 3.
    to drinkclassical

    To drink milk from a ewe's udder after the initial milking.

عَفَّverb
  1. 1.
    milk to gatherclassical

    Milk gathered or remaining in the udder.

عَفَافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    remaining milkclassical

    The milk remaining in the udder after most has been milked out.

عِفَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    remaining milkclassical

    The milk remaining in the udder after most has been milked out.

أَعَفَّتverb
  1. 1.
    ewe to have remaining milkclassical

    A ewe having milk remaining in its udder.

عَفْفْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to give remaining milkclassical

    To give someone the remaining milk from an udder.

عَفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    medicineclassical

    A medicine or remedy.

عَفَانname
  1. 1.
    name of a personboth

    A male given name, notably of Ibn Abi al-Aas, father of Uthman.

عَفَّانname
  1. 1.
    name of a personboth

    A male given name, used for various scholars and companions.

عَفِنٌnoun
  1. 1.
    old womanclassical

    An old woman.

عَفَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small white fishclassical

    A small, smooth, white fish whose cooked taste is like rice.

عَفَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    old womanclassical

    An old woman.

عَفْعَفٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fruit of the acaciaclassical

    The fruit of the 'talh' tree (a type of acacia).

عَفْعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat fruitclassical

    To eat the fruit of the 'talh' tree.

تَعَافَverb
  1. 1.
    to take medicineclassical

    To take medicine or seek treatment (said to a sick person).

  2. 2.
    to milk againclassical

    To milk a camel or ewe a second time after the initial milking.

اعْتَفَّتِverb
  1. 1.
    camels to grazeclassical

    Camels picking up dry grass with their tongues from above the ground, seeking to extract moisture.

اسْتَعَفَّتِverb
  1. 1.
    camels to grazeclassical

    Camels picking up dry grass with their tongues from above the ground, seeking to extract moisture.

عَفِيفُ بْنُ بَجِيدٍname
  1. 1.
    companionboth

    A companion (Sahabi) of the Prophet Muhammad.

ابْنُ العَفِيفِname
  1. 1.
    narratorclassical

    A narrator who reported from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.

عُثْمَانُ العُثْمَانِيُّname
  1. 1.
    narratorclassical

    A narrator who reported.

أَبُو عَفَّانَ غَالِبٌ القَطَّانُname
  1. 1.
    narratorclassical

    A narrator who reported.

Parallel reading

كف عما لا يحل ولا يجمل
He abstained from what is unlawful and unseemly.
فهو عف وعفيف
He is abstinent and chaste.
وأعفه الله
And Allah made him chaste.
وتعفف: تكلفها
And he feigned chastity: he made it an effort.
وعفيف، مصغرا، مشددا: ابن معد يكرب
And 'Afif, diminutive and stressed: Ibn Ma'd Yakrib.
وعطية بن عازب بن عفيف، كزبير أو كأمير: صحابيان
And Atiyyah ibn 'Azib ibn 'Afif, like Zubayr or like Amir: two companions.
وابن العفيف، كزبير: روى عن الصديق، رضي الله تعالى عنه
And Ibn al-'Afif, like Zubayr: narrated from al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him.
وعفيف بن بجيد، مشدد أيضا، وعفيف، كأمير: أخوه
And 'Afif ibn Bujayd, also stressed, and 'Afif, like Amir: his brother.
وابن سيار، وابن جبير، وابن مسلم: محدثون
And Ibn Sayyar, Ibn Jubayr, and Ibn Muslim: hadith narrators.
وابن البحير: صحابي
And Ibn al-Buhayr: a companion.
وأبو عفان غالب القطان، وعثمان العثماني: رويا
And Abu 'Affan Ghalib al-Qattan, and Uthman al-'Uthmani: they narrated.
والعفعف: ثمر الطلح
And 'af'af: the fruit of the talh tree.
وتعاف يا مريض: تداو
And 'take medicine', O sick person: seek treatment.
وتعاف ناقتك: احلبها بعد الحلبة الأولى
And 'milk your she-camel', meaning: milk her after the first milking.
واعتفت الإبل اليبيس، واستعفت: أخذته بلسانها فوق التراب مستصفية له
And the camels picked at the dry grass, and sought it: taking it with their tongues from above the ground, seeking to extract it.