العلف

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns fodder, feeding, and related concepts. It extends to terms for eating, specific types of plants and their fruits, and descriptive terms for animals and people, often implying a state of being well-fed or aged.

Derived headwords

العَلَفnoun

1.
Fodderboth
Animal feed, especially dry feed.
2.
Fruit of the 'Talh' treeclassical
The fruit of the 'Talh' tree, resembling green broad beans.

العَلَفnoun

1.
Heavy drinkingclassical
Drinking a large quantity of water or other liquid.

العَلَفnoun

1.
Feeding (noun)both
The act of feeding an animal.

العَلَفnoun

1.
Much eatingboth
A person who eats a lot.

العَلَفnoun

1.
Yemeni treeclassical
A Yemeni tree whose leaves are pressed, dried, and used to cook meat instead of vinegar.

عَلُوفَةnoun

1.
Fodder (plural)both
Plural of 'alaf', referring to what animals eat.

أَعْلافnoun

1.
Fodder (plural)both
Plural of 'alaf', referring to animal feed.

عَلَّافnoun

1.
Fodder sellerboth
A person who sells fodder.

مَعْلَفnoun

1.
Mangerboth
A place where animals are fed, a manger.

عَلَّفَverb

1.
To feed (an animal)both
To give fodder to an animal.

إِعْلافnoun

1.
Feeding (masdar)both
The act of feeding an animal.

عَلِيفadjective

1.
Fedboth
An animal that has been fed or fattened.

مُعَلَّفَةadjective

1.
Fattenedboth
A female animal that has been fattened.

العَلِيفَةnoun

1.
Tame she-camel or sheepboth
A she-camel or sheep that is kept and fed by its owner, not sent to pasture.

العَلُوفَةnoun

1.
Tame she-camel or sheepboth
A she-camel or sheep that is kept and fed by its owner, not sent to pasture.

العَلْفُوفadjective

1.
Coarse and oldclassical
A coarse, aged animal.
2.
Fat and hairy old manclassical
A fat, hairy, and old man.
3.
Old womanclassical
An old woman.
4.
Large stallionclassical
A large, strong stallion.

عَلُوفadjective

1.
Large old manclassical
A large, elderly man.

عَلْفَةnoun

1.
Single fruit of the 'Talh' treeclassical
The singular unit of the fruit of the 'Talh' tree.

عَلَفَةname

1.
Poet's nameclassical
The name of a poet, son of 'Aqeel al-Mirri, who met 'Umar ibn al-Khattab.
2.
Father of a historical figureclassical
The father of al-Mustawrid al-Kharji, Ibn al-Harith ibn Mu'awiyah al-Dhubyani, and the father of Hilal al-Taimi.

أَعْلَفَverb

1.
To bear fruitclassical
The 'Talh' tree began to bear its fruit.

عَلَّفَverb

1.
To shed blossoms and form fruitclassical
The blossoms of a plant fell off and began to form fruit.

تَعْلِيفnoun

1.
Shedding blossomsclassical
The shedding of blossoms and subsequent fruit formation.

مُعْتَلِفَةnoun

1.
Midwifeclassical
A midwife, used metaphorically.

اسْتَعْلَفَverb

1.
To ask for fodderclassical
To request fodder by making a specific sound (humhama).

كواكب مستديرة متبددةother

1.
Scattered round starsclassical
Scattered, round stars.

Parallel reading

وموضعه: معلف، كمقعد

And its place is a manger, like 'maq'ad'.

وبائعه: علاف

And its seller is a 'allaf'.

وككتاب: ابن طوار، إليه تنسب الرحال العلافية، لأنه أول من عملها

And like 'kitab': Ibn Tawwar, to him are attributed the 'Allafiya' saddles, because he was the first to make them.

وصغره حميد بن ثور، رضي الله تعالى عنه، تصغير ترخيم، فقال: فحمل الهم كنازا جلعفا ... ترى العليفي عليه مؤكفا

And Humayd ibn Thawr, may God be pleased with him, diminutive-formed it as a softening diminutive, and said: 'So he carried the worry like a heavy burden... you see the 'Alayfi on it, well-equipped.'

أو هو أعظم الرحال آخرة وواسطا

Or it is the greatest of saddles, rear and middle.

وكمقعد: كواكب مستديرة متبددة

And like 'maq'ad': scattered round stars.

والعلف، كالضرب: الشرب الكثير

And 'alaf', like 'darb': much drinking.

وإطعام الدابة، كالإعلاف

And feeding the animal, like 'i'laf'.

وبالكسر: الكثير الأكل

And with kasr: much eating.

وشجرة يمانية ورقه كالعنب، يكبس ويجفف ويطبخ به اللحم عوضا عن الخل، ويضم

And a Yemeni tree whose leaves are like grapes, which are pressed, dried, and used to cook meat instead of vinegar, and it is pronounced with damma.

وبضمتين: جمع العلوفة، وهي: ما تأكله الدابة

And with two dammahs: the plural of 'alufah', which is: what the animal eats.

والعنيفة والعلوفة: الناقة، أو الشاة تعلفها ولا ترسلها للرعي

And 'alifah' and 'alufah': the she-camel, or the sheep that you feed it and do not send it to pasture.

والعلفوف، كعصفور: الجافي المسن

And 'alafuf', like 'asfur': the coarse and aged.

والشيخ اللحيم المشعراني، والعجوز، والحصان الضخم

And the fat, hairy old man, and the old woman, and the large stallion.

وناقة علفوف السنام: ملففته كأنها مشتملة بكساء

And a she-camel with a 'alafuf' hump: rolled up as if wrapped in a cloak.

وشيخ علوف، كجردحل: كبير السن

And an old man 'aluf', like 'jardahal': elderly.

والعلف، كقبر: ثمر الطلح، يشبه الباقلاء الغض

And 'alaf', like 'qabr': the fruit of the 'Talh' tree, resembling green broad beans.

وعلفة: واحدتها، وولد عقيل المري الشاعر، أدرك عمر بن الخطاب، رضي الله تعالى عنه

And 'alafah': its singular unit, and the son of 'Aqeel al-Mirri the poet, who met 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him.

وأعلف الطلح: خرج علفه، كعلف تعليفا، وهذه نادرة، لأنه إنما يجيء لهذا المعنى أفعل

And the 'Talh' tree 'a'laf': its fruit appeared, like 'alafa ta'lifan', and this is rare, because 'af'ala' usually comes for this meaning.

وعلف تعليفا: تناثر ورده وعقد

And 'alafa ta'lifan': its blossoms scattered and formed fruit.

وشاة معلفة، كمعظمة: مسمنة

And a sheep 'mu'allafah', like 'mu'adhdhamah': fattened.

وعليف: معلوفة

And 'alif': fed.

والمعتلفة: القابلة، كلمة مستعارة

And 'al-Mu'talifah': the midwife, a borrowed word.

واستعلفت: طلبت العلف بالحمحمة

And 'ista'laf': she requested fodder by making a 'humhama' sound.