العنف

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns harshness, severity, and roughness, contrasting with gentleness and ease. It extends to the beginning or prime of something, and also to actions taken with force or without clear intention.

Derived headwords

العنفnoun

1.
Harshness, severityboth
The opposite of gentleness and kindness; roughness or severity in manner or action.

عَنُفَverb

1.
To be harshboth
To be severe, rough, or harsh towards someone or about something.

أَعْنَفَverb

1.
To be harshboth
To act harshly or severely towards someone or about something. This is the causative form.

عَنَّفَverb

1.
To reprimand harshlyboth
To rebuke, scold, or admonish someone with severity and harshness.

تعنيفاnoun

1.
Harsh reprimandboth
The act of reprimanding or scolding with severity and harshness.

العنيفadjective

1.
Harsh, severeboth
One who lacks gentleness, especially in riding horses; also, severe in speech or in movement.

عَنَفَةnoun

1.
Harshnessboth
A harshness or severity, referring to an action or state.
2.
Beginningclassical
The initial stage or beginning of something.

اعتنافnoun

1.
Beginningclassical
The initial stage or beginning of something.

عنفوانnoun

1.
Prime, beginningboth
The beginning or the prime of something; its first stage or peak of vigor.

عنفوهnoun

1.
Prime, beginningboth
The beginning or the prime of something; its first stage or peak of vigor.

عَنَفاً عَنَفاadverb

1.
Gradually, little by littleclassical
Indicating a progression from the beginning, first by first, or gradually.

العُنْفَةnoun

1.
Water wheel driverclassical
That which the water strikes to turn a mill wheel.
2.
Strip of landclassical
The space between two rows of crops.

اِعْتَنَفَverb

1.
To take on forcefullyboth
To undertake or begin a matter with harshness or force.
2.
To beginboth
To start or initiate something.
3.
To be ignorant ofclassical
To be unaware of or ignorant of a matter, or to approach it without knowledge.
4.
To dislikeclassical
To find something disagreeable or unpleasant, such as food or land.

اِئْتَنَفَverb

1.
To beginclassical
To start or initiate something.

مُعْتَنِفَةadjective

1.
Unsuitableclassical
Referring to camels (إبل) that are not suited to a particular pasture or environment.

مُعْتَنِفadjective

1.
Indirect, not directclassical
Describing a path or way that is not direct or intended.

Parallel reading

العنف، مثلثة العين: ضد الرفق.

Al-'unf, with the 'ayn pronounced in three ways, is the opposite of gentleness.

عنف، ككرم، عليه، وبه، وأعنفته أنا، وعنفته تعنيفا.

He was harsh towards him and about him; I was harsh towards him, and I reprimanded him harshly.

والعنيف: من لا رفق له بركوب الخيل، والشديد من القول والسير.

And the 'aneef is one who has no gentleness in riding horses, and is severe in speech and in gait.

وكان ذلك منا عنفة، بالضم وبضمتين، واعتنافا، أي: ائتنافا.

And that was from us a harshness, with a dammah and with two dammahs, and a beginning, meaning: a new beginning.

وعنفوان الشيء، بالضم، وعنفوه، مشددة: أوله، أو أول بهجته.

And 'unfawaan of a thing, with a dammah, and 'unfuwuhu, with a shaddah, means its beginning, or the beginning of its splendor.

وهم يخرجون عنفوانا عنفا عنفا، بالفتح: أولا فأولا.

And they emerge gradually, first by first, with 'anf 'anf, with a fatha: one after another.

والعنفة، محركة: الذي يضربه الماء فيدير الرحى، وما بين خطي الزرع.

And al-'unfah, with harakah, is that which the water strikes to turn the millstone, and the space between two lines of crops.

واعتنف الأمر: أخذه بعنف، وابتدأه، وائتنفه، وجهله، أو أتاه ولم يكن له به علم.

And he 'a'tanafa the matter: he took it with harshness, and began it, and initiated it, and was ignorant of it, or came to it without having knowledge of it.

والطعام، والأرض: كرههما، و الأرض: لم توافقني.

And the food, and the land: he disliked them, and the land: it did not suit me.

وإبل معتنفة: لا توافقها.

And 'mu'tanifah camels: they do not suit it (the pasture).

واعتنف المجلس: تحول عنه، و المراعي: رعى أنفها.

And he 'a'tanafa the gathering: he turned away from it, and the pastures: he grazed its beginning.

وطريق معتنف: غير قاصد.

And a path 'mu'tanif: not direct.

وعنفه: لامه بعنف وشدة.

And he 'anfahu: he blamed him with harshness and severity.