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غضف

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of bending, breaking, drooping, and darkening. It extends to descriptions of physical states like relaxed ears or drooping eyelids, as well as abstract notions of ease, abundance, and obscurity.

Derived headwords

غَضَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to breakboth

    To break a branch or twig.

  2. 2.
    to droop (ears)classical

    Said of a dog, meaning to let its ears droop and bend.

  3. 3.
    to seize (foal)classical

    Said of a female donkey, meaning to take a foal.

غَضِفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be relaxedclassical

    Describing a state of relaxation, particularly in the ears.

الغَضِفُnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    A tree found in India, similar to a palm tree, but with nuts that are peeled without bark, and green fronds from bottom to top.

أغْضَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to darkenboth

    Said of the night, meaning it became dark and black.

  2. 2.
    to become abundant (dates)classical

    Said of palm trees, meaning their fronds became numerous and their fruit poor, or they became laden with fruit.

  3. 3.
    to be overcast (sky)classical

    Said of the sky, meaning it appeared ready for rain.

  4. 4.
    to become abundant (blessings)classical

    Said of a watering place, meaning its blessings became numerous.

التَغْضِيفُnoun
  1. 1.
    hanging downclassical

    The act of letting something hang down or dangle.

التَغَضُّفُnoun
  1. 1.
    bending, foldingboth

    The act of bending, folding, inclining, or breaking.

  2. 2.
    collapsing (well)classical

    Said of the walls of a well, meaning they collapsed or caved in.

تَغَضَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to cover (night)classical

    Said of the night, meaning it enveloped us.

  2. 2.
    to be abundant (world)classical

    Said of the world, meaning its goodness increased and it turned towards us.

  3. 3.
    to coil (snake)classical

    Said of a snake, meaning it coiled or twisted.

انْغَضَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to enter (dust)classical

    Said of a group of people, meaning they entered into the dust.

  2. 2.
    to collapse (well)classical

    Said of a well, meaning it collapsed or caved in.

غَضْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a birdclassical

    A type of bird, or specifically a sandgrouse.

  2. 2.
    a hillockclassical

    A small hill or mound.

أغْضَفُadjective
  1. 1.
    thickly featheredclassical

    Said of an arrow, meaning it has thick fletching.

  2. 2.
    dark (night)classical

    Said of a night, meaning it is dark.

  3. 3.
    soft, easy (life)classical

    Said of a life, meaning it is soft, comfortable, or easy.

  4. 4.
    drooping (lion's ears)classical

    Said of a lion, meaning its ears are bent or relaxed.

  5. 5.
    drooping (eyelids)classical

    Said of eyelids, meaning they droop over the eyes due to anger or pride.

غَاضِفٌadjective
  1. 1.
    comfortable, easy-goingclassical

    Said of a person, meaning they have an easy and comfortable life.

  2. 2.
    soft, easy (life)classical

    Said of a life, meaning it is soft and comfortable.

  3. 3.
    drooping (dog's ears)classical

    Said of a dog, meaning the top of its ears droop forward.

أغْضَفُadjective
  1. 1.
    drooping (dog's ears)classical

    Said of a dog, meaning the top of its ears droop backward.

كَلْبٌ أغْضَفُnoun
  1. 1.
    a dog with drooping earsclassical

    A dog characterized by its ears drooping in a particular manner.

غُضَيْفٌname
  1. 1.
    a male nameclassical

    A name of a companion (Sahabi), possibly Ghudayf ibn al-Harith.

غُنْضِفٌname
  1. 1.
    a male nameclassical

    A proper name.

Parallel reading

غضف العود يغضفه: كسره
The branch breaks, it breaks it: it breaks it.
و الكلب أذنه: أرخاها وكسرها
And the dog its ear: it relaxed it and broke it.
و الأتان: أخذت الجري أخذا
And the female donkey: she took the foal, a taking.
والغضف، محركة: شجر بالهند كالنخل سواء
And al-Ghadif, movable: a tree in India, like a palm tree exactly.
وقد غضف، كفرح
And he was relaxed, like faraha.
وكلب أغضف من كلاب غضف
And a dog aghdaf from dogs ghuduf.
والأغضف من السهام: الغليظ الريش
And aghdaf of the arrows: the thick-feathered.
و من الليالي: المظلم
And of the nights: the dark.
و من العيش: الناعم
And of the life: the soft.
و من الأسد: المتثني الأذنين، أو المسترخيهما
And of the lion: the one with bent ears, or relaxed ears.
أو المسترخي أجفانه العليا على عينيه غضبا أو كبرا
Or the one whose upper eyelids droop over his eyes in anger or pride.
والغاضف: الناعم البال
And al-Ghadif: the one with an easy life.
والناعم من العيش
And the soft of the life.
ومن الكلاب: المنكسر أعلى أذنيه إلى مقدمه
And of the dogs: the one whose upper ears break forward.
والأغضف: إلى خلفه
And al-aghdaf: backward.
والغضفة، محركة: طائر، أو القطاة، والأكمة
And al-Ghadfah, movable: a bird, or a sandgrouse, and a hillock.
وأغضف الليل: أظلم واسود
And the night aghdaf: it became dark and black.
والنخل: كثر سعفها، وساء ثمرها، أو أوقرت
And the palm trees: their fronds became numerous, and their fruit poor, or they became laden.
والسماء: أخالت للمطر
And the sky: it appeared ready for rain.
والعطن: كثر نعمه
And the watering place: its blessings became numerous.
والتغضيف: التدلية
And al-Taghdheef: the hanging down.
والتغضف: التغضن، والميل، والتثني، والتكسر
And al-Taghadhdhuf: the folding, and the inclination, and the bending, and the breaking.
وتهدم أجوال البئر
And the collapse of the walls of the well.
وتغضف علينا الليل: ألبسنا
And the night taghadhdhaf upon us: it enveloped us.
وعلينا الدنيا: كثر خيرها، وأقبلت
And the world upon us: its goodness increased, and it turned towards us.
والحية: تلوت
And the snake: it coiled.
وانغضفوا في الغبار: دخلوا فيه
And they inghadhaf in the dust: they entered into it.
والبئر: انهارت
And the well: it collapsed.