الفوف

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the bladder, specifically of cattle, and also encompasses concepts of thinness, paleness, and small, insignificant things. It extends to geographical locations and types of fabric.

Derived headwords

فَافَverb

1.
to be paleclassical
To be white or pale, referring to the appearance of the fingernails.

فَوْفnoun

1.
bladderclassical
The bladder of a cow.
2.
white spotsclassical
The white spots or marks found on the fingernails of young people.
3.
peelclassical
The outer covering or peel of a date pit or heart of a fruit.
4.
somethingclassical
A small or insignificant thing; used in negation to mean nothing.
5.
fabricclassical
A type of fine fabric from Yemen, sometimes described as resembling the 'fawf'.

فُوفnoun

1.
bladderclassical
The bladder of a cow.
2.
white spotsclassical
The white spots or marks found on the fingernails of young people.
3.
peelclassical
The outer covering or peel of a date pit or heart of a fruit.
4.
somethingclassical
A small or insignificant thing; used in negation to mean nothing.
5.
fabricclassical
A type of fine fabric from Yemen, sometimes described as resembling the 'fawf'.

فَوَفَانnoun

1.
thinnessclassical
Thinness or delicacy, referring to fabric.

مُفَوَّفadjective

1.
thinclassical
Thin or delicate, referring to fabric, possibly with white stripes.

أَفْوَافadjective

1.
thinclassical
Thin or delicate, referring to fabric, possibly with white stripes.

فَافَ عَنِّي بِخَيْرٍ وَلَا زَنْجَرَverb

1.
to give nothingclassical
To give nothing or to refuse to give anything, especially when asked.

فَوُوفnoun

1.
bladderclassical
The bladder of a cow.
2.
white spotsclassical
The white spots or marks found on the fingernails of young people.
3.
peelclassical
The outer covering or peel of a date pit or heart of a fruit.
4.
somethingclassical
A small or insignificant thing; used in negation to mean nothing.
5.
fabricclassical
A type of fine fabric from Yemen, sometimes described as resembling the 'fawf'.

فُوفَةnoun

1.
peelclassical
The outer covering or peel of a date pit or heart of a fruit.

فَوَّفَverb

1.
to ask for somethingclassical
To ask for something, accompanied by a specific gesture of refusal.

فَافَانname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A place name, specifically a river on the Tigris, located below Mayyafariqin.

Parallel reading

الفوف، بالفتح والضم: مثانة البقر

Al-fawf, with fath and damma: the bladder of cows.

وهو يفوف به فوفا، وهو: أن يسأله شيئا، فيقول بظفر إبهامه على ظفر سبابته: ولا هذا

And he refuses him with a 'fawf', which is: he asks him for something, and he says by placing his thumb nail on his index finger nail: 'Not this.'

وبالضم: البياض الذي في أظفار الأحداث

And with damma: the whiteness that is in the fingernails of young people.

والواحدة: بهاء

And the singular is: bahā' (referring to the white spots).

وبالضم: القشرة التي تكون على حبة القلب والنواة دون لحمة التمر

And with damma: the peel that is on the pit of the heart and the kernel, excluding the flesh of the date.

وكل قشر: فوف وفوفة

And every peel: fawf and fufah.

وضرب من برود اليمن

And a type of fabric from Yemen.

وقطع القطن

And pieces of cotton.

الزهر شبه بالفوف من الثياب

The blossoms are likened to the fawf of garments.

وما ذاق فوفا، وما أغنى عني فوفا: شيئا

And he did not taste fawf, and it did not avail me fawf: meaning, anything.

وبرد مفوف، كمعظم: رقيق، أو فيه خطوط بيض

And a thin garment, like 'mu'azzam': thin, or having white stripes.

وبرد أفواف، مضافة: رقيق

And thin garments, added: thin.

وفافان: ع على دجلة، تحت ميافارقين

And Fawfan: a river on the Tigris, below Mayyafariqin.