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قذف

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root قذف primarily relates to throwing, casting, or launching. It extends to concepts of accusation, slander, and projectile motion, as well as geographical features and specific objects used for throwing or related to rapid movement.

Derived headwords

قَذَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to throwboth

    To hurl or cast something with force.

  2. 2.
    to accuseclassical

    To falsely accuse someone, especially of adultery.

  3. 3.
    to vomitboth

    To expel the contents of the stomach.

  4. 4.
    to cast offboth

    To throw something away or discard it.

يَقْذِفُverb
  1. 1.
    throwsboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to throw'.

قَذْفnoun
  1. 1.
    throwingboth

    The act of throwing or hurling.

  2. 2.
    slanderclassical

    False accusation or defamation.

  3. 3.
    vomitingboth

    The act of expelling stomach contents.

  4. 4.
    place of fallingclassical

    A place from which one slips and falls.

  5. 5.
    sideboth

    A flank or side of a river or valley.

قَذَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    battlementclassical

    A parapet or defensive wall, especially on a castle or fortress.

  2. 2.
    overhanging rockclassical

    A part of a mountain peak that juts out.

  3. 3.
    sideboth

    A flank or side, similar to قذف.

قَذَّافadjective
  1. 1.
    distantclassical

    Describing a place that is far away.

قَذَّافnoun
  1. 1.
    cloudclassical

    A cloud formation originating from a specific direction (al-'ayn).

  2. 2.
    projectilesclassical

    Anything that is thrown.

  3. 3.
    handfulclassical

    What can be grasped and thrown with the hand.

  4. 4.
    weightclassical

    What one can carry and throw with their hand.

  5. 5.
    catapultclassical

    A siege engine used for throwing large projectiles.

  6. 6.
    scaleclassical

    A weighing instrument.

  7. 7.
    shipclassical

    A vessel or craft.

قَذُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    distantclassical

    Describing a place that is remote or far away.

  2. 2.
    thrownclassical

    Describing a place that is cast off or remote.

قَذَّافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    projectileboth

    An object that is thrown or projected.

قَاذِفadjective
  1. 1.
    fast-movingclassical

    Describing a she-camel that moves rapidly ahead of others.

قَاذِفnoun
  1. 1.
    oarboth

    A paddle or oar used for steering or propelling a boat.

قَذِيفَىnoun
  1. 1.
    mutual abuseclassical

    Reciprocal insults and throwing of stones.

قَذَّافnoun
  1. 1.
    place of fallingclassical

    A place from which one slips and falls.

  2. 2.
    sideboth

    A flank or side.

قَذْفَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    sidesboth

    Plural of قذف, referring to the sides of a river or valley.

قَذَّافnoun
  1. 1.
    talkativeclassical

    Someone who is excessively talkative or boastful.

  2. 2.
    cursedclassical

    One who is cursed or reviled.

تَقَاذُفnoun
  1. 1.
    mutual throwingboth

    The act of throwing things at each other.

  2. 2.
    rapid runningclassical

    The swift running of a horse.

مُتَقَاذِفadjective
  1. 1.
    gallopingclassical

    Describing a horse that runs swiftly.

Parallel reading

قذف بالحجارة يقذف: رمى بها
He threw stones, he throws: he hurled them.
و المحصنة: رماها بزنية
And a chaste woman: he accused her of adultery.
و فلان: قاء ونوى
And so-and-so: he vomited and intended.
ونية، وفلاة قذف، محركة، وبضمتين، وكصبور: بعيدة
And a distant intention, and a distant desert, with a vowel on the first letter and with two vowels, and like 'sabur': distant.
وكأمير: سحابة تنشأ من قبل العين
And like 'amir': a cloud that forms from the direction of the eye (spring).
وبهاء: كل مايرمى به
And like 'baha': everything that is thrown.
وبلدة قذوف: طروح، لبعدها
And a distant town: cast off, due to its remoteness.
وقرب قذاف، كشداد: بصباص
And 'qazzaf' (like 'shaddad'): talkative.
وكمعظم: الملعن، ومن رمي باللحم رميا
And like 'mu'dhim': the cursed, and one who is pelted with meat.
والتقاذف: الترامي، وسرعة ركض الفرس
And 'taqadhuf': mutual throwing, and the swift running of a horse.
وفرس متقاذف
And a swiftly running horse.
وبينهم قذيفى، كخليفى: سباب ورمي بالحجارة
And between them is 'qadhifa', like 'khalifa': mutual abuse and throwing of stones.
والقذفة، بالضم: الشرفة، أو ما أشرف من رؤوس الجبال
And 'al-qadhfah', with dammah: the battlement, or what overlooks from the mountain peaks.
وقذف النهر والوادي، ويحرك: ناحيتاه
And the sides of the river and the valley, and it is vocalized: its two flanks.