القفيف

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of dryness, stillness, and gathering. It extends to meanings of theft, time, and specific geographical features like hills or elevated land. It also encompasses physical states like trembling and shrinking.

Derived headwords

الْقَفِيفُnoun

1.
dried legumesclassical
Refers to the dried state of legumes, both wild and cultivated.

قَفَّverb

1.
to dry outboth
To become dry, especially referring to grass.
2.
to dry after washingboth
To become dry after being washed, referring to clothing.
3.
to stand on endboth
To stand erect, often used for hair standing up in fear.

قُفُوفًاnoun

1.
drynessboth
The state of being dry, the masdar of قَفَّ.

قَفَّافٌadjective

1.
a thiefclassical
One who steals dirhams subtly, as if between his fingers.

قَفَانُnoun

1.
traceboth
The trace or track of something or someone.
2.
timeboth
The specific time or opportune moment for something.
3.
trustworthyclassical
A person who is trustworthy or reliable.
4.
collectionclassical
The entirety or collection of something, and its thorough knowledge.

الْقُفَّةُnoun

1.
shiveringboth
A shiver or chill, often associated with fever.
2.
meconiumclassical
The first substance to exit the womb from a newborn's belly.
3.
basketboth
A type of basket made from palm leaves.
4.
raised groundboth
An elevated area of land, similar to a hill.
5.
small personboth
A small, weak, or short person.
6.
hareclassical
A hare.
7.
axe-like toolclassical
An object resembling an axe.
8.
withered treeclassical
A dry, withered tree.

قُفَّverb

1.
to bunch upclassical
To come together and bunch up, forming a shape like a basket.

قُفّnoun

1.
short personboth
A short person.
2.
surfaceboth
The surface or back of something.
3.
axe headclassical
The head of an axe.
4.
rabbleclassical
The riff-raff or mixed multitude of people.
5.
cloud bankclassical
A dense bank of clouds resembling a mountain.
6.
rocky elevationclassical
A raised area of land composed of rocks that are packed together, not smooth, resembling a mountain but not tall, with an overlook. It can contain large, loose stones and sometimes fertile plains.
7.
valleyclassical
A valley, specifically one located in Medina.

قِفَافٌnoun

1.
plural of قُفّclassical
Plural form of قُفّ, referring to hills or rocky elevations.

أَقْفَافٌnoun

1.
plural of قُفّclassical
Plural form of قُفّ, referring to hills or rocky elevations.

قَفْقَفَverb

1.
to dryclassical
To become dry, used for plants.

وَقَفَverb

1.
to bunch togetherclassical
To bunch together until it becomes like a basket.

أَقْفَتِ الدَّجَاجَةُverb

1.
to stop laying eggsboth
When a hen stops laying eggs.
2.
to gather eggsclassical
When a hen gathers her eggs.

أَقْفَتِ الْعَيْنُverb

1.
to lose tearsboth
When the eye loses its tears.
2.
to lose sightclassical
When the blackness of the eye disappears, implying loss of sight.

قَفْقَفَverb

1.
to shiverboth
To shiver from cold or other causes, or to have chattering teeth.

تَقَفْقَفَverb

1.
to shiverboth
To shiver, similar to قَفْقَفَ.
2.
to dryclassical
To dry out, used for plants.

قَيْسُ قُفَّةَname

1.
a titleclassical
A title or epithet that is indeclinable.

قَافِيَتَهُnoun

1.
its traceclassical
Its trace or track.

قُفَّيْنِnoun

1.
a specific placeclassical
A place name mentioned in poetry, possibly related to the root's meaning of elevated ground.

قَفْقَفَا الْبَعِيرَverb

1.
to lick its lipsclassical
To lick its lips, referring to a camel.

Parallel reading

يبيس أحرار البقول وذكورها.

Dried wild and cultivated legumes.

قف العشب قفوفا: يبس

Grass dried out, becoming dry.

والثوب: جف بعد الغسل

And the garment: dried after washing.

وشعره: قام فزعا

And his hair: stood on end in fear.

والصيرفي: سرق الدراهم بين أصابعه

And the money changer: stole dirhams between his fingers.

وأتيته على قفان ذاك

And I came to him following that trace.

وهذا قفانه: حينه وأوانه.

And this is its time and its opportune moment.

وهو قفان: أمين.

And he is trustworthy.

وقفان كل شيء: جماعه، واستقصاء معرفته.

The entirety of everything: its collection, and the thoroughness of its knowledge.

والقفة، مثلثة: رعدة تأخذ من الحمى، وقشعريرة

And al-quffah, with three pronunciations: a shiver taken from fever, and a chill.

وبالكسر: أول ما يخرج من بطن المولود

And with kasr: the first thing that comes out of the newborn's belly.

وبالضم: كهيئة القرعة تتخذ من الخوص

And with damma: like the form of a basket made from palm leaves.

والقارة، وما ارتفع من الأرض، كالقف

And al-qārah, and what is elevated from the ground, like a hill.

والرجل الصغير، أو القصير الضعيف

And the small man, or the short and weak one.

والأرنب، وشيء كالفأس، كالقف

And the hare, and something like an axe, like a hill.

والشجرة البالية اليابسة.

And the withered, dry tree.

وقف: انضم بعضه إلى بعض حتى صار كالقففة.

And waqafa: it bunched together until it became like a basket.

وقيس قفة، ممنوعة: لقب.

And Qays Quffah, indeclinable: an epithet.

والقف، بالضم: القصير، وظهر الشيء، وخرت الفأس

And al-quff, with damma: the short one, the surface of something, and the head of an axe.

ومن الناس: الأوباش والأخلاط

And from the people: the rabble and the mixed multitude.

والسد من الغيم كأنه جبل

And the bank of clouds as if it were a mountain.

وحجارة غاص بعضها ببعض لا تخالطها سهولة، وهو جبل، غير أنه ليس بطويل في السماء، فيه إشراف على ما حوله، وفيه حجارة متقلعة عظام كالإبل البروك وأعظم وصغار، ورب قف حجارته فنادير أمثال البيوت

And stones, some of which are sunk into others without smoothness, and it is a mountain, except that it is not tall in the sky, it overlooks its surroundings, and it has large loose stones like resting camels and larger and smaller ones, and some hills have stones like houses.

وقد يكون فيه رياض وقيعان، ج: قفاف وأقفاف

And it may contain meadows and plains, plural: qifāf and aqfāf.

وواد بالمدينة، وأضاف إليه زهير شيئا آخر وثناه فقال: كم للمنازل من عام ومن زمن ... لآل أسماء فالقفين فالركن

And a valley in Medina, and Zuhayr added something else to it and repeated it, saying: How many years and times have the dwellings seen... for the family of Asma', then al-Quffayn, then al-Rukn.

وقفقفا البعير: لحياه.

And the camel licked its lips.

وأقفت الدجاجة: انقطع بيضها، أو جمعت بيضها

And the hen stopped laying eggs: her eggs ceased, or she gathered her eggs.

والعين: ذهب دمعها، وارتفع سوادها.

And the eye: its tears went away, and its blackness rose.

وقفقف: ارتعد من البرد وغيره، أو اضطرب حنكاه واصطكت أسنانه

And qafqafa: he shivered from cold or other causes, or his jaws trembled and his teeth chattered.

والنبت: يبس، كتقفقف فيهما.

And the plant: dried out, like taqafqafa in both cases.