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الوكف

Root entry · 27 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of dripping, falling, and descending, often in a negative or destructive context. It extends to meanings of deviation, error, weakness, and hardship, as well as physical attributes like a mountain's slope or sweat. It also relates to saddling and confronting.

Derived headwords

الوكفnoun
  1. 1.
    Raw hideclassical

    A piece of raw hide, often used as a covering or mat.

  2. 2.
    Drippingclassical

    The act of dripping or trickling, often referring to water or other liquids.

  3. 3.
    Deviationclassical

    Inclination, injustice, or deviation from the right path.

  4. 4.
    Flawclassical

    A defect, fault, or blemish.

  5. 5.
    Sinclassical

    A transgression, sin, or offense.

  6. 6.
    Mountain slopeclassical

    The side or slope of a mountain.

  7. 7.
    Sweatclassical

    Perspiration or sweat.

  8. 8.
    Differenceclassical

    A distinction or difference, possibly a misspelling of 'فرق'.

  9. 9.
    Descentclassical

    A downward slope or descent, specifically from the region of Al-Summan.

  10. 10.
    Corruptionclassical

    Degradation, corruption, or decay.

  11. 11.
    Weaknessclassical

    Feeble-ness, frailty, or weakness.

  12. 12.
    Heavinessclassical

    Weight or burden.

  13. 13.
    Hardshipclassical

    Difficulty or severity.

  14. 14.
    Part of a tentclassical

    A part of a tent structure, resembling a wing.

وكف البيتverb
  1. 1.
    The house drippedboth

    The house dripped or leaked, referring to water or other substances.

يكفverb
  1. 1.
    It dripsboth

    Present tense of 'وكف', meaning to drip or trickle.

وكفاnoun
  1. 1.
    Drippingclassical

    The masdar (verbal noun) of 'وكف', signifying the act of dripping.

وكيفاnoun
  1. 1.
    Drippingclassical

    Another form of the masdar (verbal noun) for 'وكف', meaning dripping.

توكافاnoun
  1. 1.
    Drippingclassical

    A further masdar (verbal noun) form for 'وكف', indicating dripping.

أوكفverb
  1. 1.
    It drippedboth

    Past tense of 'وكف', meaning it dripped or leaked.

ناقة وكوفadjective
  1. 1.
    Generous camelclassical

    A female camel that is abundant in milk.

وكفverb
  1. 1.
    He deviatedclassical

    To deviate, incline, or act unjustly.

سفح الجبلnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountain slopeclassical

    The base or slope of a mountain.

العرقnoun
  1. 1.
    Sweatboth

    Perspiration.

الفرقnoun
  1. 1.
    Differenceclassical

    A distinction or separation, possibly a correction of 'الوكف'.

منحدرك من الصمانnoun
  1. 1.
    Descent from Al-Summanclassical

    A downward slope or path originating from the region of Al-Summan.

أوكاف البيتnoun
  1. 1.
    Tent wingsclassical

    Parts of a tent structure that extend outwards, resembling wings.

أصحاب الوكفnoun
  1. 1.
    Companions of the overturned boatclassical

    Those whose boats capsized at sea, with the wreckage above them.

الوكافnoun
  1. 1.
    Saddleclassical

    A saddle, specifically a camel saddle (الإكاف).

إكافnoun
  1. 1.
    Saddleclassical

    A camel saddle.

أوكفهverb
  1. 1.
    He caused him to fall into sinclassical

    To cause someone to commit a sin or fall into error.

وكفه توكيفاverb
  1. 1.
    He placed the saddle on itclassical

    To place a saddle (الإكاف) upon something, like a camel.

آكفه إيكافاverb
  1. 1.
    He placed the saddle on itclassical

    Another form of placing a saddle (الإكاف) on something.

أكفه تأكيفاverb
  1. 1.
    He placed the saddle on itclassical

    Yet another form for placing a saddle (الإكاف) on something.

استوكفverb
  1. 1.
    He sought to dripclassical

    To try to extract or collect dripping liquid.

واكفه في الحربverb
  1. 1.
    He confronted him in warclassical

    To face, confront, or oppose someone in battle.

يتوكف لهمverb
  1. 1.
    He attends to themclassical

    To look after, attend to, or manage their affairs.

ينتظر وكفهverb
  1. 1.
    He awaits its descentclassical

    To wait for something to drip or fall.

لفلانverb
  1. 1.
    He lies in wait for himclassical

    To lie in wait for someone until encountering them.

تواكفواverb
  1. 1.
    They deviatedclassical

    To deviate from each other or turn aside.

Parallel reading

ووكف البيت يكف وكفا ووكيفا وتوكافا: قطر، كأوكف.
And the house dripped, it drips, a dripping, and dripping, and dripping: it rained, like 'أوكف'.
وهو يتوكف لهم: يتعهدهم، وينظر في أمورهم
And he attends to them: he takes care of them, and looks into their affairs.
و الخبر: ينتظر وكفه
And the news: he awaits its dripping.
و لفلان: يتعرض له حتى يلقاه.
And for so-and-so: he exposes himself to him until he meets him.
وفي الحديث: "خير الشهداء أصحاب الوكف"، أي: الذين انكفأت عليهم مراكبهم في البحر، فصارت فوقهم مثل أوكاف البيت، فسره النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم.
And in the Hadith: 'The best of martyrs are the companions of the الوكف', meaning: those whose boats capsized upon them in the sea, so they became like the tent wings above them, the Prophet, peace be upon him, explained it.
وأوكفه: أوقعه في الإثم.
And He caused him to fall into sin: He made him fall into sin.
ووكفه توكيفا، وآكفه إيكافا، وأكفه تأكيفا: وضع عليه الإكاف.
And he placed the saddle on it with توكيفا, and he placed the saddle on it with إيكافا, and he placed the saddle on it with تأكيفا: he placed the saddle upon it.
واكفه في الحرب: واجهه وعارضه.
And he confronted him in war: he faced him and opposed him.
وتواكفوا: انحرفوا.
And they deviated: they turned aside.