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Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of finishing, completing, or bringing something to an end, often with a sense of finality or decisiveness. It also extends to meanings of bending, inclining, or having a crooked form, and in some contexts, refers to a specific gait or a long neck.

Derived headwords

أَدْفَأَverb

1.
to finish offclassical
To deliver the final blow to a wounded person or animal, thus finishing them off.
2.
to make warmboth
To make something warm or cozy, especially by a fire.

أَدْفَأْتُverb

1.
I finished offclassical
The first-person singular past tense of the verb meaning to deliver the final blow.

دفوت الجريح، وأدفيته ودافيته: أجهزت عليه — I finished off the wounded person, and I finished him off and I finished him off: I delivered the final blow to him.

تَدَافَأَverb

1.
to warm oneselfboth
To warm oneself, especially by a fire.

تَدَافِيnoun

1.
catching upclassical
The act of catching up or making up for lost time or effort.
2.
mutual supportclassical
Mutual support, helping each other, or taking turns.
3.
striding gaitclassical
A camel's gait characterized by a wide, spaced-out stride.

والتدافي: التدارك، والتداول، وأن يسير البعير سيرا متجافيا — And al-tadafi: catching up, and mutual support, and a camel walking with a spaced-out gait.

أَدْفَىverb

1.
to make warmboth
To make something warm or cozy.

اسْتَدْفَأَverb

1.
to get warmboth
To become warm or to seek warmth.

وأدفى واستدفيت: لغتان في الهمز — And adfa and istadfa: two variants with hamza.

أَدْفَىadjective

1.
bentclassical
Bent or inclined, referring to a person.

ورجل أدفى: منحن — And a man adfa: bent over.

دَفْوَاءadjective

1.
crooked-beakedclassical
Describing an eagle with a crooked or bent beak.
2.
long-neckedclassical
Describing a she-camel with a long neck.

وعقاب دفواء: معوجة المنقار — And an eagle dafwa': crooked of beak.

والدفواء: الناقة الطويلة العنق — And al-dafwa': the long-necked she-camel.

أَدْفَىverb

1.
to grow long (horns)classical
Said of a gazelle whose horns have grown so long they almost reach its hindquarters.

وأدفى الظبي: طال قرناه حتى كادا أن يبلغا استه — And the gazelle adfa: its horns grew long until they almost reached its hindquarters.

الأَدْفَوِيname

1.
from Adfaclassical
A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from the town of Adfa, near Alexandria.

وأدفو، بالضم: ة قرب الإسكندرية، ود بين أسوان وإسنى، منه محمد بن علي الأدفوي النحوي، له تفسير أربعون مجلدا — And Adfa, with damma: a town near Alexandria, and a place between Aswan and Isna, from him is Muhammad ibn Ali al-Adawi the grammarian, who authored an exegesis of forty volumes.

Parallel reading

دفوت الجريح، وأدفيته ودافيته: أجهزت عليه.

I finished off the wounded person, and I finished him off and I finished him off: I delivered the final blow to him.

ورجل أدفى: منحن.

And a man adfa: bent over.

وعقاب دفواء: معوجة المنقار.

And an eagle dafwa': crooked of beak.

والدفواء: الناقة الطويلة العنق.

And al-dafwa': the long-necked she-camel.

والتدافي: التدارك، والتداول، وأن يسير البعير سيرا متجافيا.

And al-tadafi: catching up, and mutual support, and a camel walking with a spaced-out gait.

وأدفى واستدفيت: لغتان في الهمز.

And adfa and istadfa: two variants with hamza.

وأدفى الظبي: طال قرناه حتى كادا أن يبلغا استه.

And the gazelle adfa: its horns grew long until they almost reached its hindquarters.

وأدفو، بالضم: ة قرب الإسكندرية، ود بين أسوان وإسنى، منه محمد بن علي الأدفوي النحوي، له تفسير أربعون مجلدا.

And Adfa, with damma: a town near Alexandria, and a place between Aswan and Isna, from him is Muhammad ibn Ali al-Adawi the grammarian, who authored an exegesis of forty volumes.