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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of sleep, drowsiness, and falling asleep. It also extends to the meaning of floating or resting on the surface of water.

Derived headwords

الغفوnoun
  1. 1.
    sleepboth

    The state of being asleep or resting.

الغفوةnoun
  1. 1.
    napboth

    A short sleep, especially during the day.

الغفيةnoun
  1. 1.
    pitfallclassical

    A trap or a hidden danger, specifically a pit dug for trapping animals.

غفاverb
  1. 1.
    to sleepboth

    To enter a state of sleep.

  2. 2.
    to dozeboth

    To be in a light sleep or to feel drowsy.

  3. 3.
    to floatboth

    To rest or move on the surface of a liquid, such as water.

غفواnoun
  1. 1.
    sleepingboth

    The act or state of sleeping.

أغفىverb
  1. 1.
    to make someone sleepboth

    To cause someone to fall asleep or to induce sleep.

Parallel reading

الغفو والغفوة والغفية: الزبية.
Al-ghafw, al-ghafwah, and al-ghafiyyah: the pitfall.
وغفا غفوا وغفوا: نام، أو ms1837 نعس، كأغفى، وطفا على الماء.
And he slept a sleep and slept: he slept, or dozed, like aghfā, and floated on the water.