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وفض

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of speed, haste, and urgency. It extends to related ideas of moving quickly, rushing, and being in a state of rapid motion. It also has a secondary meaning related to collections or groups of people.

Derived headwords

أَوْفَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    haste, speedclassical

    A state of being in a hurry or moving with great speed.

  2. 2.
    groups, crowdsclassical

    Diverse groups of people or mixed tribes, such as the companions of the Suffa.

وَفْضnoun
  1. 1.
    haste, speedclassical

    The act of moving quickly or being in a state of haste.

أَوْفَضَverb
  1. 1.
    he hastened and hurriedboth

    he hastened and hurried

اسْتَوْفَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to hasten, to speedclassical

    To move quickly or with great haste.

  2. 2.
    to drive away, to hastenclassical

    To chase someone away or to urge them to move faster.

مِيفَاضadjective
  1. 1.
    swift, fastclassical

    Describing a female camel that is very fast and quick in her movement.

وَفْضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    container, quiverclassical

    A type of container made of leather, similar to a quiver, without any wooden parts.

الْوَفَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    containers, quiversclassical

    The plural form of 'wafdah', referring to multiple leather containers.

يُوفِضُونverb
  1. 1.
    they hastenclassical

    The present tense verb form indicating that a group of people are moving with haste.

Parallel reading

لقيته على أوفاض، أي على عجلة مثل أوفاز.
I met him in haste, meaning in a hurry like 'awfaz'.
تمشى بنا الجد على أوفاض
The grandfather walked us along in haste.
والوفض: العجلة.
And 'al-wafḍ' means haste.
وأوفض واستوفض، أي أسرع.
And 'awfaḍa' and 'istawfaḍa' mean to hasten.
تعوي البرى مستوفضات وفضا
The wild animals cry out, hastening with speed.
كأنهم إلى نصب يوفضون
As if they are hastening towards an idol.
استوفضه، إذا طرده واستعجله.
To 'istawfaḍahu' means to drive him away and hasten him.
ناقة ميفاض، أي مسرعة.
A swift female camel, meaning fast.
لانعتن نعامة ميفاضا
We will describe a swift ostrich.
والوفضة: شئ كالجعبة من أدم، ليس فيها خشب، والجمع الوفاض.
And 'al-wafḍah' is something like a quiver made of leather, without wood, and its plural is 'al-wafāḍ'.
والأوفاض: الفرق من الناس والاخلاط من قبائل شتى، كأصحاب الصفة.
And 'al-awfāḍ' are groups of people and mixtures from various tribes, like the companions of the Suffa.
أمر بصدقة أن توضع في الاوفاض.
He ordered that charity be placed among the groups.