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ءوف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns afflictions, calamities, and misfortunes that befall something, particularly crops. It describes the state of being afflicted or damaged by such an event.

Derived headwords

الآفةnoun
  1. 1.
    the blight, the defectboth

    the blight, the defect

أيفverb
  1. 1.
    the crop, in the passive voice: meaning, a blight afflicted itboth

    the crop, in the passive voice: meaning, a blight afflicted it

مئوفadjective
  1. 1.
    Afflictedclassical

    Describing something that has been struck by an affliction or calamity.

معوفadjective
  1. 1.
    Afflictedclassical

    Describing something that has been struck by an affliction or calamity; synonymous with مئوف.

Parallel reading

الآفة: العاهة.
Al-āfah: the affliction.
وقد أيف الزرع، على ما لم يسم فاعله، أي أصابته آفة،
And the crops were afflicted, in the passive voice, meaning a calamity struck them,
فهو مئوف، مثال معوف
so it is afflicted, like ma'ūf.