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خدف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific manner of walking, characterized by a swift, somewhat ungainly gait. It is also associated with a legendary ancestress and the act of walking in this particular style.

Derived headwords

الخَنْدَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of gaitboth

    A gait resembling a brisk walk or trot, characterized by a particular movement of the feet.

خَنْدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk with a specific gaitclassical

    To walk with a swift, somewhat ungainly gait, as if splashing or scooping with one's feet.

خَنْدَفname
  1. 1.
    Ancestress's nameclassical

    The name of a woman, Layla, daughter of Ilyas ibn Mudar, after whom her descendants were reputedly named Khindaf.

Parallel reading

الخندفة: مشية كالهرولة
Al-Khandafah: a gait like a trot.
ومنه سميت - زعموا - خندف امرأة إلياس بن مضر، واسمها ليلى، نسب ولد إلياس إليها، وهى أمهم.
And from this, they claim, was named Khindaf, a woman of Ilyas ibn Mudar, whose name was Layla; the descendants of Ilyas were attributed to her, and she was their mother.
وقد خندف الرجل، إذا مشى مفاجا يقلب قدميه كأنه يغترف بهما.
And a man has walked with the Khindaf gait when he walks swiftly, turning his feet as if he were scooping with them.