خرف

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the harvesting of fruits, particularly dates, and by extension, the season of autumn when this occurs. It also extends to concepts of abundance, paths, and a specific type of mental deterioration associated with old age. Additionally, it encompasses a legendary figure and a specific type of sheep.

Derived headwords

الخِرْفَةnoun

1.
harvested fruitboth
What is gathered or harvested from fruits, especially dates.

التمر خرفة الصائم — Dates are the fruit harvested by the fasting person.

المَخْرَفَةnoun

1.
on the pattern of al-matraba: the roadboth
on the pattern of al-matraba: the road

نهجا أبان بذى فريغ مخرف — a path that became clear in a place with a cultivated, fruit-bearing area.

المُخْرِفnoun

1.
place of harvested fruitclassical
A place where fruits are gathered or harvested.

مَخْرَفَة النِّعَمnoun

1.
abundance of blessingsclassical
A state of plentiful blessings and provisions, often referring to the bounty of God.

تركتكم على مخرفة النعم — I have left you with an abundance of blessings.

المُخْرِفnoun

1.
place where fruits are gatheredclassical
A place where fruits are gathered.

الخَرُوفnoun

1.
the lambboth
the lamb

ومستنة كاستنان الخرو ف قد قطع الحبل بالمرود — And a ewe like the ewe of the lamb, whose umbilical cord has been cut with a probe.

الخَرَائِفnoun

1.
date palms ready for harvestclassical
Date palms that are ready for their fruit to be harvested or measured for taxation.

الخَرَائِف: النخل اللاتي تخرص — The Kharā'if: The date palms that are ready for harvest.

الخَرِيفnoun

1.
one of the seasons of the year in which fruits are gatheredboth
one of the seasons of the year in which fruits are gathered

الخريف: أحد فصول السنة تخترف فيه الثمار أي تجتنى — Autumn: One of the seasons of the year in which fruits are harvested.

خُرُوفِيّadjective

1.
related to autumnclassical
Relating to autumn, especially its season or characteristics.

خُرُوفِيّadjective

1.
related to autumnclassical
Relating to autumn, especially its season or characteristics.

خَرَفْنَاverb

1.
we experienced autumn rainboth
We were struck by the rain of autumn.

وقد خرفنا، أي أصابنا مطر الخريف — And we have experienced autumn rain, meaning the rain of autumn has befallen us.

مَخْرُوفَةadjective

1.
affected by autumn rainclassical
Land that has been rained upon during autumn.

وخرفت الأرض فهي مخروفة — And the land was rained upon in autumn, so it is affected by autumn rain.

مُخَارَفَةnoun

1.
contracting for autumn harvestclassical
A form of contract or agreement related to the autumn harvest, similar to monthly contracts.

يقال عاملته مخارفة من الخريف، كالمشاهرة من الشهر — It is said, 'I contracted with him for a period of autumn harvest, similar to contracting for a month.'

خُرَافَةname

1.
the name of a man from 'Udhra whom the jinn led astray, so he used to tell what he saw, and they disbelieved him and said 'a tale of Khurāfa'both
the name of a man from 'Udhra whom the jinn led astray, so he used to tell what he saw, and they disbelieved him and said 'a tale of Khurāfa'

وخرافة حق — And Khurafah (the story) is true.

أَخْرَفَverb

1.
to harvest fruitsboth
To harvest fruits, especially dates.
2.
to enter autumnclassical
For a group of people to enter into the season of autumn.

وخرفت الثمار أخرفها بالضم، أي اجتنيتها — And the fruits were harvested, I harvested them (with damma), meaning I gathered them.

مَخْرُوفadjective

1.
the fruit (gathered)both
the fruit (gathered)

والثمر مخروف وخريف — And the fruit is harvested and autumnal.

خَرِيفadjective

1.
the fruit (season)both
the fruit (season)

والثمر مخروف وخريف — And the fruit is harvested and autumnal.

الخَرَفnoun

1.
with two fatḥas, deterioration of the mind due to old ageboth
with two fatḥas, deterioration of the mind due to old age

الخرف بالتحريك: فساد العقل من الكبر — Al-Kharf (with haraka): The corruption of the mind due to old age.

خَرِفَverb

1.
the fruit: he gathered itboth
the fruit: he gathered it
2.
so he is senileboth
so he is senile

وقد خرف الرجل بالكسر، فهو خرف — And the man became senile (with kasra), so he is senile.

خَرِفadjective

1.
the fruit: he gathered itboth
the fruit: he gathered it
2.
so he is senileboth
so he is senile

أقبلت من عند زياد كالخرف تخط رجلاى بخط مختلف — I came from Ziyad like a senile person, my legs drawing different lines.

أَخْرَفَتْverb

1.
to give birth in autumnclassical
For a female animal, like a sheep, to give birth during the autumn season.
2.
to conceive in the previous seasonclassical
For a she-camel to conceive in the season preceding the current one, implying a birth in the current season.

أخرفت الشاة: ولدت في الخريف — The ewe gave birth in autumn: she gave birth in autumn.

مُخْرِفَةadjective

1.
giving birth in autumnclassical
An animal that gives birth during the autumn season.

ثولاء مخرفة وذئب أطلس — A barren, autumn-birthing ewe and a grey wolf.

أَخْرَفَ القَوْمverb

1.
the people entered autumnclassical
The people entered into the season of autumn.

وأخرف القوم: دخلوا في الخريف — And the people entered autumn: they entered into the autumn season.

خَارِفname

1.
name of a tribeclassical
The name of a tribe from Yemen.

يَامname

1.
name of a tribeclassical
The name of a tribe from Yemen, often mentioned alongside Kharif.

Parallel reading

الخرفة بالضم: ما يجتنى من الفواكه.

Al-Khurfah (with damma): what is gathered of fruits.

يقال: التمر خرفة الصائم.

It is said: Dates are the fruit harvested by the fasting person.

والمخرفة: البستان.

And Al-Makhrafah: the orchard.

والمخرفة والمخرف أيضا: الطريق.

And Al-Makhrafah and Al-Makhraf also: the path.

فأجزته بأفل تحسب أثره نهجا أبان بذى فريغ مخرف

So I passed it by a track, you would think its trace was a path that became clear in a place with a cultivated, fruit-bearing area.

" تركتكم على مخرفة النعم "

"I have left you with an abundance of blessings."

والمخرف بالكسر: ما تجتنى فيه الثمار.

And Al-Makhraf (with kasra): what fruits are gathered in it.

والخروف: الحمل، وربما سمي المهر إذا بلغ ستة أشهر أو سبعة أشهر خروفا، حكاه الاصمعي في كتاب الفرس.

And Al-Kharūf: the lamb, and sometimes a colt is named Kharūf when it reaches six or seven months of age, Al-Asma'i narrated this in his book on horses.

وحكى أبو زيد: الخرائف: النخل اللاتي تخرص.

And Abu Zayd narrated: Al-Kharā'if: The date palms that are ready for harvest.

والخريف: أحد فصول السنة تخترف فيه الثمار أي تجتنى.

And Al-Kharīf: one of the seasons of the year in which fruits are harvested, meaning they are gathered.

والنسبة إليه خرفي وخرفي أيضا بالتحريك على غير قياس.

And the attribution to it is Kharūfī and Kharūfī also (with haraka) irregularly.

والخريف: المطر في ذلك الوقت.

And Al-Kharīf: the rain at that time.

وقد خرفنا، أي أصابنا مطر الخريف.

And we have experienced autumn rain, meaning the rain of autumn has befallen us.

وخرفت الأرض فهي مخروفة.

And the land was rained upon in autumn, so it is affected by autumn rain.

قال الكسائي: يقال عاملته مخارفة من الخريف، كالمشاهرة من الشهر.

Al-Kisa'i said: It is said, 'I contracted with him for a period of autumn harvest (Mukhārafah), from Al-Kharīf, like contracting for a month (Mushāharah) from the month.'

وخرافة: اسم رجل من عذرة استهوته الجن، فكان يحدث بما رأى، فكذبوه وقالوا " حديث خرافة ".

And Khurafah: the name of a man from 'Adhra whom the jinn led astray, so he would narrate what he saw, and they would call him a liar and say, 'The tale of Khurafah.'

ويروى عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال: " وخرافة حق ".

And it is narrated from the Prophet, peace be upon him, that he said: 'And Khurafah (the tale) is true.'

والراء فيه مخففة، ولا تدخله الالف واللام لانه معرفة، إلا أن تريد به الخرافات الموضوعة من حديث الليل.

And the 'ra' in it is lightened, and it does not take the definite article 'al-' because it is a proper noun, unless you intend by it fabricated tales from nighttime stories.

وخرفت الثمار أخرفها بالضم، أي اجتنيتها والثمر مخروف وخريف.

And I harvested the fruits, I harvested them (with damma), meaning I gathered them, and the fruit is harvested and autumnal.

والخرف بالتحريك: فساد العقل من الكبر.

And Al-Kharf (with haraka): the corruption of the mind due to old age.

وقد خرف الرجل بالكسر، فهو خرف.

And the man became senile (with kasra), so he is senile.

قال أبو النجم العجلى: أقبلت من عند زياد كالخرف تخط رجلاى بخط مختلف

Abu Al-Najm Al-'Ijli said: I came from Ziyad like a senile person, my legs drawing different lines.

وأخرفت الشاة: ولدت في الخريف.

And the ewe gave birth in autumn: she gave birth in autumn.

تلقى الأمان على حياض محمد ثولاء مخرفة وذئب أطلس

You find safety at the fountains of Muhammad, a barren, autumn-birthing ewe and a grey wolf.

إذا كان نتاج الناقة في مثل الوقت الذي حملت فيه من ms0950 قابل قيل: قد أخرفت، فهي مخرف.

If the offspring of the she-camel is born at the same time it conceived in the previous season, it is said: 'It has given birth in autumn (Akhrafat), so it is one that gives birth in autumn (Mukhraf).

وأخرف القوم: دخلوا في الخريف.

And the people entered autumn: they entered into the autumn season.

وخارف ويام: قبيلتان من اليمن.

Kharif and Yam: two tribes from Yemen.