ردف

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of following, accompanying, or being behind something or someone. It extends to notions of succession, support, and even poetic devices related to trailing sounds. It also encompasses specific social and political roles in pre-Islamic Arabia.

Derived headwords

الرَّدْفnoun

1.
the one who rides behind the riderboth
the one who rides behind the rider

وهو الذي يركب خلف الراكب — He is the one who rides behind the rider.

وهذا أمر ليس له ردف — This is a matter that has no follower.

والردف في الشعر: حرف ساكن من حروف المدو اللين يقع قبل حرف الروى — And the radf in poetry: a silent letter from the soft vowels that falls before the rhyme letter.

والردف: الكفل والعجز — And the radf: the buttocks and the hindquarters.

مُرْتَدِفadjective

1.
Riding behindboth
One who is riding behind another.

المرتدف، وهو الذي يركب خلف الراكب — The one riding behind, who is the one who rides behind the rider.

أَرْدَفَverb

1.
To let ride behindboth
To allow someone to ride behind you on an animal.
2.
To followboth
For an event or thing to follow another.
3.
To cause to followboth
To make something follow something else.
4.
To follow one anotherboth
For celestial bodies or events to occur in succession.

وأردفته أنا، إذا أركبته معك — And I let him ride behind me, if I made him ride with me.

وأردفه أمر: لغة في ردفه — And an event followed him: a variant pronunciation of 'radifahu' (it followed him).

وأردفت النجوم، أي توالت — And the stars followed one another, meaning they came in succession.

إذا الجوزاء أردفت الثريا — When Gemini followed the Pleiades.

رَدِيفnoun

1.
Rider behindboth
The one who rides behind another; also used for a star near Vega.
2.
Successor starclassical
A star that rises in the east when its counterpart has set in the west.

والرديف: المرتدف، والجمع رداف — And the radif: the one riding behind, and the plural is ruddaf.

والرديف: نجم قريب من النسر الواقع — And the radif: a star near Vega.

والرديف: النجم الذي ينوء من المشرق إذا غاب رقيبه في المغرب — And the radif: the star that rises from the east when its counterpart has set in the west.

رَدِفَverb

1.
anything that follows something else is its 'ridf'both
anything that follows something else is its 'ridf'
2.
the buttocks and the rumpboth
the buttocks and the rump

وردفه بالكسر، أي تبعه — And radifahu (with kasr), meaning he followed him.

يقال: كان نزل: بهم أمر فردف لهم آخر أعظم منه — It is said: an event befell them, and another greater than it followed them.

رَوَادِفnoun

1.
Palm offshootsboth
The shoots or suckers that grow from the base of a palm tree.

والروادف: رواكيب النخلة — And the ruwadif: the offshoots of the palm tree.

الرَّدَافَةnoun

1.
Royal attendantclassical
The position or title of a person who sat next to a king in pre-Islamic times, acting as a successor or regent.
2.
Succession to the throneclassical
The name for the practice of appointing a 'radif' to succeed the king.

والردافة: الاسم من إرداف الملوك في الجاهلية — And al-ridafah: the name for the appointment of a successor to kings in the pre-Islamic era.

والردافة: أن يجلس الملك ويجلس الردف عن يمينه — And al-ridafah: that the king sits and the radif sits to his right.

رُدَافَىnoun

1.
Helpersclassical
Drivers of camels or companions who assist when one becomes tired.

عذافرة تقمص بالردافى تخونها نزولي وارتحالي — A strong she-camel, carrying helpers, which I test for my descent and my journey.

تَرَادُفnoun

1.
meaning, it does not carry a rider behindboth
meaning, it does not carry a rider behind

والترادف: التتابع — And al-taraduf: succession.

تعاونوا عليه وترادفوا، بمعنى — They cooperated on him and supported each other, meaning the same thing.

ارْتَدَفَverb

1.
To ride behindboth
To ride behind someone.
2.
To take from behindclassical
To seize or take something from behind or from a successor.

أتينا فلانا فارتد فناه، أي أخذناه من وراثه أخذا — We came to so-and-so and 'irtadfanahu', meaning we took from his successors.

الارتداف: الاستدبار — Al-irtidaf: turning one's back or being behind.

اسْتَرْدَفَverb

1.
To ask to ride behindboth
To request someone to let you ride behind them.

واستردفه، أي سأله أن يردفه — And istardafahu, meaning he asked him to let him ride behind him.

مُرَادِفَةnoun

1.
Copulationclassical
The act of locusts, where the male mounts the female and a third mounts them.

ومرادفة الجراد: ركوب الذكر الأنثى والثالث عليهما — And muradifat al-jarad: the male mounting the female and a third mounting them.

الرَّدْفَانnoun

1.
Night and dayclassical
A dual noun referring to the succession of night and day.

والردفان: الليل والنهار — And al-radifan: the night and the day.

رَادِفnoun

1.
Followerboth
One who follows or accompanies.
2.
King's attendantclassical
A person who held a specific position next to a king in pre-Islamic Arabia.

ورادفنا الملوك — And we followed the kings (or were attendants to the kings).

لا تُرَادِفverb phrase

1.
Does not carry a rider behindboth
Describes an animal that cannot carry a second person behind the rider.

هذه دابة لا ترادف — This is an animal that does not carry a rider behind.

Parallel reading

الردف: المرتدف، وهو الذي يركب خلف الراكب.

The radif: the one riding behind, who is the one who rides behind the rider.

وأردفته أنا، إذا أركبته معك، وذلك الموضع الذى يركبه رداف.

And I let him ride behind me, if I made him ride with you, and that is the place where a rider behind sits.

وكل شئ تبع شيئا فهو ردفه.

And everything that follows something is its radif.

وهذا أمر ليس له ردف، أي ليس له تبعة.

And this is a matter that has no radif, meaning it has no consequence or follow-up.

والردف في الشعر: حرف ساكن من حروف المدو اللين يقع قبل حرف الروى ليس بينهما شئ، فإن كان ألفا لم يجز معها غير ها، وإن كان واوا جاز معها الياء.

And the radif in poetry: a silent letter from the soft vowels that falls before the rhyme letter with nothing between them. If it is an alif, nothing but haa is permissible with it, and if it is a waw, yaa is permissible with it.

والردفان: الليل والنهار.

And al-radifan: the night and the day.

والردافة: الاسم من إرداف الملوك في الجاهلية.

And al-ridafah: the name for the appointment of a successor to kings in the pre-Islamic era.

والردافة: أن يجلس الملك ويجلس الردف عن يمينه، فإذا شرب الملك شرب الردف قبل الناس، وإذا غزالملك قعد الردف في موضعه وكان خليفته على الناس حتى ينصرف، وإذا عادت كتيبة الملك أخذ الردف المرباع.

And al-ridafah: that the king sits and the radif sits to his right. When the king drank, the radif drank before the people. When the king was absent, the radif sat in his place and was his successor over the people until he returned. When the king's army returned, the radif took the first share.

وكانت الردافة في الجاهلية لبنى يربوع، لانة لم يكن في العرب أحد أكثر غارة على ملوك الحيرة من بنى يربوع، فصالحوهم على أن جعلوا لهم الردافة ويكفوا عن أهل العراق الغارة.

And al-ridafah was in the pre-Islamic era for Banu Yarbu', because no one among the Arabs raided the kings of Al-Hirah more than Banu Yarbu'. So they made peace with them on the condition that they be given al-ridafah and cease raiding the people of Iraq.

ربعنا ورادفنا الملوك فظللوا وطاب الاحاليب الثمام المنزعا

We camped and followed the kings, so they provided shade, and the milk-filled plants became good.

والردف: الكفل والعجز.

And the radif: the buttocks and the hindquarters.

والرديف: المرتدف، والجمع رداف والرديف: نجم قريب من النسر الواقع.

And the radif: the one riding behind, and the plural is ruddaf. And the radif: a star near Vega.

والرديف: النجم الذي ينوء من المشرق إذا غاب رقيبه في المغرب.

And the radif: the star that rises from the east when its counterpart has set in the west.

وردفه بالكسر، أي تبعه يقال: كان نزل: بهم أمر فردف لهم آخر أعظم منه.

And radifahu (with kasr), meaning he followed him. It is said: an event befell them, and another greater than it followed them.

قال تعالى: {تتبعها الرادفة}.

Allah Almighty said: {The following one will follow it.} (referring to the second trumpet blast).

والروادف: رواكيب النخلة.

And the ruwadif: the offshoots of the palm tree.

والراد في، على فعالى بالضم: الحداة والأعوان، لأنه إذا أعيا أحدهم خلفه الآخر.

And al-rudafa, on fu'ala with damma: the camel drivers and helpers, because if one of them tires, another follows him.

قال ليبد: عذافرة تقمص بالردافى تخونها نزولي وارتحالي

Libd said: A strong she-camel, carrying helpers, which I test for my descent and my journey.

وأردفه أمر: لغة في ردفه، مثل تبعه وأتبعه بمعنى.

And an event followed him: a variant pronunciation of 'radifahu', like 'tabi'ahu' and 'atba'ahu' in meaning.

إذا الجوزاء أردفت الثريا ظننت بآل فاطمة الظنونا

When Gemini followed the Pleiades, I suspected the family of Fatima.

وأردفت النجوم، أي توالت.

And the stars followed one another, meaning they came in succession.

ومرادفة الجراد: ركوب الذكر الأنثى والثالث عليهما.

And muradifat al-jarad: the male mounting the female and a third mounting them.

ويقال: هذه دابة لا ترادف، أي لا تحمل رديفا.

And it is said: this is an animal that does not carry a rider behind, meaning it cannot carry a second person.

والارتداف: الاستدبار.

And al-irtidaf: turning one's back or being behind.

يقال: أتينا فلانا فارتد فناه، أي أخذناه من وراثه أخذا، عن الكسائي.

It is said: We came to so-and-so and 'irtadfanahu', meaning we took from his successors, according to Al-Kisa'i.

واستردفه، أي سأله أن يردفه.

And istardafahu, meaning he asked him to let him ride behind him.

والترادف: التتابع.

And al-taraduf: succession.

قال الأصمعي: تعاونوا عليه وترادفوا، بمعنى.

Al-Asma'i said: They cooperated on him and supported each other, meaning the same thing.