زفف

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of swiftness, speed, and rapid movement. It also extends to describe the fine down of birds and the movement of a bride to her groom.

Derived headwords

زَفّnoun

1.
he escorted the bride to her husbandboth
he escorted the bride to her husband
2.
the people hastened in their walkboth
the people hastened in their walk

أَزَفّadjective

1.
the departure drew nearboth
the departure drew near

هيّق أزف بين الزفف — A dense ostrich among the downy ones.

زَفَّverb

1.
he escorted the bride to her husbandboth
he escorted the bride to her husband
2.
the people hastened in their walkboth
the people hastened in their walk

زَفّاًnoun

1.
swift movementboth
The act of moving swiftly or rapidly.
2.
escorting a brideclassical
The act of escorting a bride to her groom.

زِفَافاًnoun

1.
verbal noun of zaffaboth
verbal noun of zaffa

أَزَفَّverb

1.
the departure drew nearboth
the departure drew near

ازْدَفَّverb

1.
to escort a brideclassical
To escort a bride to her husband.

مِزَفَّةnoun

1.
litter for a brideclassical
A type of palanquin or litter in which a bride is carried to her husband.

زَفِيفnoun

1.
swiftnessboth
The quality or state of being swift; speed.

زَفِيفverb

1.
to move swiftlyboth
To move with great speed.

أَزَفَّهُverb

1.
meaning, the Day of Judgmentboth
meaning, the Day of Judgment

زَفُّواverb

1.
they moved swiftlyboth
The past tense plural form indicating that a group moved swiftly.

يَزِفُّونَverb

1.
so they came to him hurryingboth
so they came to him hurrying

فَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ — So they came to him, moving swiftly.

زَفَّverb

1.
he escorted the bride to her husbandboth
he escorted the bride to her husband
2.
the people hastened in their walkboth
the people hastened in their walk

قد زفّ رأله — Its young bird has reached maturity.

تَزِفُّverb

1.
wind blows gentlyclassical
Describes the wind blowing with a gentle, steady, but noticeable movement.

والريح تزف — And the wind blows gently.

زَفْزَفَةnoun

1.
whistling of windclassical
The sound or humming of the wind as it blows through trees or other objects.

زَفْزَافَةadjective

1.
whistling windclassical
Describing a wind that makes a whistling or humming sound.

وهي ريح زفزافة — And it is a whistling wind.

زَفْزَفadjective

1.
whistling windclassical
Describing a wind that makes a whistling or humming sound.

وريح زفزف — And a whistling wind.

Parallel reading

الزف بالكسر: صغار ريش النعام والطائر.

Az-zaff (with kasra) refers to the small feathers of ostriches and birds.

هيّق أزف بين الزفف، أي ذو زف ملتف.

A dense ostrich among the downy ones, meaning one with dense, gathered down.

وزفّت العروس إلى زوجها أزف بالضم زفاً وزفافاً، وأزففتها، وازدففتها، وازدففتها بمعنى.

And the bride moved swiftly to her husband, moving swiftly (aziffu) with zafan and zafafan, and I escorted her (azfiftuha), and I escorted her (izdafaftuha), and I escorted her (izdafaftuha) all with the same meaning.

والمزفة: المحفة التي تزف فيها العروس، حكى ذلك عن الخليل.

And al-mazaffa is the litter in which the bride is escorted, as narrated by Al-Khalil.

والزفيف: السريع: مثل الذفيف.

And az-zafīf means fast, similar to adh-dhafīf.

يقال: زف الظليم والبعير يزف بالكسر زفيفاً، أي أسرع.

It is said: The ostrich and the camel move swiftly (yaziffu) with zafīfan, meaning they speed up.

وأزفه صاحبه.

And his companion made him move swiftly.

وزف القوم في مشيهم، أي أسرعوا

And the people moved swiftly in their walking, meaning they hastened.

{فَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ}

{So they came to him, moving swiftly}

ويقال للطأتش الحلم: قد زف رأله.

It is said of a young bird that has grown its feathers: its young bird has reached maturity.

والريح تزف، وهو هبوب ليس بالشديد، ولكنه في ذلك ماض.

And the wind blows gently; it is a gust that is not strong, but it is moving forward.

والزفزفة: حنين الريح وصوتها في الشجر.

And az-zafzafa is the humming of the wind and its sound in the trees.

وهي ريح زفزافة وريح زفزف.

And it is a whistling wind and a whistling wind.