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زهف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of haste, rushing, and impetuosity, often leading to recklessness or destruction. It also extends to meanings of deception and being overcome or struck down.

Derived headwords

الزَّهْفnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteboth

    Refers to a state of being quick or light, often implying a lack of deliberation.

ازْدَهَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to rush intoclassical

    To hasten into something, to plunge into it impetuously.

  2. 2.
    to deceiveclassical

    To approach someone with falsehood or lies.

وفيه ازدهاف، أي استعجال وتقحم — And in it is impetuosity, meaning haste and plunging in.
ازْدِهَافnoun
  1. 1.
    impetuosityclassical

    A state of rushing into something, characterized by haste and recklessness.

فيه ازدهاف أيما ازدهاف — It has a great deal of impetuosity.
ازْدَهَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to enterclassical

    To enter into a time or situation, particularly when it is dark or difficult.

  2. 2.
    to be overcomeclassical

    To be struck down or overcome, as by an enemy or an event.

يهوين بالبيد إذا الليل ازدهف — They descend into the desert when the night enters.
أَزْهَفَ لهُ حَدِيثًاverb
  1. 1.
    to lieclassical

    To tell a falsehood or to approach someone with a fabricated story.

أزهفت له حديثا — I brought him a false story.
أَزْهَفَتْهُ الدَّابَّةُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike downclassical

    For an animal to cause someone to fall or be overcome.

أزهفته الدابة — The animal struck him down.
أَزْهَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to take awayclassical

    To cause something to go away or be lost.

  2. 2.
    to destroyclassical

    To cause something or someone to perish or be ruined.

وأزهف الشئ — And the thing was taken away.
ازْدَهَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to take awayclassical

    To cause something to go away or be lost.

  2. 2.
    to destroyclassical

    To cause something or someone to perish or be ruined.

وازدهف الشئ — And the thing was taken away.
مُزْهَفadjective
  1. 1.
    taken awayclassical

    Describing something that has been caused to go away or be lost.

  2. 2.
    destroyedclassical

    Describing something or someone that has perished or been ruined.

فهو مزهف — And it is taken away/destroyed.

Parallel reading

الزهف: الخفة
Al-zahf: lightness.
وفيه ازدهاف، أي استعجال وتقحم
And in it is impetuosity, meaning haste and plunging in.
فيه ازدهاف أيما ازدهاف
It has a great deal of impetuosity.
يهوين بالبيد إذا الليل ازدهف
They descend into the desert when the night enters.
أزهفت له حديثا، أي أتيته بالكذب
I brought him a false story, meaning I came to him with lies.
أزهفته الدابة أي صرعته
The animal struck him down, meaning it felled him.
وخيل تكدس بالدار عين وقد أزهف الطعن أبطالها
And horses are piled up in the Dar 'Ayn, and the thrusting has struck down its heroes.
وأزهف الشئ وازدهف، أي ذهب به
And the thing was taken away and it was taken away, meaning it went away.
وأزهفه فلان وازدهفه، أي ذهب به وأهلكه
And so-and-so took it away and took it away, meaning he caused it to go away and destroyed it.