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زيف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a type of proud, strutting, or swaggering gait, often associated with camels and birds. It also extends to the concept of something being counterfeit or false, particularly in relation to currency.

Derived headwords

زَافَverb
  1. 1.
    to strutboth

    To walk with a proud, swaggering, or ostentatious gait.

يَزِيفُverb
  1. 1.
    to strutboth

    To walk with a proud, swaggering, or ostentatious gait.

زِيَافَةnoun
  1. 1.
    strutting camelclassical

    A female camel that walks with a proud and swaggering gait.

  2. 2.
    ostentatious gaitclassical

    The act of walking with pride and ostentation, like a strutting camel.

زَائِفadjective
  1. 1.
    a counterfeit dirhamboth

    a counterfeit dirham

دِرْهَم زَيْفnoun
  1. 1.
    counterfeit dirhamboth

    A dirham coin that is not genuine or is of false value.

زَافَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدَّرَاهِمverb
  1. 1.
    coins were passed offclassical

    The coins were presented or passed off as genuine, implying they might be counterfeit.

زَيَّفْتُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    I counterfeited themboth

    I made or passed off something, such as coins, as false or not genuine.

Parallel reading

زاف البعير يزيف، أي تبختر في مشيته.
The camel strutted, meaning it swaggered in its gait.
والزيافة من النوق: المختالة.
And the 'ziyafa' among female camels is the one that is ostentatious.
وكذلك الحمام عند الحمامة، إذا جر الذنابى ودفع مقدمه بمؤخره واستدار عليها.
And likewise the pigeon with the dove, when it drags its tail feathers and pushes its front with its rear and circles around her.
ودرهم زيف وزائف.
And a counterfeit dirham and a false one.
وقد زافت عليه الدراهم، وزيفتها أنا.
And the dirhams were passed off as genuine (or were counterfeit), and I counterfeited them.