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عدف

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to eating and food, with extensions to concepts of pieces, portions, and parts of time or things. It also includes meanings related to debris and specific age groups.

Derived headwords

عَدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To consume food.

يَعْدِفُverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    Present tense of eating.

عَدْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    eatingclassical

    The act of eating.

عَدَفٌnoun
  1. 1.
    foodclassical

    Something eaten; sustenance.

  2. 2.
    debrisclassical

    Foreign matter or particles, such as grit or dust in the eye.

لَا عَدُوفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    anythingclassical

    Used in negation to mean 'nothing' or 'not a thing'.

عَدُوفٌnoun
  1. 1.
    foodclassical

    Something eaten; sustenance.

عَلَفٌnoun
  1. 1.
    he fed the animal (from the verb class of 'ḍaraba')both

    he fed the animal (from the verb class of 'ḍaraba')

عَدْفٌnoun
  1. 1.
    gritclassical

    Small particles of sand or dirt, especially that which gets into the eyes.

عَدْفَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    group of menclassical

    A number of men ranging from ten to fifty.

  2. 2.
    piececlassical

    A portion or segment of something, such as money or time.

  3. 3.
    typeclassical

    A kind or sort, similar to 'صنفة' (type or category).

عَدَفَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of moneyclassical

    A portion or segment of wealth given as a gift.

عَدَفٌnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of nightclassical

    A portion or segment of the night.

عَدْفَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    typeclassical

    A kind or sort, similar to 'صنفة' (type or category) when referring to fabric.

Parallel reading

عدف يعدف عدفا، أي أكل.
ʿadafa yaʿdifu ʿadfan, meaning to eat.
ما ذقت عدفا ولاعدوفا، ولا عدافا أي شيئا.
I did not taste anything, not a thing, not a morsel.
وباتت الدابة على غير عدوف، أي على غير علف.
And the animal spent the night without food, meaning without fodder.
والعدف بالتحريك: القذى.
And al-ʿadaf (with harakah) is grit.
والعدفة بالكسر: ما بين العشرة إلى الخمسين من الرجال.
And al-ʿadafah (with kasr) is what is between ten and fifty of men.
وأعطاه عدفة من مال، أي قطعة منه.
And he gave him a ʿadafah of money, meaning a piece of it.
ومر عدف من الليل، أي قطعة منه.
And a ʿadaf of the night passed, meaning a piece of it.
والعدفة كالصنفة من الثوب.
And the ʿadafah is like the ṣinfah (type) of fabric.