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عذف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of eating, particularly in a specific dialect. It also extends to the idea of not tasting or consuming anything, and by extension, to a state of being without sustenance.

Derived headwords

العَذْفnoun
  1. 1.
    eatingclassical

    The act of eating.

عَذَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To consume food. This usage is attributed to the language of Rabi'ah.

عَذْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    anythingclassical

    A thing, often used in the negative to mean 'nothing' or 'not a thing'.

عَذُوفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    anythingclassical

    A thing, often used in the negative to mean 'nothing' or 'not a thing'.

عَذُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    sustenanceclassical

    Food or anything that sustains life; by extension, a state of having no sustenance.

Parallel reading

العذف: الأكل.
Al-'adhf: eating.
وقد عذف بالذال المعجمة، هذه لغة ربيعة.
And he ate, with the voiced 'dh', this is the language of Rabi'ah.
يقال: ما ذقت عذفا ولا عذوفا، أي شيئا.
It is said: I did not taste 'adhfan nor 'adhufan, meaning anything.
وباتت الدابة على غير عذوف.
And the animal spent the night without sustenance.