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غرف

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root غرف (gh-r-f) primarily relates to the act of scooping or taking something up, often with a tool. It also extends to concepts of cutting, tanning with a specific plant, and architectural structures like upper rooms or balconies.

Derived headwords

الغرفnoun
  1. 1.
    Tanning treeclassical

    A type of tree whose bark is used for tanning hides. The term can also refer to the tanning material itself.

غرفيadjective
  1. 1.
    Tanned with ghurfclassical

    Describing a waterskin or container that has been tanned using the bark of the ghurf tree.

غرفverb
  1. 1.
    he scooped water with his hand (from the verb class of 'ḍaraba')both

    he scooped water with his hand (from the verb class of 'ḍaraba')

  2. 2.
    with damma on the rāʾ, fatḥa on it, and sukūn on itboth

    with damma on the rāʾ, fatḥa on it, and sukūn on it

الغريفnoun
  1. 1.
    Dense thicketclassical

    A dense, intertwined thicket of trees or plants, regardless of the specific type.

  2. 2.
    Water in a thicketclassical

    In some contexts, it refers to water found within a dense thicket or marshy area.

  3. 3.
    Type of treeclassical

    A specific kind of tree, often mentioned in descriptions of plants and landscapes.

الغريفةnoun
  1. 1.
    Leather stripclassical

    A strip of leather, about a span long, used as a decorative or protective element, often found at the bottom of a sword scabbard.

  2. 2.
    Sandalclassical

    In the dialect of Banu Asad, it refers to a sandal.

غرفverb
  1. 1.
    he scooped water with his hand (from the verb class of 'ḍaraba')both

    he scooped water with his hand (from the verb class of 'ḍaraba')

  2. 2.
    with damma on the rāʾ, fatḥa on it, and sukūn on itboth

    with damma on the rāʾ, fatḥa on it, and sukūn on it

انغرفverb
  1. 1.
    to be cutboth

    The passive form of 'to cut', indicating that something has been severed or cut off.

غرفتverb
  1. 1.
    to cut (forelock)classical

    Specifically, to cut or trim the forelock of a horse.

غرفverb
  1. 1.
    he scooped water with his hand (from the verb class of 'ḍaraba')both

    he scooped water with his hand (from the verb class of 'ḍaraba')

  2. 2.
    with damma on the rāʾ, fatḥa on it, and sukūn on itboth

    with damma on the rāʾ, fatḥa on it, and sukūn on it

اغترفverb
  1. 1.
    he scooped from itboth

    he scooped from it

الغرفةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single scoop (with fatha)both

    a single scoop (with fatha)

  2. 2.
    with ḍamma, it is the noun of the object scooped, because what is not scooped is not called a 'ghurfa'both

    with ḍamma, it is the noun of the object scooped, because what is not scooped is not called a 'ghurfa'

غرافnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'ghurfa'both

    plural of 'ghurfa'

المغرفةnoun
  1. 1.
    Ladleboth

    The tool or utensil used for scooping, such as a ladle or scoop.

غرفnoun
  1. 1.
    he scooped water with his hand (from the verb class of 'ḍaraba')both

    he scooped water with his hand (from the verb class of 'ḍaraba')

  2. 2.
    with damma on the rāʾ, fatḥa on it, and sukūn on itboth

    with damma on the rāʾ, fatḥa on it, and sukūn on it

Parallel reading

وفراء غرفية أثأى خوارزها مشلشل ضيعته بينها الكتب
And a tanned fur whose tanning agents were scattered, a fine drizzle that the books lost among them.
يعنى مزادة دبغت بالغرف
Meaning a waterskin tanned with ghurf.
ما بال عينك منها الماء ينسكب كأنه من كلى مفرية سرب
What is the matter with your eye that water spills from it as if from the kidneys of a dissected gazelle?
أمسى سقام خلاء لا أنيس به إلا السباع ومر الريح بالغرف
Sakam became an empty waste, with no companion but the wild beasts and the passing wind over the ghurf.
يقال غرفت الإبل، بالكسر، تغرف غرفا، إذا اشتكت عن أكل الغرف
It is said that camels 'gharafat', when they suffer from eating the ghurf.
كبردية الغيل وسط الغريف ساق الرصاف إليه غديرا
Like the coolness of the ravine amidst the dense thicket, Al-Rassaf led a stream to it.
خريع النعو مضطرب النواحى كأخلاق الغريفة ذى غضون
The soft, flowing gait, with its disturbed sides, like the worn-out leather of the scabbard's lining, full of folds.
رواء يسيل الماء تحت أصوله يميل به غيل بأدناه غريف
A beautiful sight, water flowing beneath its roots, a ravine inclining towards it with a thicket at its edge.
مغرورف أسبل جباره بحافتيه الشوع والغريف
A plant with drooping branches, its tall parts spreading out on its sides, the shu' and the ghareef.
فإذا قامت رويدا تكاد تنغرف
And when it stood up slowly, it almost seemed to be cut off.
وغرفت الجلد: دبغته بالغرف
And 'gharafta' the skin: meaning you tanned it with ghurf.
وغرفت الماء بيدي غرفا، واغترفت منه
And I scooped water with my hands, a scoop, and I scooped from it.
يا قوم، نزاف نزاف، لم يبق في البحر غير غراف
O people, it is sinking, it is sinking, nothing remains in the sea but the large measure (or scooped substance).
سوى فأغلق دون غرفة عرشه سبعا طباقا فوق فرع المنقل
So He sealed, above the upper room of His throne, seven layers above the branch of the ascent.