غضف

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root غضف primarily relates to concepts of bending, breaking, relaxing, and softening. It extends to descriptions of physical states like relaxed ears or thick feathers, and abstract concepts like a comfortable life or darkness.

Derived headwords

غَضَفَverb

1.
to break incompletelyboth
To break something, such as a branch, in a way that is not clean or smooth, leaving it partially intact.
2.
to relax (ear)both
To relax or droop one's ear.
3.
to darkenboth
To become dark or black, referring to the night.
4.
to live comfortablyboth
To live a soft, comfortable, and easy life.

غَضْفًاnoun

1.
incompletely broken stateclassical
The state of being broken incompletely or not smoothly.
2.
relaxation of the earboth
The state of having relaxed or drooping ears.
3.
darknessboth
The state of being dark or black.
4.
softness, comfortboth
A state of softness, comfort, and ease, often referring to life.

غَضِفَverb

1.
to become relaxed (ear)both
To become relaxed in the ear, meaning to have drooping ears.

أَغْضَفَverb

1.
to make darkboth
To cause the night to become dark and black.

اِنْغَضَفَverb

1.
to enter into (dust)classical
To enter into or become immersed in something, such as dust.

تَغَضَّفَverb

1.
to bend, yield, breakboth
To bend, yield, or break down, often referring to the structure of a well.
2.
to lean on, favorboth
To lean towards, favor, or be inclined towards someone or something.

غَضْفٌnoun

1.
relaxation of the earboth
The state of having relaxed or drooping ears.
2.
blacknessboth
The quality of being black or dark.
3.
softness, comfortboth
A state of softness, comfort, and ease.
4.
black sandgrouseclassical
A type of black sandgrouse ( القطا الجون).

كَلْبٌ أَغْضَفُadjective

1.
drooping-eared dogboth
A dog with relaxed or drooping ears.

كِلَابٌ غُضْفٌnoun

1.
drooping-eared dogsboth
Plural of a dog with relaxed or drooping ears.

سَهْمٌ أَغْضَفُadjective

1.
thick-feathered arrowclassical
An arrow with thick or coarse fletching, considered the opposite of finely made.

لَيْلٌ أَغْضَفُadjective

1.
dark nightboth
A night that is very dark and black.

عَيْشٌ أَغْضَفُadjective

1.
soft lifeboth
A soft, comfortable, and easy life.

غَاضِفٌadjective

1.
comfortable, softboth
Describing someone who is comfortable and at ease, or a life that is soft and pleasant.

عَيْشٌ غَاضِفٌadjective

1.
comfortable lifeboth
A life characterized by ease, comfort, and softness.

Parallel reading

غضفت العود، إذا كسرته فلم تنعم كسره.

Ghadhifta the branch, if you broke it and did not break it smoothly.

وغضف الكلب أذنه يغضفها عضفا، إذا أرخاها وكسرها.

And the dog relaxed its ear, relaxing it with a relaxation, if it let it droop and bent it.

والغضف بالتحريك: استرخاء في الأذن.

And al-ghadhf (with harakah): relaxation in the ear.

يقال كلب أغضف وكلاب غضف.

It is said a dog with drooping ears (aghdaf) and dogs with drooping ears (ghudf).

وقد غضف بالكسر، إذا صار مسترخي الأذن.

And he became ghudifa (with kasr), if he became one with a relaxed ear.

وسهم أغضف، أي غليظ الريش، وهو خلاف الأصمع.

And an arrow aghdaf, meaning thick-feathered, and it is the opposite of al-asmac (finely made).

وأغضف الليل، أي أظلم واسود.

And the night aghdaf, meaning it became dark and black.

وليل أغضف.

And a dark night (laylun aghdaf).

وقد غضف غضفا.

And he lived comfortably, with comfort (ghadhifa ghadhfan).

وكذلك عيش أغضف، أي ناعم بين الغضف، إذا تغضف عليه ومال.

And likewise a soft life (ayshun aghdaf), meaning soft among comforts, if he leaned towards it and inclined.

والغاضف: الناعم البال.

And al-ghadhif: the one who is comfortable in his state.

ويقال: عيش غاضف.

And it is said: a comfortable life (ayshun ghadhif).

والغضف: القطا الجون.

And al-ghudf: the black sandgrouse.

وتغضف عليه، أي مال وتثنى وتكسر.

And he leaned towards him, meaning he inclined, bent, and broke.

يقال: تغضفت البئر، إذا تهدمت أجوالها.

It is said: the well taghadhdhaf, if its walls collapsed.

وانغضف القوم في الغبار: دخلوا فيه.

And the people inghadhaf in the dust: they entered into it.