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غيف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of bending, inclining, or swaying, often in a physical sense like a tree or a horse. It can also extend metaphorically to describe deception, cowardice, or falsehood in a situation.

Derived headwords

غَافَتْverb
  1. 1.
    swayed, bentboth

    The tree swayed or bent from side to side.

غَيْفَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    swaying, bendingclassical

    The act of swaying or bending, used to describe the movement of a tree.

تَغَيَّفَتْverb
  1. 1.
    swayed, bentclassical

    The tree swayed or bent from side to side.

تَغَيَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    inclined, leanedclassical

    The horse inclined or leaned to one of its sides.

يُعِيفُونَverb
  1. 1.
    deceived, liedclassical

    They deceived or lied, implying falsehood or breaking a promise.

الغَافُnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of treeclassical

    A specific kind of tree.

Parallel reading

غافت الشجرة غيفانا وتغيفت، أي مالت يمينا وشمالا.
The tree swayed and bent, meaning it leaned right and left.
وتغيف الفرس، إذا تعطف ومال في أحد جانبيه.
And the horse inclined, if it bent and leaned to one of its sides.
يقال: حمل فلان في الحرب فغيف، أي كذب وجبن.
It is said: So-and-so attacked in war and was deceitful, meaning he lied and was cowardly.
وحسبتنا نزع الكتيبة غدوة فيعيفون ونرجع السرعانا
And they thought we were pulling out the troops at dawn, so they would deceive and we would return quickly.