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وجف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of rapid movement, agitation, or trembling. It is often applied to the heart becoming agitated or to the swift pace of animals like camels and horses.

Derived headwords

وَجَفَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing trembles with a kasra, a 'wajif': it shookboth

    the thing trembles with a kasra, a 'wajif': it shook

  2. 2.
    the camel trembles with a kasra, a 'wajfan' on the pattern of 'ḍaraba', and a 'wajīfan'both

    the camel trembles with a kasra, a 'wajfan' on the pattern of 'ḍaraba', and a 'wajīfan'

وَاجِفadjective
  1. 1.
    a trembling heartboth

    a trembling heart

وقلب واجف — and a trembling heart
الوُجِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of gait of camels and horsesboth

    a type of gait of camels and horses

والوجيف: ضرب من سير الإبل والخيل — And al-wajīf: a type of gait of camels and horses.
وَجَفَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing trembles with a kasra, a 'wajif': it shookboth

    the thing trembles with a kasra, a 'wajif': it shook

  2. 2.
    the camel trembles with a kasra, a 'wajfan' on the pattern of 'ḍaraba', and a 'wajīfan'both

    the camel trembles with a kasra, a 'wajfan' on the pattern of 'ḍaraba', and a 'wajīfan'

وقد وجف البعير يجف وجفا ووجيفا — And the camel moved swiftly, it moves swiftly, with wajafan and wajīfan.
أَوْجَفَverb
  1. 1.
    its owner made it trembleboth

    its owner made it tremble

  2. 2.
    he made it tremble, so he made it leanboth

    he made it tremble, so he made it lean

وأوجفته ms1009 أنا — And I made it move swiftly.
فما أوجفتم عليه من خيل ولا ركاب — what you deployed against it of horses and riders.
أَعْجَفَverb
  1. 1.
    so he is lean/emaciatedboth

    so he is lean/emaciated

يقال " أوجف فأعجف " — It is said, 'He urged them on swiftly, and they became lean.'

Parallel reading

وجف الشئ أي اضطرب.
Something trembles, meaning it is agitated.
وقلب واجف.
And a trembling heart.
والوجيف: ضرب من سير الإبل والخيل.
And al-wajīf: a type of gait of camels and horses.
وقد وجف البعير يجف وجفا ووجيفا، وأوجفته ms1009 أنا.
And the camel moved swiftly, it moves swiftly, with wajafan and wajīfan, and I made it move swiftly.
يقال " أوجف فأعجف ".
It is said, 'He urged them on swiftly, and they became lean.'
وقال تعالى: {فما أوجفتم عليه من خيل ولا ركاب} ، أي ما أعملتم.
And Allah the Almighty said: {what you deployed against it of horses and riders}, meaning what you employed.
ناج طواه الاين مما وجفا
A camel that was worn out by the long journey from what it had moved swiftly.