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وذف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes a manner of walking or moving with a specific gait. It encompasses concepts of graceful, measured steps, sometimes implying pride or speed, and can also refer to a swift, flowing movement.

Derived headwords

يَتَوَذَّفُverb
  1. 1.
    to walk gracefullyboth

    To walk with a measured and graceful gait, moving the shoulders.

  2. 2.
    to walk swiftlyboth

    To move quickly and with a flowing motion.

التَّوَذُّفُnoun
  1. 1.
    graceful walkingboth

    The act of walking with a measured and graceful gait, characterized by movement of the shoulders.

  2. 2.
    swaggerclassical

    A proud, ostentatious, or swaggering manner of walking.

  3. 3.
    swiftnessclassical

    The act of moving quickly or with speed.

Parallel reading

مر يتوذف، بذال معجمة، إذا مر يقارب الخطو ويحرك منكبيه.
He walks with a measured gait, with a 'dhāl' (ذ), if he walks with short steps and moves his shoulders.
خرج الحجاج يتوذف في سبتين له حتى دخل على أسماء بنت أبى بكر.
The pilgrims went forth walking with a measured gait in their two cloaks until they entered upon Asma bint Abi Bakr.
التوذف: التبختر.
Al-tawadhdhuf: Swaggering.
التوذف الإسراع
Al-tawadhdhuf: Swiftness.
بعطى النجائب بالرحال كأنها بقر الصرائم والجياد توذف أي ويعطي الجياد.
Giving swift camels with their saddles as if they were cows of the enclosures, and the fine horses move swiftly, meaning, and the fine horses are given speed.