← Back to Al-Sihah

ولف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of agreement, harmony, and coming together. It extends to describe a type of gait in animals where limbs move in unison, and also a rapid, successive occurrence, like lightning.

Derived headwords

وَلَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Harmony, accordboth

    A state of agreement, concord, or mutual understanding between individuals or things.

  2. 2.
    Type of gaitclassical

    A specific manner of running or moving, particularly in animals, where the limbs strike the ground together.

إِلَافnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of alfboth

    plural of alf

  2. 2.
    plural of ʾālifboth

    plural of ʾālif

مُوَالَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    masdar of wālafboth

    masdar of wālaf

وَلِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    Successive, consecutiveclassical

    Describing something that follows closely or occurs in rapid succession, such as lightning.

Parallel reading

الولاف مثل الإلاف، وهو الموالفة.
Al-wulāf is like al-ilāf, and it is al-muwālafah.
وهو أن تقع القوائم معا
And it is when the limbs strike together.
وكذلك أن يجئ القوم معا.
And likewise when people come together.
وولى بإجريا ولاف كأنه على الشرف الأقصى يساط ويكلب
And he went off with a gait like 'wulāf', as if on the furthest height, being smoothed and driven.
أي مؤتلفة.
Meaning in accord/harmony.
وبرق وليف، أي متتابع.
And lightning is 'walīf', meaning successive.