ثفى

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the tripod or base upon which a cooking pot is placed. It extends metaphorically to describe a remaining group of people, a woman with multiple husbands, or a brand mark. It also covers the act of placing a pot on its stand.

Derived headwords

الأَثْفِيَّةnoun

1.
what the pot is placed onboth
what the pot is placed on

الأَثَافِيnoun

1.
plural of athfiyyahboth
plural of athfiyyah

المِثْفَاةnoun

1.
woman with co-wivesclassical
A woman who shares her husband with other wives, metaphorically compared to the multiple supports of a cooking pot.
2.
brand markclassical
A mark or brand applied to livestock, resembling the shape of pot supports.

المِثْفِيَّةnoun

1.
woman whose husbands diedclassical
A woman who has had three husbands die, indicating a specific marital status.

مُثِفّadjective

1.
man whose wives diedclassical
A man who has had three wives die, the male counterpart to 'mithfiyyah'.

ثَفِيَverb

1.
he placed it on the athafiboth
he placed it on the athafi

تَثْفِيَةnoun

1.
placing a pot on its standboth
The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of placing a cooking pot on its supports.

أَثْفَىverb

1.
to provide with pot standsboth
To set up or provide the tripod supports for a cooking pot.

Parallel reading

الأثفية للقدر تقديرها أفعولة

The athfiyyah for the pot, its measure is af'ūlah.

والجمع الأثافي

And the plural is al-athāfī.

بقيت من بني فلان أثفية خشناء

There remained of the children of so-and-so a rough athfiyyah, meaning a large number of them remained.

والمثفاة: المرأة التي لزوجها امرأتان سواها

And al-mithfāh: the woman who has two other women besides her for her husband.

شبهت بأثافي القدر

She was likened to the pot's tripod bases.

والمثفاة أيضا: سمة كالاثافى

And al-mithfāh also: a brand mark like the athāfī.

والمثفية: التي مات لها ثلاثة أزواج

And al-mithfiyyah: she whose three husbands have died.

والرجل مثف

And the man is mithf (one whose three wives have died).

وثفيت القدر تثفية، أي وضعتها على الأثافي

And she placed the pot, تثفية, meaning she put it on the athāfī.

وأثفيت لها، أي جعلت لها أثافى

And you provided for it, meaning you made for it athāfī.

وصاليات ككما يؤثفين

And fire-brands like how they are provided with athfiyyah.

أراد يثفين، فأخرجه على الاصل

He intended yuthfīn (to provide with athfiyyah), and he rendered it according to the root form.