ذفر

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns strong or pungent odors, both pleasant and unpleasant. It extends to describe intensity, excellence, and specific physical attributes, particularly in animals and anatomy.

Derived headwords

الذَّفِرnoun

1.
strong scentboth
Intense fragrance or stench, whether pleasant or foul.
2.
pungencyclassical
Specifically refers to a foul smell, like that of body odor.
3.
stallion's scentclassical
The scent of a stallion, often associated with its virility.
4.
strong camelclassical
A strong, robust camel.
5.
tall young manclassical
A tall, well-built, and complete young man.

كالذَّفِرَةnoun

1.
strong scentboth
Intense fragrance or stench, similar to الذفر.
2.
armpit odorclassical
Specifically refers to the unpleasant smell of the armpits.

ذَفِرَverb

1.
to be strong-scentedboth
To have an intense smell, either pleasant or foul.
2.
to be pungentclassical
To emit a foul or offensive odor.
3.

ذَفِرٌadjective

1.
strong-scentedboth
Having a strong smell, pleasant or unpleasant.
2.
pungentclassical
Having a foul or offensive odor.

أَذْفَرadjective

1.
strong-scentedboth
Having a strong, intense smell, particularly pleasant.
2.
excellentclassical
Extremely good or excellent, especially referring to fragrance.

ذَفِرَةnoun

1.
strong scentboth
Intense fragrance or stench.
2.
armpit odorclassical
Specifically refers to the unpleasant smell of the armpits.
3.
excellent she-camelclassical
A superior, high-quality she-camel.
4.
sturdy donkeyclassical
A strong and robust donkey.
5.
plantclassical
A type of plant that grows on top of grass, with a yellow fruit and a scent similar to Ja'dah.

ذَفْرَاءadjective

1.
strong-scentedboth
Having a strong, intense smell, often pleasant.
2.
fragrantclassical
Possessing a delightful or pleasant aroma.
3.
rust-coloredclassical
Describing a military unit or armor that is rust-colored due to iron and corrosion.
4.
plantclassical
A type of green, quarter-season plant that remains green until frost, or a noxious herb.

الذَّفْرَىnoun

1.
back of the neckboth
The part of the neck from the nape to the occiput, or the prominent bone behind the ear.
2.
prominent boneclassical
A prominent bone at the top of the neck, on either side of the occiput.
3.
area of sweatclassical
The spot behind the ear where a camel sweats.

ذَفْرِيَّاتnoun

1.
back of the neckboth
Plural of الذفرى, referring to the back of the neck or prominent bones.

ذَفَارَىnoun

1.
back of the neckclassical
Plural of الذفرى, referring to the back of the neck or prominent bones.

ذَفَارnoun

1.
back of the neckclassical
A variant plural of الذفرى.

ذَفْرَىnoun

1.
prominent boneclassical
A prominent bone at the top of the neck, on either side of the occiput.

ذَفْرَةnoun

1.
excellent she-camelclassical
A superior, high-quality she-camel.
2.
sturdy donkeyclassical
A strong and robust donkey.

ذَفِرٌnoun

1.
strong camelclassical
A strong, robust camel.
2.
solid and strongclassical
Describing a camel that is solid and strong.
3.
large in buildclassical
Describing something or someone of large physical stature.

ذَفْرَةnoun

1.
excellent she-camelclassical
A superior, high-quality she-camel.

ذَفْرَةnoun

1.
sturdy donkeyclassical
A strong and robust donkey.

ذَفِرٌnoun

1.
tall young manclassical
A tall, well-built, and complete young man.

ذَفْرَاءnoun

1.
rust-colored unitclassical
A military unit or formation that is rust-colored due to iron and corrosion.
2.
quarter-season plantclassical
A green plant that remains verdant until frost, or a noxious herb.
3.
treeclassical
A type of tree called 'Atr al-Ummah'.

ذَفْرَاءnoun

1.
plantclassical
A green, shrub-like plant about a span high, with round leaves, no flowers, and a smell like flatulence that attracts camels.

مَذْفُورَةadjective

1.
fragrant meadowclassical
A meadow abundant with the plant الذفراء.

مَذْفُورَاءadjective

1.
fragrant meadowclassical
A meadow abundant with the plant الذفراء.

ذَفْرَةnoun

1.
plantclassical
A plant that grows on top of grass, with a yellow fruit and a scent similar to Ja'dah.

خَلِيد بْن ذَفْرَةname

1.
Khalid bin Dhufrahclassical
A person from whom Sayf bin Umar narrated in the conquests.

ذَفْرَانname

1.
valleyclassical
A valley near Wadi al-Safra, mentioned in a hadith about the Prophet's journey to Badr.

ذُو الذَّفَرَيْنname

1.
Abu Shumayr bin Salamahclassical
A kunya (patronymic) for Abu Shumayr bin Salamah al-Himayri.

اسْتَذْفَرَverb

1.
to strengthen resolveclassical
To become firm in one's resolve or determination.
2.
to prepareclassical
To brace oneself or prepare for something.

اسْتَذْفَرَتِ الْمَرْأَةُverb

1.
to wear a garmentclassical
To wear a garment called 'izar' (a loincloth or wrap).

ذَفَرَ النَّبَاتُverb

1.
to grow abundantlyclassical
To grow in great quantity or abundance.

بَنِي ذُفْرَاءname

1.
Bani Dhufra'classical
A lineage named after the yellow color of the الذفراء plant.

Parallel reading

الذَّفِر، محركة: شدة ذكاء الريح

Al-Dhafir, with harakah: intensity of the scent of the wind.

من طيب أو نتن، كالذفرة محركة أيضا

From pleasantness or foulness, like al-Dhafrah, also with harakah.

أو يخصان برائحة الإبط المنتن

Or they are specific to the foul smell of the armpit.

وقد ذفر، كفرح، يذفر، فهو ذعر وأذفر

And he became strong-scented, as in 'faraha', yadhfaru, so he is dhafir and adhfara.

والأنثى ذفرة وذفراء

And the female is dhafirah and dhafra'.

الذفر: النت

Al-Dhafir: the foul smell.

ولا يقال في شيء من الطيب إلا في المسك وحده

And it is not said of any perfume except for musk alone.

له ذفر كصنان التيو س أعيا على المسك والغاليه

It has a scent like the staleness of rams, which surpasses musk and perfumed oils.

وقيل إن الذفر يطلق على الطيب والكريه، ويفرق بينهما بما يضاف إليه ويوصف به

And it is said that al-dhafir applies to both pleasant and unpleasant scents, and they are distinguished by what is added to them and how they are described.

والذفر: الص ان وخبث الرحي، رجل ذفر وامرأة ذفراء، أي لهم صنان وخبث ريح

And al-dhafir: staleness and foulness of breath; a man is dhafir and a woman is dhafra', meaning they have staleness and foul breath.

والذفر: ماء الفحل

And al-dhafir: the stallion's fluid.

ومسك أذفر وذفر: ذكي الريح جيد إلى الغاية

And adhfara and dhafir musk: intensely fragrant and extremely good.

وفي صفة الحوض: وطينه مسك أذفر

And in the description of the pool: and its mud is adhfara musk.

وفي صفة الجنة: وترابها مسك أذفر

And in the description of Paradise: and its soil is adhfara musk.

بهجل من قسا ذفر الخزامي تداعى الجربياء به حنينا

A strong one from the Qassa, with the fragrant scent of the wild lavender, to which the scabies-ridden call out with longing.

أي ذكي ريح الخزامي طيبها

Meaning, the fragrant scent of its pleasant wild lavender.

والذفرى، بالكسر: من الناس و من جميع الحيوان. ما من لدن المقذ إلى نصف القذال

And al-dhafrah, with kasrah: from humans and from all animals. It is the area from the nape to the middle of the occiput.

هما ذفريان، والمقذان وهما أصول الأذنين

They are two dhafriyyan, and al-maqdhan, which are the roots of the ears.

وقيل: الذفريان: الحيدان اللذان عن يمين النقرة وشمالها

And it is said: al-dhafriyyan: the two bones on the right and left of the mastoid process.

شمر الذفرى: عظم في أعلى العنق من الإنسن، عن يمين النقرة وشمالها

Shammar al-dhafrah: a bone at the top of the neck in humans, on the right and left of the mastoid process.

أو العظم الشاخص خلف الأذن

Or the prominent bone behind the ear.

الذفرى من القفا هو الموضع الذي يعرق من البعير خلف الأذن، وهما ذفريان

Al-dhafrah from the nape is the place where a camel sweats behind the ear, and they are two dhafriyyan.

ج ذفريات، وذفارى

Plural: dhafriyat, and dhafara.

وهاذه الألف في تقدير الانقلاب عن الياء، ومن ثم قال بعضهم ذفار، مثل صحار

And this alif is considered a conversion from ya', and from this some said dhafar, like sahar.

يقال: هاذه ذفرى أسيلة، يؤنثها، غير منونة، وقد تنون في النكرة وتجعل الألف للإلحاق بدرهم وهجرع

It is said: 'This is a dhufra aseelah', feminine, uninflected, and it may be inflected in the indefinite and the alif is made for suffixation to dirham and hajra'.

وهي أقلهما

And it is the lesser of the two.

هاذه ذفرى أسيلة

This is a dhufra aseelah.

والذفر، كطمر: العظيم الذفرى من الإبل، وهي ذفرة، بهاء، قاله أبو زيد

And al-dhafir, like tamr: the one with a large dhafrah among camels, and she is dhafirah, with ha', said Abu Zayd.

الذفر: العظيم من الإبل

Al-dhafir: the large one among camels.

الذفر من الإبل: الصلب الشديد، وتفتح الفاء، والكسر أعلى

Al-dhafir from camels: the solid and strong one, and the fa' is opened, and the kasr is preferred.

الذفر: العظيم الخلق

Al-dhafir: large in build.

الذفر: الشاب الطويل التام الجلد

Al-dhafir: the tall, complete young man.

الذفرة: الناقة النجيبة الغلية الرقبة

Al-dhafrah: the excellent she-camel with a long neck.

الذفرة: الحمار الغليظ

Al-dhafrah: the sturdy donkey.

ناقة ذفرة، وحمار ذفر وذفر: صلب شديد

A dhafirah she-camel, and a dhafir and dhafir donkey: solid and strong.

الذفر: الناقة النجيبة، والحمار الغليظ

Al-dhafir: the excellent she-camel, and the sturdy donkey.

والذفراء من الكتائب: السهكة الرائحة من الحديد والصدئة

And al-dhafra' from the formations: the rust-colored, smelling of iron and corrosion.

فخمة ذفراء ترتى بالعرى قردمانيا وتركا كالبصل

Majestic and rust-colored, adorned with chains, Qardamanians and Turks like onions.

والذفراء: بقلة ربعية دشتية تبقى خضراء حتى يصيبها البرد

And al-dhafra': a quarter-season desert plant that remains green until frost.

واحدتها ذفراءة

Its singular is dhafra'ah.

وقيل هي عشبة خبيثة الريح لا يكاد المال يأكلها

And it is said to be a noxious herb that livestock hardly eat.

وقيل: هي شجرة يقال لها عطر الأمة

And it is said: it is a tree called 'Atr al-Ummah'.

وهي عشبة خضراء ترتفع مقدار الشبر، مدورة الورق ذات أغصان ولا زهرة لها، وريحها ريح الفساء تبخر الإبل، وهي عليها حراص

It is a green herb about a span high, with round leaves, no flowers, and its smell is like flatulence that attracts camels, and they are eager for it.

ولا تتبين تلك الذفرة في اللبن وهي مرة ومنابتها الغلظ

And that scent is not apparent in the milk, and it is bitter and grows in rough terrain.

تظل حفراه من التهدله في روض ذفراء ورغل مخجل

Its burrows remain from the drooping in meadows of dhafra' and shame-inducing rghal.

وروضة مذفورة: كثيرتها أبي الذفراء

And a madhfura meadow: one abundant with the plant al-dhafra'.

روضة مذفوراء: كثيرة الذفراء

A madhfoora' meadow: abundant with al-dhafra'.

والذفرة: نبات ينبت سط العشب، وهو قليل ليس بشيإ، ينبت في الجلد على عرق واحد، لها ثمرة صفراء تشاكل الجعدة في ريحها

And al-dhafrah: a plant that grows on top of grass, it is little and insignificant, growing on a single root, it has a yellow fruit that resembles Ja'dah in its scent.

وخليد بن ذفرة، محركة، روى عنه سيف بن عمر في الفتوح

And Khalīd bin Dhufrah, with harakah, narrated from him Sayf bin Umar in the conquests.

وذفران، بكسر الفاء: واد قرب وادي الصفراء

And Dhafaran, with kasr of the fa': a valley near Wadi al-Safra'.

ثم صب في ذفران

Then he poured into Dhafaran.

أو هو تصحيف من ابن إسحاق لدقران، بالدال والقاف

Or it is a misspelling by Ibn Ishaq of Duqran, with dal and qaf.

وذو الذفرين، بالكسر: أبو شمر بن سلامة الحميري

And Dhu al-Dhafrain, with kasr: Abu Shumayr bin Salamah al-Himayri.

روضة ذفرة: طيبة الريح

A dhafirah meadow: pleasant-scented.

وفأرة ذفراء كذالك

And a dhafra' mouse, likewise.

لها فأرة ذفراء كل عشية كما فتق الكافور بالمسك فاتقه

It has a fragrant scent every evening, like camphor opened with musk.

واستذفر بالأمر: اشت عزمه عليه وصلبله

And he became firm in the matter: his resolve strengthened upon it and he became resolute.

واستذفروا بنوى حذاء تقذفهم إلى أقاصي نواهم ساعة انطلقوا

And they braced themselves with the stones of the oasis, which threw them to the farthest reaches of their desires the moment they set off.

واستذفرت المرأة: استثفرت

And the woman 'istadhfara': she wore 'ithfar'.

ذفر النبت، كفرح: كثر، عن أبي حنيفة

The plant 'dhafira', as in 'faraha': it became abundant, from Abu Hanifa.

في ورس من النحيل قد ذفر

In a pale yellow from the slender ones that have become abundant.

كانت امرأة من موالي ثقيف تزوجت في غامد في بني كثير، فكانت تصبغ ثياب أولادها أبدا صفراء، فسموا بني ذفآعاء، يريدون بذالك صفرة نور الذفراء، فهم إلى اليم يعرفون ببني ذفراء

There was a woman from the clients of Thaqif who married into Ghamid among Banu Kathir, and she always dyed her children's clothes yellow, so they were named Bani Dhufra', meaning the yellow hue of the Dhufra' plant, and they are known in Yemen as Bani Dhufra'.