ظفر

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

The root ظفر (ẓ-f-r) primarily relates to the concept of grasping, seizing, or obtaining something, often through effort or skill. It extends to meanings of victory, success, and possession, as well as physical attributes like claws and nails. The root also encompasses geographical locations and specific natural phenomena.

Derived headwords

ظَفِرَverb

1.
to graspboth
To seize or take hold of something, especially with claws or talons.
2.
to be victoriousboth
To achieve success or triumph over an opponent or challenge.
3.
to obtainboth
To acquire or gain possession of something.

اظفر (الصقر الطائر: أخذه ببراثنه) — The falcon grasps (the flying prey: takes it with its talons)

تقضي البازي إذا البازي كسر أبصر خربان فضاء فانكدر شاكي الكلاليب إذا أهوى اظفر الكلاليب — The goshawk decides when the goshawk breaks; it sees a ruin in the open space and swoops down, sharp of talons, when it swoops, it grasps the talons

أَظْفَرَverb

1.
to make victoriousboth
To cause someone to be victorious or successful.
2.
to seizeclassical
To take hold of or capture.

ظُفْرnoun

1.
nailboth
A fingernail or toenail.
2.
clawboth
The sharp, curved appendage on the foot of a bird of prey or other animal.
3.
victoryboth
Success in a struggle or contest; triumph.
4.
graspclassical
The act of seizing or holding firmly.

وعلى الذين هادوا حرمنا كل ذي ظفر — And to those who are Jews We have forbidden every animal with claws

رأيته بظفره — I saw him with his own self

ظُفْرَةnoun

1.
growth on the eyeboth
A fleshy growth that develops on the eye.
2.
tip of the glansclassical
The tip of the glans penis.

وظفرت العين كعني، فهي مظفورة، إذا حدثت فيها الظفرة — And the eye became afflicted, it is afflicted, if the growth (ẓufrah) occurs in it.

ظَفَرname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, including a fortress in Yemen and a location near al-Ḥu’āb.

وظفران، وظفر، وظفير بكسر فائهن: حصون باليمن — And Ẓufrān, Ẓufr, and Ẓafīr with their fā’ broken: fortresses in Yemen

ظَفَرname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, a location near al-Ḥu’āb.

وظفر، كجبل: ع، قرب الحوأب — And Ẓufr, like Jabal: a spring, near al-Ḥu’āb

ظَفَرname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, a locality in the Hijaz.

وظفر: ة، بالحجاز — And Ẓufr: a locality, in the Hijaz

ظَفَرname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, a location in the region of Zabid.

وظفر الفنج: حصن من جبل وصاب (من أعمال زبيد) — Ẓufr al-Fanj: a fortress of Jabal Waṣāb (from the districts of Zabid)

ظَفَرname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, a location described as a low-lying area where plants grow.

وظفر، محركة: مكان مطمئن ينبت — And Ẓufr, vocalized with fathah: a low-lying place that grows plants.

ظَفَرname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, a location in the vicinity of Fazarah.

وأظفار: أبيرقات حمر في ديار فزارة — And Aẓfār: red small hills in the lands of Fazarah.

ظَفَرname

1.
a name of the Prophet Muhammadclassical
One of the names attributed to the Prophet Muhammad.

ظَفَرname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, a fortress in Yemen.

وظفران، وظفر، وظفير بكسر فائهن: حصون باليمن — And Ẓufrān, Ẓufr, and Ẓafīr with their fā’ broken: fortresses in Yemen

ظَفِيرname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, a fortress in Yemen.

وظفران، وظفر، وظفير بكسر فائهن: حصون باليمن — And Ẓufrān, Ẓufr, and Ẓafīr with their fā’ broken: fortresses in Yemen

ظُفْرَانname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, a fortress in Yemen.

وظفران، وظفر، وظفير بكسر فائهن: حصون باليمن — And Ẓufrān, Ẓufr, and Ẓafīr with their fā’ broken: fortresses in Yemen

ظَفَّارadjective

1.
victoriousclassical
One who is victorious or triumphant.
2.
earth rich in ochreclassical
Describing land that is rich in ochre.

وكل أرض ذات مغرة ظفار — And every land with ochre is Ẓifār.

ظَفَّارname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, referring to a region.

ظَفَّارnoun

1.
tongsclassical
A tool used for grasping or holding, like pincers.

والمظفار، بالكسر: المنقاش — And al-Miẓfār, with kasrah: the tweezers/tongs

ظَفِيرname

1.
a place nameboth
A place name, a fortress in Yemen.

مِظْفَارnoun

1.
tongsclassical
A tool used for grasping or holding, like pincers.

والمظفار، بالكسر: المنقاش — And al-Miẓfār, with kasrah: the tweezers/tongs

مُظَفَّرname

1.
a given nameboth
A male given name.

وسموا ظفرا، بفتح فسكون، وفي بعض النسخ بالتحريك، ومظفرا، كمعظم، ومظفارا، وظفيرا، على التفاؤل — And they named (their children) Ẓafr, with fathah then sukūn, and in some copies with harakah, and Muẓaffar, like Mu‘aẓẓam, and Muẓaffār, and Ẓafīr, as an omen.

مُظَفَّرadjective

1.
made victoriousboth
One who has been made victorious or successful.

ويقال: قوحس مظفرة، كمعظمة، إذا قطع من ظفريها، أي طرفيها شيء — And it is said: Qūḥas Muẓaffarah, like Mu‘aẓẓamah, if something is cut from its extremities, i.e., its ends.

ظَافِرparticiple

1.
victoriousboth
One who is victorious or triumphant.
2.
one who graspsclassical
One who seizes or takes hold of something.

وفاته ظافر — And Ẓāfir was missed (by the author).

أَظْفُورnoun

1.
tendrilboth
A slender, coiling plant ශ்or appendage, especially one that twines around a support.

والأظفور، بالضم: الدقيق الذي يلتوي على قضيب الكرم — And al-Uẓfūr, with dammah: the slender thing that coils around the vine stem.

أَظْفَارnoun

1.
small starsclassical
Small stars located in front of the constellation Ursa Major.
2.
large ticksclassical
Large ticks or parasitic insects.

والأظفار، كأنه جمع ظفر، كواكب صغار قدام النسر — And al-Aẓfār, as if it were the plural of ẓufr, small stars in front of the Eagle (constellation).

تَظَافُرnoun

1.
joining togetherboth
The act of people joining together or supporting each other.

تظافر القوم، وتظاهروا بمعنى واحد — The people joined together, and they supported each other, meaning one.

تَظْفِيرnoun

1.
rubbing leatherclassical
The act of rubbing or working leather.

والتظفير: دلك الرجل الجلد — And al-Taẓfīr: a man rubbing the leather.

ظُفْرِيَّةname

1.
a neighborhood in Baghdadboth
A neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.

والظفرية، محركة، وقراح، كسحاب مضاف إلى ظفر، بالتحريك: محلتان ببغداد شرقيتان — And al-Ẓufriyyah, vocalized with harakah, and Qurāḥ, like Surāḥ, added to Ẓufr, with harakah: two neighborhoods in eastern Baghdad.

ظَفَرِيَّةname

1.
a neighborhood in Baghdadboth
A neighborhood in eastern Baghdad.

ظَفَرnoun

1.
broken nailclassical
A broken fingernail or toenail.
2.
to break a nailclassical
The act of breaking one's nail.

وظفره: كسر ظفره، أو قلعه — And Ẓafara-hu: breaking his nail, or plucking it.

ظَفِرadjective

1.
strong-nailedclassical
Having strong or sharp nails.

ورجل ظفر، ككتف: حديد الظفر — And a man Ẓafir, like Katif: sharp of nail.

ظَفِرnoun

1.
weakness of nailclassical
A condition characterized by weak or brittle nails.

وهو كليل الظفر، أي ذليل — And he is Kalīl al-ẓufr, meaning humiliated.

Parallel reading

اظفر (الصقر الطائر: أخذه ببراثنه)

The falcon grasps (the flying prey: takes it with its talons)

تقضي البازي إذا البازي كسر أبصر خربان فضاء فانكدر شاكي الكلاليب إذا أهوى اظفر الكلاليب

The goshawk decides when the goshawk breaks; it sees a ruin in the open space and swoops down, sharp of talons, when it swoops, it grasps the talons

ما ظفرتك عيني منذ حين

My eye has not seen you for a while

والمظفار، بالكسر: المنقاش

And al-Miẓfār, with kasrah: the tweezers/tongs

وسموا ظفرا، بفتح فسكون، وفي بعض النسخ بالتحريك، ومظفرا، كمعظم، ومظفارا، وظفيرا، على التفاؤل

And they named (their children) Ẓafr, with fathah then sukūn, and in some copies with harakah, and Muẓaffar, like Mu‘aẓẓam, and Muẓaffār, and Ẓafīr, as an omen.

والأظفور، بالضم: الدقيق الذي يلتوي على قضيب الكرم

And al-Uẓfūr, with dammah: the slender thing that coils around the vine stem.

وظفران، وظفر، وظفير بكسر فائهن: حصون باليمن

And Ẓufrān, Ẓufr, and Ẓafīr with their fā’ broken: fortresses in Yemen

وظفر، كجبل: ع، قرب الحوأب

And Ẓufr, like Jabal: a spring, near al-Ḥu’āb

وظفر: ة، بالحجاز

And Ẓufr: a locality, in the Hijaz

وظفر الفنج: حصن من جبل وصاب (من أعمال زبيد)

Ẓufr al-Fanj: a fortress of Jabal Waṣāb (from the districts of Zabid)

والظفرية، محركة، وقراح، كسحاب مضاف إلى ظفر، بالتحريك: محلتان ببغداد شرقيتان

And al-Ẓufriyyah, vocalized with harakah, and Qurāḥ, like Surāḥ, added to Ẓufr, with harakah: two neighborhoods in eastern Baghdad.

رأيته بظفره

I saw him with his own self

ويقال: قوحس مظفرة، كمعظمة، إذا قطع من ظفريها، أي طرفيها شيء

And it is said: Qūḥas Muẓaffarah, like Mu‘aẓẓamah, if something is cut from its extremities, i.e., its ends.

والأظفار، كأنه جمع ظفر، كواكب صغار قدام النسر

And al-Aẓfār, as if it were the plural of ẓufr, small stars in front of the Eagle (constellation).

وعلى الذين هادوا حرمنا كل ذي ظفر

And to those who are Jews We have forbidden every animal with claws

تظافر القوم، وتظاهروا بمعنى واحد

The people joined together, and they supported each other, meaning one.

ورجل ظفر، ككتف: حديد الظفر

And a man Ẓafir, like Katif: sharp of nail.

ظفرت الناقة لقحا: أخذته وقبلته

The she-camel conceived: she took it and accepted it.

وهو كليل الظفر، أي ذليل

And he is Kalīl al-ẓufr, meaning humiliated.