ذ ل ف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a specific shape and size of the nose, characterized by smallness, straightness, and a level tip. It also extends to related concepts of attractiveness and a type of sand dune.

Derived headwords

الذَّلْفnoun

1.
small noseboth
The smallness of the nose, with a level tip.
2.
nose shapeclassical
A description of the nose's shape, varying in definition among lexicographers, often implying a pleasing smallness and straightness.

أَذْلَفadjective

1.
small-nosedboth
Describing a person or animal with a small, well-shaped nose.

ذَلِفَverb

1.
to have a small noseboth
To possess a nose characterized by smallness and a level tip.

ذَلْفَاءadjective

1.
small-nosed (fem.)both
A feminine adjective describing a woman with a small, well-shaped nose.

ذُلْفnoun

1.
plural of small-nosedclassical
A plural form referring to those who are small-nosed, used for both masculine (أذلف) and feminine (ذلفاء) individuals.

الذَّلْفَاءname

1.
name for womenclassical
A name or descriptive term used for women, implying attractiveness associated with a well-shaped nose.

الذَّلْفnoun

1.
easy sand duneclassical
A type of sand dune that is easy to traverse, as described by Abu Hanifa.

Parallel reading

صغر الأنف، واستواء الأرنبة

The smallness of the nose, and the levelness of the tip.

أو صغره في دقة

Or its smallness in fineness.

أو غلظ واستواء في طرفه

Or thickness and levelness at its tip.

هو قصر القصبة وصغر الأرنبة

It is the shortness of the bridge and the smallness of the tip.

هو كالخنس

It is like the snub nose.

وهو يعتري الملاحة

And it contributes to attractiveness.

هو قصر في الأرنبة، واستواء في القصبة من غير نتوء

It is shortness in the tip, and levelness in the bridge without protrusion.

والفطس: لصوق القصبة بالأنف مع ضخم الأرنبة

And the snub nose: the adhesion of the bridge to the nose with a large tip.

وأنف أذلف، ورجل أذلف: بين الذلف

And a small-nosed nose, and a small-nosed man: clearly having the ذلف characteristic.

وقد ذلف، كفرح

And he became small-nosed, as in 'faraha'.

وهي ذلفاء

And she is small-nosed.

للشم عندي بهجة ومزية ... وأحب بعض ملاحة الذلفاء

For smelling, I have joy and distinction... And I love some of the attractiveness of the small-nosed (woman).

ج: ذلف، يكون جمع أذلف، وذلفاء

Plural: ذلف, it is a plural of أذلف (masculine) and ذلفاء (feminine).

لا تقوم الساعة حتى تقاتلوا قوما صغار الأعين، ذلف الآنف، كأن وجوههم المجان المطرقة

The Hour will not be established until you fight a people with small eyes, small-nosed, as if their faces were hammered shields.

وإنما الذلفاء ياقوتة ... أخرجت من كيس دهقان

Indeed, the small-nosed (woman) is a ruby... taken out of a merchant's purse.

الذلف: كالدك من الرمال، وهو ما سهل منه

The ذلف: is like a mound of sand, and it is what is easy of it.