ر د ف

Root entry · 34 derived lemmas

The root ر د ف (r-d-f) primarily relates to following, accompanying, or being behind something else. This encompasses physical following (like a rider behind another), temporal succession (like day following night), and metaphorical following (like a consequence or a poetic rhyme element). It also extends to concepts of succession in authority and the act of riding behind someone.

Derived headwords

الرَّدْفُnoun

1.
rider behind anotherboth
A person riding behind another person on the same mount.
2.
followerboth
Anything that follows something else; a follower or attendant.
3.
consequenceclassical
The consequence or aftermath of an affair or matter.
4.
a specific starclassical
A star near the star 'Al-Nasr Al-Waqi'.
5.
a mountainclassical
A name for a mountain.
6.
day and nightclassical
The succession of day and night, as each follows the other.
7.
king's deputyclassical
The king's close companion who sits to his right, drinks after him, and acts as his regent.
8.
poetic rhyme elementclassical
A quiescent letter (vowel or soft consonant) preceding the rhyme letter in Arabic poetry.
9.
rear partboth
The rear part of something.
10.
buttocksboth
The buttocks or rump.

الرَّدِيفُnoun

1.
rider behind anotherboth
A person riding behind another person on the same mount.
2.
a specific starclassical
Another star near 'Al-Nasr Al-Waqi', identical to the previously mentioned 'Al-Radif'.
3.
a star rising in the eastclassical
A star that rises in the east when another sets in the west.
4.
gambler joining lateclassical
A gambler who joins a game after some have won, hoping to share in their winnings.
5.
animal born late in seasonclassical
An animal born late in the summer or autumn, following earlier births.

رَدِيفٌadjective

1.
followingboth
Following or accompanying.

رَدِيفَةٌnoun

1.
a layer of fatclassical
A layer of fat, particularly on an animal's shoulders.

الرَّدَافُnoun

1.
seat for a riderclassical
The place on an animal's back where a second rider sits.

الرَّدَافَةُnoun

1.
position of king's deputyclassical
The high office of the king's deputy or regent in pre-Islamic times.

رَادِفٌnoun

1.
one who followsboth
One who follows or comes after.

رَادِفَةٌnoun

1.
a layer of fatclassical
A layer of fat.

رَادُوفٌnoun

1.
a shoot of a palm treeclassical
A shoot or sucker growing from the base of a palm tree.

الرَّوَادِفُnoun

1.
shoots of a palm treeclassical
Suckers or shoots growing from the base of palm trees.
2.
layers of fatclassical
Layers of fat.

الرَّدَفَىnoun

1.
followersclassical
A collective noun for followers or those riding in succession.
2.
locustsclassical
Locusts that swarm by climbing on top of each other.

رَدِفَverb

1.
to follow behindboth
To ride behind someone, or to follow closely behind.
2.
to follow (event)both
For an event or thing to follow another.

أَرْدَفَverb

1.
to make someone ride behindboth
To cause someone to ride behind oneself.
2.
to follow upboth
To follow up on something, or to send something after another.
3.
to follow (stars)classical
For stars to follow one another in succession.

تَرَادَفَverb

1.
to follow each otherboth
To follow one another in succession, whether people, events, or things.
2.
to ride togetherclassical
To ride together, one behind the other.
3.
to have successive rhymesclassical
For poetic rhymes to follow each other closely.
4.
to have intercourseclassical
A euphemism for sexual intercourse.

ارْتَدَفَverb

1.
to ride behindboth
To ride behind someone.
2.
to be taken from behindclassical
To be apprehended or attacked from behind.

اسْتَرْدَفَverb

1.
to ask to ride behindclassical
To ask someone to let one ride behind them.

مُرْدِفٌparticiple

1.
followingboth
One who is following or riding behind.

مُرْدِفِينَparticiple

1.
following in successionboth
Coming one after another, in succession.

المُتَرَادِفُnoun

1.
successive rhymeclassical
A type of poetic rhyme where two quiescent letters occur consecutively at the end of a verse.
2.
synonymmodern
A word that has the same or a similar meaning to another word.

المُتَرَادِفَةُnoun

1.
successive rhymeclassical
A type of poetic rhyme where two quiescent letters occur consecutively at the end of a verse.

رَدِيفَانِnoun

1.
day and nightclassical
The succession of day and night.
2.
two helmsmenclassical
Two helmsmen on a ship, or figures on the stern.
3.
two specific individualsclassical
The names of two individuals, sons of 'Utbah bin Hurmi.

رَدِيفَةٌnoun

1.
a layer of fatclassical
A layer of fat.

رَدِفَ لَكُمْverb

1.
it approached youclassical
It approached you, or came after you.

أَرْدَفَ الثُّرَيَّاverb

1.
the Pleiades followedclassical
The star 'Al-Juzā' followed the Pleiades, indicating intense heat.

مُرَادِفَةُ الْجَرَادِnoun

1.
locust matingclassical
The mating of locusts, where the male mounts the female, and a third mounts them.

لَا تُرَادِفُverb

1.
does not carry doubleclassical
An animal that cannot carry a second rider behind the first.

ارْتَدَفَ الْعَدُوُّverb

1.
the enemy attacked from behindclassical
The enemy attacked from behind.

تَرَادَفَا عَلَيْهِverb

1.
they cooperated against himclassical
They cooperated against him or worked together on him.

تَرَادَفَاverb

1.
they marriedclassical
A euphemism for sexual intercourse.

رَدِفَاءُnoun

1.
followersclassical
A plural for 'radif', meaning those who follow.

الْأَرْدَافُnoun

1.
buttocksboth
The buttocks or rump.

الرَّوَادِفُnoun

1.
rumpsboth
The rumps or hindquarters.

ارْتِدَادُnoun

1.
turning one's backclassical
Turning one's back; retreating.

أَرْدَفَ الشَّيْءَ بِالشَّيْءِverb

1.
to follow one thing with anotherboth
To follow one thing with another, or to append it.

Parallel reading

الردف بالكسر: الراكب، خلف الراكب

Al-radif (with kasra): the rider, behind the rider.

وكل ما تبع شيئا فهو ردفه

And everything that follows something is its radif (follower).

الردف: كوكب قريب من النسر الواقع

Al-radif: a star near 'Al-Nasr Al-Waqi'.

هذا أمر ليس له ردف، أي: ليس له تبعة

This is a matter that has no radif, meaning: it has no consequence.

والليل والنهار، وهما ردفان، لأن كل واحد منهما ردف الآخر

And night and day, they are radifan (successive), because each of them follows the other.

ويقال: لا أفعله ما تعاقب الردفان

And it is said: I will not do it as long as the radifan (day and night) alternate.

الردف: جليس الملك عن يمينه إذا شرب، يشرب بعده قبل الناس

Al-radif: the king's companion on his right, who drinks after him before the people.

من المجاز: الردف في الشعر: حرف ساكن من حروف المد واللين، يقع قبل حرف الروي

Metaphorically: Al-radif in poetry: a quiescent letter from the long vowels and soft consonants, which occurs before the rhyme letter.

والردفان، في قول لبيد رضي الله تعالى عنه يصف السفينة: (فالتام طائفها القديم فأصبحت ... ما إن يقوم درأها ردفان)

And Al-Radifan, in the saying of Labid, may God have mercy on him, describing a ship: (Its old covering was completed, and its defense became unable to stand, with two radifan).

الرديف: نجم آخر قريب من النسر الواقع

Al-radif: another star near 'Al-Nasr Al-Waqi'.

الرديف: الذي يجيء بقدحه بعد فوز أحد الأيسار، أو الاثنين منهم، فيسألهم أن يدخلوا قدحه في قداحهم

Al-radif: he who brings his lot after one or two of the successful gamblers, and asks them to include his lot with theirs.

بهم ردفى، كسكرى: أي ولدت في الخريف والصيف في آخر ولاد الغنم، فكأنها ردف بعضها بعضا

They have radfa, like sukra: meaning they gave birth in autumn and summer after the earlier births of sheep, so it is as if they followed each other.

والردافة بهاء: فعل ردف الملك، كالخلافة

And Al-Radhafah: the act of the king's radif, like the caliphate.

وأنشد لجرير وهو من بني يربوع: (ربعنا وأردفنا الملوك فظللوا ... وطاب الأحاليب الثمام المنزعا)

And he recited for Jarir, who is from Banu Yarbu': (We settled and we made the kings follow us, so they remained under our shade...)

والروادف: رواكيب النخل

And Al-Rawadif: the shoots of palm trees.

والروادف: طرائق الشحم

And Al-Rawadif: layers of fat.

منه قولهم: جاءوا ردافى، أي، مترادفين يتبع بعضهم بعضا

From their saying: they came radafa, meaning, following each other.

وردفه، كسمعه، وعليه اقتصر الجوهري وغيره، ردفه، مثل نصره، وبه قرأ الأعرج: (رَدِفَ لَكُمْ)

And radifahu, like sami'ahu, and Al-Jawhari and others limited it to radifahu, like nasrahu, and Al-A'raj recited it: (radifa lakum).

يقال: نزل بهم أمر، فردف لهم آخر أعظم منه

It is said: an event befell them, and another greater event followed it.

وقوله تعالى: (عسى أن يكون رَدِفَ لَكُمْ)

And His saying, the Almighty: (Perhaps it has approached you).

بألف من الملائكة مُرْدِفِينَ

With a thousand of the angels following in succession.

إذا الجوزاء أردفت الثريا

When Al-Juzā' followed Al-Thurayya.

المرادفة من الجراد: ركوب الذكر الأنثى، وركوب الثالث عليهما

Al-Muradafah of locusts: the male mounting the female, and a third mounting them.

يقال: هذه دابة لا ترادف

It is said: this animal does not carry a second rider.

ارتدفه: ردفه، وركب خلفه

Irtadafah: he rode behind him, and mounted behind him.

ارتدَفَ العدو: إذا أخذه من ورائه أخذا

Irtadafa the enemy: if he took him from behind.

واستردفه: سأله أن يردفه

And istardafahu: he asked him to let him ride behind him.

ترادفا عليه، وتعاونا بمعنى واحد

They cooperated against him, and they helped each other, meaning the same thing.

من المجاز: ترادفا، أى تناكحا

Metaphorically: taradafa, meaning they had intercourse.

ترادفا الشيء، أي: تبع بعضه بعضا

Taradafa the thing, meaning: one followed the other.

المترادف: أن تكون أسماء لشيء واحد

Al-Mutaradif: that they are names for one thing.

والردف: الكفل: والعجز

And Al-radif: the rump; and the buttocks.

والارتداف: الإستدبار

And Al-irtidaf: turning one's back.

وأردف الشيء بالشيء، وأردفه عليه: أتبعه عليه

And ardafa the thing with the thing, and ardafahu 'alayhi: he followed it up on it.

وقال أبو الهيثم: يقال: ردفت فلانا: أي صرت له ردفا

And Abu Al-Haytham said: it is said: radiftu fulanan: meaning I became a radif for him.

والرادف: المتأخر والمردف: المتقدم

And Al-radif: the one who follows, and Al-murdif: the one who precedes.