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ر د ف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of following, coming after, or being behind something else. It extends to notions of accompaniment, succession, and things that trail or are appended. It also encompasses the idea of riding behind someone and, metaphorically, of being overwhelmed or followed by events.

Derived headwords

مُرْدِفِينnoun
  1. 1.
    reinforcingclassical

    Those who are reinforcing or supplementing, often referring to angels sent to aid or strengthen.

  2. 2.
    advance guardclassical

    Those who precede an army, instilling fear in the enemy.

أَرْدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to follow afterboth

    To come after or follow someone or something, often in succession.

  2. 2.
    to send afterboth

    To send someone or something after another.

  3. 3.
    to overwhelmclassical

    To be overwhelmed or beset by an event or situation.

رَدِفnoun
  1. 1.
    rider behindboth

    A person who rides behind another on the same mount.

  2. 2.
    following thingboth

    Something that follows or comes after, like a saddlebag or baggage carried behind a rider.

(فبت على رحلي وبات مكانه ... أراقب ردفي تارة وأباصره) — And I stayed by my baggage and he stayed in his place... watching my baggage at times and observing him.
أَرْدَافnoun
  1. 1.
    successionsboth

    The successive occurrences or sequences of things, such as the succession of stars.

  2. 2.
    followersclassical

    Those who follow or come after, particularly in the context of stars or celestial bodies.

(وردت وأرداف النجوم كأنها ... قناديل فيهن المصابيح تزهر) — And I arrived while the successions of the stars were like lamps in which the lights were shining.
رَوَادِفnoun
  1. 1.
    followersclassical

    Those who follow behind, the rear guard or stragglers of a group.

(هم روادف، وليسوا بأرداف) — They are followers (rawadif), not those who ride behind (ardaf).
رَدِفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be a followerboth

    To become a follower or companion, riding behind someone.

تَرَدَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to ride behindboth

    To ride on the back of an animal or vehicle behind the primary rider or driver.

ارْتَدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a followerboth

    To cause someone to be a follower or companion, to place them behind oneself.

الرَّادِفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the second trumpet blastclassical

    The second blast of the trumpet on the Day of Judgment, which signifies resurrection.

Parallel reading

معنى) مردفين (في الآية: أي مردفين ملائكة أخرى
The meaning of 'murdifin' in the verse is: meaning reinforcing with other angels.
فعلى هذا يكونون ممدين بألفين من الملائكة
According to this, they would be reinforced by thousands of angels.
وقيل: عنى بالمردفين، المتقدمين للعسكر، يلقون في قلوب العدى الرعب
And it was said: 'al-murdifin' refers to those who precede the army, casting terror into the hearts of the enemy.
وقرىء) مردفين (بفتح الدال، أي أردف كل إنسان ملكا
And it was read 'murdifin' with a fatha on the dal, meaning each person was followed by an angel.
والردف: الحقيبة، وغيرها مما يكون وراء الإنسان كالردف
And 'al-radif' is the saddlebag, and other things that are behind a person like a follower.
وأرداف النجوم: تواليها، وتوابعها
And 'ardaf al-nujum' (successions of the stars): their sequences, and their followers.
يقال للجوزاء: ردف الثريا
Gemini is called 'radif al-thuriya' (the follower of the Pleiades).
وأرداف النجوم: أواخرها، وهي نجوم تطلع بعد نجوم
And 'ardaf al-nujum' (successions of the stars): their latter parts, which are stars that rise after other stars.
والروادف: أتباع القوم المؤخرون
And 'al-rawadif' are the followers of a people, those who are delayed.
وردفهم الأمر، وأردفهم: دهمهم، وهو مجاز
And the matter 'radifahum' (overwhelmed them), and 'ardafahum' (overwhelmed them): it beset them, and this is metaphorical.
وردفتهم كتب السلطان بالعزل: جاءت على أثرهم، وهو مجاز
And the Sultan's decrees of dismissal 'radifatuhum' (followed them): they came in their wake, and this is metaphorical.
والرادفة: النفخة الثانية
And 'al-radifah' is the second blast (of the trumpet).
وردف لفلان: صار له ردفا
And 'radifa li-fulan' (he followed so-and-so): he became a follower to him.
وأردف له: جاء بعده
And 'ardafa lahu' (he came after him): he came after him.
وتردفه: ركب خلفه
And 'taraddafa' (he rode behind): he rode behind him.
وارتدفه: جعله رديفا
And 'irtadafa' (he made him a follower): he made him a follower.