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ز ءف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to hastening, urgency, and a swift, often fatal, end. It encompasses concepts of being rushed, a deadly poison or plague, and a feeling of being weighed down to the point of immobility.

Derived headwords

زَأَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteclassical

    A state of being rushed or hurried.

زُؤَافnoun
  1. 1.
    deadly poisonclassical

    A poison that causes death.

  2. 2.
    plagueclassical

    A deadly epidemic disease.

  3. 3.
    terribleclassical

    Something that is dreadful or extremely unpleasant.

زُؤَامnoun
  1. 1.
    deadly poisonclassical

    A poison that causes death.

  2. 2.
    plagueclassical

    A deadly epidemic disease.

  3. 3.
    terribleclassical

    Something that is dreadful or extremely unpleasant.

ذُعَافnoun
  1. 1.
    deadly poisonclassical

    A poison that causes death.

  2. 2.
    plagueclassical

    A deadly epidemic disease.

  3. 3.
    terribleclassical

    Something that is dreadful or extremely unpleasant.

أَزْأَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenclassical

    To cause someone or something to be hurried or rushed.

  2. 2.
    to finish offclassical

    To bring something to a swift end, often fatally.

  3. 3.
    to weigh downclassical

    To make someone's stomach heavy, causing immobility.

Parallel reading

أي أعجله
meaning, it hastened it.
والأسم الزؤاف
And the name is al-zu'āf.
موت زؤاف
a deadly death.
وزؤام
and zu'ām.
وذعاف
and dhu'āf.
أي وحي
meaning, a swift (death).
وقيل: كريه
And it was said: terrible.
وكذلك السم
And likewise the poison.
وأزأف عليه
And he hastened it (death) upon him.
أجهز
meaning, he finished it off.
أزأف فلانا بطنه
His stomach weighed him down.
أثقله فلم يقدر أن يتحرك
It made him heavy so he could not move.