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ش د ف

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns visual perception from a distance, encompassing the appearance of a distant figure or object. It also extends to descriptions of physical attributes like height, swiftness, crookedness, and darkness, as well as actions related to cutting and movement.

Derived headwords

الشَّدْفnoun
  1. 1.
    distant figureboth

    A person or thing seen from a distance.

  2. 2.
    darknessclassical

    Darkness, especially at night.

  3. 3.
    tall and greatclassical

    Describing someone or something as tall and imposing.

  4. 4.
    swiftness of a horseclassical

    Referring to the swiftness and agility of a horse.

  5. 5.
    prideclassical

    Arrogance or haughtiness.

شَدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut into piecesclassical

    To cut something into small pieces.

  2. 2.
    to be swiftclassical

    To be swift and agile, especially used for horses.

شَدْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting into piecesclassical

    The act of cutting something into pieces.

شَدْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessclassical

    A portion of darkness, particularly at night.

شَدْفُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    distant figuresboth

    Plural of 'shadf', referring to distant figures or objects.

الأَشْدَفadjective
  1. 1.
    left-handedclassical

    Someone who is left-handed.

  2. 2.
    leaning to one sideclassical

    Describing a horse that leans to one side due to arrogance or a defect.

  3. 3.
    oblique camelclassical

    A camel that moves obliquely or crookedly, often due to liveliness.

  4. 4.
    tall figureclassical

    Describing a horse with a large or imposing stature.

شَدْفَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    crooked bowclassical

    A crooked or bent bow.

  2. 2.
    crooked legclassical

    Describing a camel with a crookedness in its leg, causing it to twist when walking.

شَدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be crookedclassical

    To be bent or crooked, used for bows or legs.

أَسْدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to darkenclassical

    The night to darken or become obscure.

  2. 2.
    to lower curtainsclassical

    To lower one's curtains or veil, obscuring sight.

مُتَشَادِفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    curvedclassical

    Describing something as curved or bent, like a bow.

شِنْدَفadjective
  1. 1.
    tall and swiftclassical

    Describing a horse that is tall, imposing, and swift.

شَادُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    well-head structuremodern

    A structure placed on top of a well, resembling two figures.

شَوَادِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    well-head structuresmodern

    Plural of 'shaduf', referring to structures on well-heads.

شَدْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessclassical

    A portion of darkness, particularly at night.

شَدْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessclassical

    A portion of darkness, particularly at night.

Parallel reading

الشَّدْفُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: الشَّخْصُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُرَى مِنْ بُعْدٍ
The shadf, vocalized: the figure of anything seen from afar.
يُقَالُ: رَأَيْتُ شَدْفًا، أَيْ: شَخْصًا
It is said: I saw a shadf, meaning: a person.
فَإِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ غَلَطٌ مِنَ اللَّيْثِ عَلَى الْخَلِيلِ
That is merely an error by Al-Layth concerning Al-Khalil.
وَأَنْشَدَ الْأَصْمَعِيُّ: (وَإِذَا أَرَى شَدْفًا أَمَامِي خِلْتُهُ ... رَجُلًا فَجَلَّتْ: كَأَنَّنِي خَذْرُوفُ)
Al-Asma'i recited: (And if I see a shadf before me, I think it is... a man, and I am startled: as if I were a spinning top.)
مُوَكَّلٌ بِشُدُوفِ الصَّوْمِ يَرْقُبُهَا ... مِنَ الْمَغَارِبِ مَخْطُوفُ الْحَشَى زَرِمُ
Entrusted with the distant figures of the trees, watching them... from the west, its belly snatched away, thirsty.
وَالْمَيْلُ فِي الْخَدِّ، وَالْمَرَحُ، وَالشَّرَفُ
And the inclination in the cheek, and exuberance, and nobility.
وَالشَّدْفُ: الظُّلْمَةُ، كَالشَّدْفَةِ، بِالضَّمِّ
And shadf: darkness, like shadfah, with dammah.
وَالشَّدْفُ، كَكَتِفٍ: الطَّوِيلُ الْعَظِيمُ، السَّرِيعُ الْوَثْبَةِ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ
And shadf, like katif: the tall, great one, swift of leap among horses.
وَقَدْ شَدِفَ، كَفَرِحَ
And he was shadifa, like faraha.
شَدَّفَهُ، يَشَدِّفُهُ، تِشْدَافًا: إِذَا قَطَّعَهُ شَدْفَةً شَدْفَةً
He shadfahu, yashdifuhu, tashdafan: if he cut it piece by piece.
وَالْأَشْدَفُ: الْأَعْسَرُ
And al-ashdaf: the left-handed one.
الْأَشْدَفُ: الْفَرَسُ الْمَائِلُ فِي أَحَدِ شِقَّيْهِ بُغْيًا
Al-ashdaf: the horse leaning to one of its sides out of arrogance.
شِنْدَفٌ أَشْدَفُ مَا وَرَعْتُهُ ... وَإِذَا طُؤْطِئَ طَيَّارٌ طَمَرَ
A shindaf, ashdaf, I have never restrained it... and when it is made to stoop, the swift one leaps.
بِذَاتِ لَوْثٍ أَوْ بِنَاجٍ أَشْدَفَا
With a horse of uneven gait or a tall steed.
قِيلَ: الْأَشْدَفُ: الْبَعِيرُ الْمُعْتَرِضُ فِي سَيْرِهِ نَشَاطًا
It is said: Al-ashdaf: the camel that moves obliquely in its gait out of liveliness.
وَهِيَ شَدْفَاءُ، وَقَدْ شَدِفَ
And she is shadfaa, and she was shadifa.
شَدْفَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، بِالضَّمِّ: أَيْ سُدْفَةٌ بِالسِّينِ
A shadfah of the night, with dammah: meaning sudfah with the letter sin.
وَقِيلَ: السَّوَادُ الْبَاقِي
And it was said: the remaining darkness.
وَأَشْدَفَ اللَّيْلُ: أَيْ أَظْلَمَ
And the night ashdafa: meaning it became dark.
وَقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ: أَيْ أَرْخَى سُتُورَهُ، مِثْلَ أَسْدَفَ
And Abu Ubaidah said: meaning it lowered its curtains, like asdafa.
الشَّدْفَاءُ: الْقَوْسُ الْعَوْجَاءُ
Al-shadfaa: the crooked bow.
يَرْمُونَ عَنْ شَدَفٍ
They shoot from bows.
وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّادٍ: قَوْسٌ شَدْفَاءُ، وَهُوَ تَعَطُّفُهَا، فِي سَيْتَيْهَا
And Ibn Abbad said: a shadfaa bow, which is its curvature in its two sides.
فَالْتَقَطَتْ فِي الْقَزِّ طَمْلًا لَائِطًا فِي كَفِّهِ شَدْفَاءُ مِنْ شَوَاحِطَا
So she picked up in the silk a clinging man in his hand a crooked [bow] from the tall ones.
وَقَوْسٌ مُتَشَادِفَةٌ أَيْ مُنْعَطِفَةٌ
And a mutashadifah bow, meaning curved.
الشَّدْفَةُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، بِالْفَتْحِ: لُغَةٌ فِي الشَّدْفَةِ، بِالضَّمِّ
Al-shadfah of the night, with fatha: a variant pronunciation of al-shadfah, with dammah.
وَالشَّذْفُ مُحَرَّكَةً: الْتِوَاءُ رَأْسِ الْبَعِيرِ، وَهُوَ عَيْبٌ
And al-shadhf, vocalized: the twisting of a camel's head, which is a defect.
وَفَرَسٌ شِنْدَفٌ، كَقُنْفُذٍ: أَشْدَفُ، وَالنُّونُ زَائِدَةٌ
And a shindaf horse, like qunfudh: ashdaf, and the letter nun is extra.
وَنَاقَةٌ شَدْفَاءُ: فِي يَدِهَا اعْوِجَاجٌ، فَرُبَّمَا الْتَفَّتْ يَدُهَا إِذَا سَارَتْ
And a shadfaa she-camel: in her leg there is a crookedness, so her leg might twist when she walks.
وَالشَّادُوفُ: مَا يُجْعَلُ عَلَى رَأْسِ الرَّكِيَّةِ كَالشَّخْصَيْنِ
And the shaduf: what is placed on the head of a well like two figures.
وَالْجَمْعُ: شَوَادِيفُ، لُغَةٌ مِصْرِيَّةٌ
And the plural: shawadif, an Egyptian dialect.