ش ط ف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of going away, moving far off, and washing. It also encompasses terms for distance, deviation, and specific geological features.

Derived headwords

شَطَفَverb

1.
went away, departedclassical
To move away from a place or person, to become distant.
2.
washedboth
To cleanse something with water, to rinse.

شَطْبverb

1.
went away, departedclassical
To move away, to become distant, similar to شطف.

شَطُوفadjective

1.
distantclassical
Describing something that is far away or remote.

شَاطِفَةadjective

1.
missing the markclassical
Used to describe a shot or throw that misses its intended target.

التشطيفnoun

1.
washing, rinsingboth
The act of washing or rinsing, synonymous with شطف.

شَطْفَةnoun

1.
piece, portionboth
A piece or portion cut from something.

شُطُفnoun

1.
pieces, portionsboth
The plural of شطفة, referring to multiple pieces or portions.

شَطَفَ عنverb

1.
deviated from, turned away fromclassical
To turn aside or deviate from something.

الشَّطَّافnoun

1.
mountainsclassical
A term for mountains, specific to the Omani dialect.

Parallel reading

وقال الأصمعي: أي: ذهب، وتباعد، مثل شطب

Al-Asma'i said: meaning went, and became distant, like شطب.

وقال غيره: شطف: أي غسل

Others said: شطف: meaning washed.

قال الصاغاني: وهذه سوادية، أي لغة السواد، قلت: وكذا لغة مصر

Al-Sagani said: And this is a dialect of Al-Sawad, meaning the language of Al-Sawad. I say: and likewise the language of Egypt.

أحان من جيرتنا خفوف إذ هتفت قمرية هتوف في الدار والحى بها وقوف وأقلقتهم نية شطوف

Is it time for our neighbors to depart when a cooing dove coos in the dwelling and the people of the neighborhood are standing, and a distant intention has unsettled them?

أي: بعيدة

Meaning: distant.

ويقال: رمية شاطفة: إذا زلت عن المقتل

And it is said: a شاطفة throw: if it deviates from the kill.

وكذلك رمية شاطبة وصائفة

And likewise a شاطبة and صائفة throw.

التشطيف كالشطف، بمعنى الغسل، مصرية

التشطيف is like الشطف, meaning washing, Egyptian.

والشطفة من الشيء، بالضم القطعة، والجمع: شطف

And الشطفة from a thing, with damma, is the piece, and the plural is: شطف.

وشطف عن الشيء: عدل عنه

And شطف عن the thing: means deviating from it.

والشطاف، كشداد: الجبال. عمانية

And الشطاف, like شداد: the mountains. Omani.