ض ر ف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to abundance, a type of tree and its fruit, and a place name. The primary meanings revolve around plentifulness and a specific botanical entity.

Derived headwords

الضرافةnoun

1.
abundanceclassical
A state of being plentiful or abundant.

ضرفةnoun

1.
fig tree shrubclassical
A shrub of the fig tree, possibly growing in mountains.
2.
fruit of the shrubclassical
The fruit of the shrub, described as white, round, and thick, resembling small sycamore figs.

ضرفةnoun

1.
abundanceclassical
Plentifulness or abundance, used in the phrase 'في ضرفة خير'.

ضرفةnoun

1.
place nameclassical
A location named Dharafa.

ضرافname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, similar to Dharafa.

Parallel reading

فروى الضرافة من لعلع ... يسح سجالا ويفري سجالا

And Dharafa watered from La'la' ... pouring down in torrents and separating torrents.

يقال: هو في ضرفة خير بالضم، أي كثرته

It is said: He is in Dharafa (with damma), meaning its abundance.

الضرف ككتف: شجر التين يقال لثمره: البلس

Ad-Dharf (like 'katif'): the fig tree, its fruit is called Al-Bals.

أو هو من شجر الجبال، يشبه الأثأب في عظمه وورقه إلا أن سوقه غبر مثل سوق التين

Or it is from the trees of the mountains, resembling the Ath'ab in its size and leaves, except its trunks are dusty like the trunks of fig trees.

وله تين ونص المحكم، وكتاب النبات لأبي حنيفة: له جزء أبيض مدور مغلظ كتين الحماط الصغار

And it has figs, according to Al-Muhkam, and the Book of Plants by Abu Hanifa: it has a white, round, thickened part like the small sycamore figs.

مر يضرس يأكله الناس والطير والقرود واحدته ضرفة

It is bitter and astringent, eaten by people, birds, and monkeys; its singular is Dharafa.

ضراف، كسحاب: موضع

Dharaaf (like Sahab): a place.