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ع د ف

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of small amounts, little pieces, or meager provisions. It extends to notions of gathering, collecting, and the origin or base of something, sometimes with a sense of cutting or separating.

Derived headwords

العَدْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Meager gainclassical

    A small amount of gain or provision, often from an acquisition.

  2. 2.
    Eatingclassical

    The act of eating.

  3. 3.
    Little fodderclassical

    A small amount of fodder or animal feed.

  4. 4.
    Piece of nightclassical

    A portion or segment of the night.

  5. 5.
    Groupclassical

    A group or collection of people.

  6. 6.
    Grit/Foreign bodyclassical

    A piece of grit or foreign matter in the eye.

أصبنا في ماله عدفا — We gained a meager amount from his wealth.
عَدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To eatclassical

    To eat something.

  2. 2.
    To cut offclassical

    To cut off a portion of something, like money.

عدف يعدف عدفا — He ate.
العَدُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    Taste/Flavorclassical

    Something that is tasted, a flavor or a small sample.

  2. 2.
    Fodderclassical

    Animal fodder or feed.

قلة ما يذقن من العدوف — Little of the flavor they taste.
العَدَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Group of menclassical

    A group of men, specifically numbering between ten and fifty.

  2. 2.
    Group of livestockclassical

    A group of livestock.

  3. 3.
    Gathering/Collectionclassical

    A gathering or collection of things.

  4. 4.
    Piece of somethingclassical

    A piece or portion of an object.

  5. 5.
    Chest/Bosomclassical

    The chest or bosom.

  6. 6.
    Rag/Torn clothclassical

    A piece of cloth, often a rag or torn garment.

  7. 7.
    Root of a treeclassical

    The root of a tree that goes into the ground.

ما عليه عدفة — He has no garment on him.
العَدْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Piece of moneyclassical

    A portion or piece of money.

عدف به عدفة من المال — He cut off a piece of money for him.
العَيْدَفnoun
  1. 1.
    Piece of somethingclassical

    A piece or portion of an object.

العَدْفَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly a valley or mountain.

اعتَدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To take a piececlassical

    To take a piece or portion of something.

اعتدف الثوب: أخذ منه عدفة — He took a piece from the garment.
العَدَفnoun
  1. 1.
    Origin/Baseclassical

    The origin or base of something.

عن عدف الأصل — From the origin of the root.
العَدَافname
  1. 1.
    Valley nameclassical

    A valley located in the lands of the Azd tribe in the Sarat region.

Parallel reading

أصبنا في ماله عدفا
We gained a meager amount from his wealth.
العدف: النول اليسير من إصابة.
Al-'adaf: A small gain from an acquisition.
العدف: الأكل.
Al-'adaf: Eating.
العدف: اليسير من العلف.
Al-'adaf: A small amount of fodder.
العدف بالكسر: القطعة من الليل
Al-'adaf (with kasra): A piece of the night.
مر عدف من الليل
A portion of the night passed.
العدف: الجماعة منا
Al-'adaf: A group of us.
العدف، بالضم: جمع العدوف، كصبور وهو: الذواق كسحاب
Al-'adaf (with damma): Plural of al-'aduf, like sabur, which is what is tasted.
قلة ما يذقن من العدوف
Little of the flavor they taste.
العدف بالتحريك: القذى
Al-'adaf (with haraka): Grit or foreign matter.
يطحر القذى ويدفعه
It pushes away and repels the grit.
عدف يعدف عدفا: أكل
'Adafa ya'difu 'adfan: He ate.
ما ذقنا عدوفا، كصبور، ولا عدفا بالفتح ويحرك
We did not taste any 'aduf (flavor) or 'adaf (gain).
باتت دابة بلا عدوف: أي بلا علف
The animal spent the night without fodder.
العدفة، بالكسر: ما بين العشرة إلى الخمسين
Al-'adafa (with kasra): What is between ten and fifty.
العدفة: القطعة من الشيء
Al-'adafa: A piece of something.
عدف به عدفة من المال: أي قطع له قطعة منه
'Adafa bihi 'adafatan min al-mal: He cut off a piece of money for him.
العدفة: الصدرة
Al-'adafa: The chest.
العدفة كالصنفة من الثوب
Al-'adafa: Like a pattern or piece of a garment.
ما عليه عدفة: أي خرقة
He has no 'adafa on him: meaning a rag.
العدفة: أصل الشجرة الذاهب في الأرض
Al-'adafa: The root of the tree going into the ground.
عن عدف الأصل وكرامها
From the origin of the root and its noble parts.
ما تعدفت اليوم
I did not taste anything today.
اعتدف الثوب: أخذ منه عدفة
He took a piece from the garment.
اعتدف العدفة: أخذها
He took the piece.
عدف كل شيء، بالكسر: أصله
'Adaf of everything (with kasra): its origin.
عداف، كغراب: واد في ديار الأزد بالسراة
'Addaf, like ghurab: A valley in the lands of the Azd in the Sarat region.