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ف ول ف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes covering, enveloping, and things that are dense or thickly grown. It extends to concepts like dense vegetation, thick coverings, and even mirages that appear as a covering over the land.

Derived headwords

الفُولَفnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringboth

    A covering or wrapper for anything, including clothes.

  2. 2.
    dense vegetationclassical

    Thickly grown or intertwined vegetation, like a dense garden.

  3. 3.
    mirageclassical

    A mirage, especially one that appears as a covering over the land.

  4. 4.
    hooped frameclassical

    The hooped frame of a howdah, or a thin garment used as a covering.

فُولِفnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringclassical

    A covering that clothes are wrapped in.

Parallel reading

وصار رقراق السراب فولفا للبيد واعرورى النعاف النعفا
And the shimmering mirage became a covering for the desert, and the high, barren mountains became covered.
فولفا للبيد: مغطيا لأرضها
Covering its land: meaning it covers the land.
الفولف: غطاء تغطى به الثياب
Al-fulf: a covering with which clothes are covered.
حديقة فولف: ملتفة
A dense garden: meaning intertwined or thickly grown.
الفولف: بطان الهودج
Al-fulf: the lining or padding of a howdah.
وقيل: هو ثوب رقيق
And it was said: it is a thin garment.