ف وف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to coverings, membranes, and thin layers, often associated with seeds, nails, or fabrics. It also extends to concepts of scarcity, lack of benefit, and thinness in textiles.

Derived headwords

الفوفnoun

1.
bladder of a cowclassical
The urinary bladder of a cow. This meaning is noted by Al-Saghani.
2.
white spot on nailsboth
The white spot or mark that appears on the fingernails of young people. It is more commonly said with the damma (ضم), but the fatha (فتح) has also been reported, though rarely.
3.
shell of a date pitboth
The thin husk or shell that covers the seed (kernel) of a date. It is also called al-qitmir.
4.
fabric from Yemenclassical
A type of fine fabric from Yemen, often embroidered or patterned.
5.
cotton piecesclassical
Pieces of cotton. This meaning is found in some versions of Al-Sihah.
6.
somethingclassical
Used in the expression 'ma dhāqa fūfan', meaning 'he did not taste anything'.

الفوفnoun

1.
thin fabricclassical
A type of thin fabric, possibly referring to a specific weave or style from Yemen.

الفوفةnoun

1.
gesture of refusalclassical
A gesture made by pressing the fingernail of the thumb against the fingernail of the index finger, signifying refusal or denial when asked for something.
2.
somethingclassical
The singular form of 'fūf', used to mean 'something'.

فوفاnoun

1.
a source/originclassical
A masdar (verbal noun) related to the root, used in the context of not benefiting or yielding anything good.

يفوفverb

1.
to yield/produceclassical
To yield, produce, or bring forth something, often used in a negative context like 'not yielding good'.

فافverb

1.
to yield/produceclassical
To yield, produce, or bring forth something, often used in a negative context like 'not yielding good'.

مفوفadjective

1.
thin (fabric)both
Describing a fabric as thin, fine, or delicate.
2.
having white stripesboth
Describing fabric that has white stripes.

أفوافadjective

1.
thin (fabric)both
Describing fabric as thin, fine, or delicate. It is a plural form referring to thin fabrics.
2.
having white stripesboth
Describing fabric that has white stripes. It is a plural form.

الأفوافnoun

1.
type of striped fabricclassical
A specific type of striped fabric, possibly a kind of 'assab al-burud' (striped cloth).

فافانname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name located on the Tigris river, downstream from Mayyafariqin.

فوفيadjective

1.
having white stripesclassical
Describing fabric that has white stripes. This is mentioned as an alternative to 'thūthī' due to metathesis.

مفوفةnoun

1.
a brick of gold/silverclassical
A term mentioned in a hadith of Ka'b, referring to a brick made of gold and silver.

تفويفهاnoun

1.
construction of bricksclassical
The act of constructing with bricks, specifically mentioned in relation to bricks of gold and silver.

Parallel reading

الفوف، بالفتح والضم ولو قال: ويضم لكان أخصر وأغنى عن ذكر الفتح: مثانة البقر نقله الصاغاني في التكملة.

Al-fūf, with fatha and damma (and if he had said 'and it is damma', it would have been more concise and unnecessary to mention the fatha): the bladder of a cow, as نقل by Al-Saghani in Al-Takmilah.

والفوف: مصدر الفوفة، يقال: ما فاف عني بخير ولا زنجر، وهو يفوف به فوفا

And al-fūf is a masdar of al-fūfah. It is said: 'He did not yield any good or any refusal towards me', and he yields with it fūfan.

وهو أن يسأله شيئا فيقول بظفر إبهامه على ظفر سبابته، ولا مثل هذا وأما الزنجرة فأن يأخذ بطن الظفر من طرف الثنية

And it is when he asks him for something, and he responds by pressing the nail of his thumb against the nail of his index finger. And as for al-zanjarah, it is to take the fleshy part of the nail from the tip of the incisor.

ومن قوله: (فما جادت لنا سلمى بزنجير ولا فوفه)

And from his saying: (So Salma did not bestow upon us any refusal nor any fūfah).

والفوف بالضم: البياض الذي يكون في أظفار الأحداث نقله الجوهري، أو بالضم أكثر وقد روي فيه الفتح، وهو قليل الواحدة بهاء.

And al-fūf with damma: the whiteness that is on the nails of young people, as نقل by Al-Jauhari, or with damma is more common, and the fatha has been narrated for it, which is rare. The singular is bahā'.

والفوف بالضم: القشرة التي تكون على حبة القلب. وفي التهذيب: هي القشرة الرقيقة على النواة دون لحمة التمر قال: وهي القطمير أيضا.

And al-fūf with damma: the husk that is on the kernel of the seed. In Al-Tahdhib: it is the thin husk on the pit, excluding the flesh of the date. He said: It is also al-qitmir.

والفوف: الحبة البيضاء في باطن النواة التي تنبت منها النخلة.

And al-fūf: the white seed within the pit from which the palm tree grows.

والفوف: ضرب من برود اليمن وقال ابن الأعرابي: وهي ثياب رقاق من ثياب اليمن موشاة.

And al-fūf: a type of fabric from Yemen. And Ibn Al-A'rabi said: It is thin garments from the embroidered clothes of Yemen.

والفوف: قطع القطن ثبت في بعض أصول الصحاح، وسقط من بعض.

And al-fūf: pieces of cotton, confirmed in some original copies of Al-Sihah, and omitted from others.

والفوف في قول ابن أحمر: (والفوف تنسجه الدبور وأتلال ملمعة القرا شقر)

And al-fūf in the saying of Ibn Ahmar: (And the fūf, the west wind weaves it, and hills of gleaming, reddish-yellow flowers).

وقولهم: ما ذاق فوفا: أي شيئا

And their saying: 'He did not taste fūfan': meaning, anything.

وبرد مفوف، كمعظم: رقيق كما في الصحاح. أو فيه خطوط بيض.

And a mufūf garment, like mu'azzam: thin, as in Al-Sihah. Or it has white stripes.

وقولهم: برد أفواف، مضافة كما في الصحاح، وكذا حلة أفواف: أي رقيق وهي جمع فوف، ومنه حديث عثمان: وعليه حلة أفواف

And their saying: 'afwāf garments', added as in Al-Sihah, and likewise 'a hulla afwāf': meaning thin, and it is a plural of fūf. And from this is the hadith of Uthman: 'And upon him was a hulla afwāf'.

والأفواف: ضرب من عصب البرود.

And al-afwāf: a type of striped fabric.

وفافان: ع، على دجلة تحت ميافارقين نقله الصاغاني في التكميلة.

And Fafan: a place name, on the Tigris, below Mayyafariqin, as نقل by Al-Saghani in Al-Takmilah.

ومما يستدرك عليه: برد فوفي، وثوثي، على البدل، حكاه يعقوب: فيه خطوط بيض.

And among what is to be added: fūfī fabric, and thūthī, by way of substitution, as narrated by Ya'qub: it has white stripes.

وغرفة مفوفة، جاء ذكرها في حديث كعب، وتفويفها: لبنة من ذهب وأخرى من ذهب وأخرى من فضة.

And a mufūfah chamber, its mention came in the hadith of Ka'b, and its tafwīf: a brick of gold, and another of gold, and another of silver.