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ك د ف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, particularly the sound of footsteps or hooves. It also extends to a general sense of a sound heard without direct visual confirmation, and in a secondary sense, a thick skin or covering.

Derived headwords

الكَدْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of footstepsclassical

    The sound made by the impact of feet on the ground.

  2. 2.
    sound heard without seeingclassical

    A sound that one hears without being able to see its source.

  3. 3.
    thick skinclassical

    Similar to a thick skin or a callus.

أَكْدَفَتْverb
  1. 1.
    made sound of hoovesclassical

    The sound of a horse's or other animal's hooves was heard.

الكَدَّافname
  1. 1.
    Kermanclassical

    A proper name, specifically referring to Kerman.

Parallel reading

هو صوت وقع الأرجل.
It is the sound of the impact of feet.
أو هو صوت تسمعه من غير معاينة
Or it is a sound you hear without direct observation.
يقال: سمعت كدفتهم، وجدفتهم، وهدفتهم، وحشكتهم وهدأتهم، وأزهم، وأزيزهم، وكل ذلك بمعنى واحد.
It is said: 'I heard their kadfah, jadfah, hadfah, hashkah, had'ah, azzam, and aziz, and all of that means one thing.'
أكدفت الدابة: سمع لحوافرها صوت.
The animal made its hooves sound: the sound of its hooves was heard.
الكدفة بمنزلة الجليدة.
The kadfah is like a thick skin.