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ل ي ف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the fibrous material from palm trees, known as 'leaf'. It also extends to related concepts like eating, processing, and describing things as fibrous or hairy.

Derived headwords

لِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    palm fiberboth

    The fibrous material from palm trees, especially the coconut palm (nargil). It is described as black, strong, and suitable for maritime construction.

لِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    hairinessclassical

    Used metaphorically to describe abundant hair, particularly on a beard.

أَلِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    foodclassical

    A term for food, used in a dialectal sense.

لَفَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To eat food, presented as a dialectal variant of 'lafata'.

لُوفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    eatingclassical

    The masdar (verbal noun) for eating, used in a dialectal context.

تَلْيِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    processing fiberclassical

    The act of processing or making palm fiber.

لَيَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to process fiberclassical

    To process or make palm fiber.

لَيَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to grow thickclassical

    Describing a young palm shoot (fasila) that has grown thick and produced abundant fiber.

لِيفَانِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    beardedclassical

    Describing a man with a long, abundant beard, metaphorically linked to palm fiber.

تَلْيِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    washing with fiberclassical

    The act of washing something using palm fiber.

لَيَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to wash with fiberclassical

    To wash something using palm fiber.

مُلَيَّفnoun
  1. 1.
    washing toolclassical

    A tool made of palm fiber used for washing.

لِيفَانِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    hairyclassical

    Describing a beard that is abundant, widespread, and has spread-out ends, likened to palm fiber.

Parallel reading

ليف النخل، بالكسر: م معروف وأجوده ليف النارجيل، يقال له: الكنبار، يكون أسود شديد السواد، وذلك أجود
Palm fiber, with kasra: is a known substance, and the best of it is the fiber of the coconut palm, called al-kinbar, which is intensely black, and that is the best.
وأقواه مسدا، وأصبره على بناء البحر، وأكثره ثمنا القطعة بهاء
And the strongest in its binding, and the most durable for building at sea, and the most valuable is the piece of it.
فما كان من غير النخل لا يسمى ليفا
As for what is from other than palm trees, it is not called 'leaf'.
أليفه ليفا: أي أكلته لغة في لفته! لوفا
His eating of it, 'alifah laifan': meaning he ate it, a dialectal variant of 'lafatahu lufan'.
وليفت الليف تلييفا: عملته
And 'uliffa al-leaf talyeefan': meaning he made it.
وليفت الفسيلة كذلك: إذا غلظت، كثر ليفها
And the young palm shoot was treated similarly: when it grew thick, its fiber became abundant.
رجل ليفاني بالكسر: أي لحياني نسب إلى ليف النخل
A man 'lifani' (with kasra): meaning long-bearded, attributed to palm fiber.
ليفه تلييفا: غسله بالليف
He washed it 'talyeefan': meaning he washed it with fiber.
وهو المليف
And it is the 'maleef' (washing tool).
ولحية ليفانية: كثيرة الشعر، منبسطة الأطراف
And a 'lifaniyyah' beard: abundant in hair, with spread-out ends.