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وث ف

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of setting up or establishing something, particularly related to cooking or support structures. It also touches upon the idea of making something firm or solid.

Derived headwords

وَثَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to set upclassical

    To set up or establish something, specifically referring to placing tripods or supports for a cooking pot.

يَثِفُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    sets it upclassical

    The present tense form of the verb 'wathafa', indicating the action of setting up or establishing, particularly for a cooking pot.

وَثْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    setting upclassical

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'wathafa', signifying the act of setting up or establishing, especially the placement of supports for a pot.

أَوْثَفَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    he set it upclassical

    A verb form indicating the action of setting up or establishing, likely a Form IV verb.

يُوثِفُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    he sets it upclassical

    The present tense of the verb 'awthafa', referring to the act of setting up or establishing.

إِيثَافًاnoun
  1. 1.
    setting upclassical

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'awthafa', denoting the act of setting up or establishing.

وَثَّفَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    he set it upclassical

    A verb form, likely Form II, indicating the action of setting up or establishing.

تَوْثِيفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    setting upclassical

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'waththafa', signifying the act of setting up or establishing.

أَثَافِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    tripodsclassical

    Plural of 'athafiyyah', referring to the stones or supports used to set up a cooking pot over a fire.

كَثُفَاهَاnoun
  1. 1.
    their thicknessclassical

    Refers to the thickness or density of something, used here in relation to the supports for a pot.

تُثَفِّيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    setting upclassical

    The act of setting up or arranging, specifically in the context of placing supports for a cooking pot.

ثَفَاهُnoun
  1. 1.
    its baseclassical

    The base or foundation of something, used in the context of establishing or setting up.

Parallel reading

وثف القدر يثفها وثفا وأوثفها يوثفها إيثافا ووثفها توثيفا إذا جعل لها أثافى كثفاها تثفية
He set up the pot, setting it up with a setting up, and he set it up with a setting up, and he set it up with a setting up, meaning he made for it tripods whose thickness was a setting up.
حكى الفارسي عن أبي زيد: وثفه من ثفاه
Al-Farisi narrated from Abu Zayd: He set it up from its base.
وبذلك استدل على أن ألف ثفا واو
And by that, it was inferred that the alif of 'thafa' is a waw.