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وض ف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the rapid movement or acceleration of a camel or a she-camel. It describes the act of speeding up, galloping, or moving with great swiftness.

Derived headwords

وَضَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to speed upclassical

    The camel accelerated its pace, moving faster.

أَوْضَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to gallopclassical

    To move swiftly or gallop, especially in the context of a camel's gait.

  2. 2.
    to urge onclassical

    To cause something to move faster or to urge it on in its running.

أَوْضَفْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I urged onclassical

    The speaker describes their action of urging the she-camel to run faster.

فَوَضَفْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I ran swiftlyclassical

    The speaker describes their own swift movement, paralleling the action of the she-camel.

Parallel reading

وضف البعير: إذا أسرع
The camel sped up: when it moved fast.
أوضف: أي خب في سيره
He galloped: meaning he moved swiftly in his pace.
أوضفته: أوجفته في الركض
I made it gallop: I urged it on in the run.
أوضفت الناقة فوضفت
I urged the she-camel to run, and she ran swiftly.
مثل أوضعتها فوضعت
Like I made it lie down, and it lay down.