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وع ف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a rough, uneven terrain where water collects. It also extends to a meaning of weakened eyesight, with variations in pronunciation and orthography.

Derived headwords

الوَعْفnoun
  1. 1.
    rough terrainclassical

    Any place on the ground characterized by roughness where water collects.

وَعافnoun
  1. 1.
    rough terrain (pl.)classical

    The plural form of 'wa'f', referring to rough places where water collects.

الوُعُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    weak eyesightclassical

    A condition of poor or weakened vision.

العووفnoun
  1. 1.
    weak eyesightclassical

    A condition of poor or weakened vision, mentioned alongside 'wu'uf'.

الوغفnoun
  1. 1.
    weak eyesightclassical

    A condition of poor or weakened vision, noted as a variant with the letter 'ghayn'.

أَوْعَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to have weak eyesightclassical

    To experience a decline or weakness in one's vision.

Parallel reading

هو كل موضع من الأرض فيه غلظ يستنقع فيه الماء
It is every place on the ground that has roughness where water collects.
ج: {وعاف بالكسر
Its plural is 'wa'af' (with kasra).
الوعوف بالضم: ضعف البصر
'Al-wu'uf' (with damma): weakness of sight.
ذكر معه {العووف
He mentioned with it 'al-'u'uf'.
أبو عبيد فإنه ذكر عن أصحابه الوغف، بالغين المعجمة، ضعف البصر
Abu Ubaid, indeed, mentioned from his companions 'al-waghf', with the voiced guttural (ghayn), weakness of sight.
أوعف الرجل: إذا ضعف بصره
A man 'aw'afa': if his eyesight weakened.
لغة في أوغف بالمعجمة
A dialectal variant for 'awghafa' (with the voiced guttural).