وق ف

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root 'وق ف' primarily relates to the concept of stopping, standing, halting, or pausing. It extends to meanings of supporting, agreeing with, observing, understanding, and even to specific technical terms in prosody and traditional crafts.

Derived headwords

وَقَفَverb

1.
to stopboth
To cease movement or activity; to halt.
2.
to standboth
To be in an upright position; to remain in a place.
3.
to pauseboth
To temporarily cease an action or speech.
4.
to observeboth
To look at something carefully; to witness.
5.
to understandboth
To grasp the meaning or nature of something.

وقفت على الكلمة — He paused on the word

وقفت على المعنى — He grasped the meaning

وَقْفnoun

1.
stoppingboth
The act of stopping or halting.
2.
pauseboth
A temporary cessation of activity.
3.
endowmentclassical
An endowment, especially for religious or charitable purposes.
4.
ankletclassical
An anklet, typically made of silver or a specific material.

الوقف — The endowment

الوقف: الخلخال من فضة أو ذبل — The anklet made of silver or dhibl

وُقُوفnoun

1.
standingboth
The state of being in an upright position or remaining in a place.
2.
stoppingboth
The act of halting or pausing.
3.
observingboth
The act of witnessing or carefully looking at something.

وقوف فوق عيس قد أملت — Standing upon camels they hoped for

وقوفا — A stopping

مَوْقِفnoun

1.
stopping placeboth
A place where one stops or halts.
2.
stanceboth
A person's position or attitude towards something.
3.
situationboth
A set of circumstances; a state of affairs.
4.
standingboth
The act or state of standing.

موقف الراكب — The rider's view

موقف من أم سلم — A stopping place of Umm Salama

وَاقِفnoun

1.
standing personboth
A person who is standing.
2.
church servantclassical
A servant of a church or temple.

وقوف — A group of standing people

الواقف: خادم البيعة — The standing one: the servant of the church

مَوْقُوفadjective

1.
stoppedboth
Caused to stop or halt.
2.
suspendedboth
Temporarily prevented from continuing.
3.
heldboth
Detained or kept in a place.
4.
stopped (hadith)classical
A type of hadith that is the opposite of 'marfu' (raised).
5.
having white markingsclassical
Describing horses with white markings on their legs.

الموقوف من الحديث: خلاف المرفوع — The stopped (hadith): the opposite of the raised (hadith)

الموقفة — The one with white markings

تَوَقَّفَverb

1.
to stopboth
To cease moving or acting.
2.
to hesitateboth
To be undecided about something; to pause before acting.
3.
to haltboth
To come to a standstill.

توقف بمكان كذا — He stopped at such-and-such a place

أنا متوقف في هذا لا أمضي رأيا — I am hesitant about this, I do not proceed with an opinion

مُوَاقَفَةnoun

1.
standing withclassical
Standing alongside someone in a conflict or dispute.
2.
agreementclassical
Coming to an agreement or accord.

المواقفة: أن تقف معه، ويقف معك في حرب أو خصومة — Mutual standing: that you stand with him, and he stands with you in war or dispute

اِسْتَوْقَفَverb

1.
to stop (someone)both
To cause someone to stop; to halt someone.
2.
to ask to stopboth
To request that someone stop.

واستوقفته: سألته الوقوف — And I asked him to stop: I asked him for stopping

وَقْفَةnoun

1.
a pauseboth
A short period of stopping or resting.
2.
a stopboth
An act of stopping.

وقف وقفة — He stopped for a pause

وله وقفات — And he has pauses

تَوْقِيفnoun

1.
teaching stopping placesclassical
Teaching someone the places to stop (in recitation).
2.
bending (a bowstring)classical
Bending a fresh, soft bowstring until it forms a loop.

وقفه توقيفا: علمه مواضع الوقوف — He stopped him a stopping: he taught him the places of stopping

التوقيف: عقب يلوى على القوس رطبا لينا — The bending: a string twisted on the bow while wet and soft

مُوَقِّفadjective

1.
having traces of milkclassical
Describing a udder with traces of milk.
2.
firm in the truthclassical
Steadfast and unwavering in the truth.

ضرع موقف: به آثار الصرار — A udder with traces of milk: it has signs of milk flow

اِتَّقَفَverb

1.
to be stoppedclassical
To be caused to stop; to be halted (passive of 'waqafa').
2.
to stop (intransitive)classical
To stop or halt.

فوقفت حتى اتقف الناس كلهم — So I stopped until all the people stopped

وَقِيفَةnoun

1.
place held by dogsclassical
A place where hunting dogs have cornered prey.

كل موضع حبسته الكلاب على أصحابه فهو وقيفة — Every place that the dogs have held for their masters is a waqifa

مُوَقَّفَةnoun

1.
part of a meterclassical
A specific part in the scansion of certain poetic meters.

الموقوف، من عروض مشطور السريع والمنسرح: الجزء الذي هو مفعولان — The muwquff, from the scansion of the split al-sari' and al-mansarah: the part which is maf'ulan

تَوَاقَفَverb

1.
to stand togetherclassical
To stand together in a fight or dispute.
2.
to be unbearableclassical
To be difficult to endure or tolerate (used metaphorically).

تواقفا في القتال — They stood together in the fight

لا تواقف خيلاه كذبا ونميمة — His horses are unbearable with lies and slander

وَاقِفَةnoun

1.
footclassical
The foot, especially used in Yemeni dialect.

الواقفة: القدم، يمانية، صفة غالبة — The waqifa: the foot, Yemeni, a dominant attribute

وَاقِفname

1.
a place nameclassical
A location named Waqif in the upper parts of Medina.

وواقف: موضع في أعالي المدينة — And Waqif: a place in the upper parts of Medina

Parallel reading

والمواقفة: أن تقف معه، ويقف معك في حرب أو خصومة

And mutual standing: that you stand with him, and he stands with you in war or dispute.

وتواقفا في القتال

And they stood together in the fight.

واوقفته على كذا: وقفت معه في حرب أو خصومة

And I stood with him on such-and-such: I stood with him in war or dispute.

واستوقفته: سألته الوقوف

And I asked him to stop: I asked him for stopping.

يقال: إن امرأ القيس أول من استوقف الركب على رسم الدار بقوله: قفا نبك

It is said: Imru' al-Qais was the first to stop the caravan with his saying: 'Stop, let us weep'.

الوقف، والوقوف بضمهما: جمع واقف

Al-waqf, and al-wuquf (with both their vowels): a plural of waqif.

أحدث موقف من أم سلم تصديها وأصحابي وقوف

The most recent stopping place of Umm Salama, her turning away, and my companions standing.

وقوف فوق عيس قد أملت براهن الإناخة والوجيف

Standing upon camels they hoped for, their resting and swift movement.

والموقف: مصدر بمعنى الوقوف

And al-mawqif: a masdar meaning al-wuquf (standing).

والواقف: خادم البيعة

And al-waqif: the servant of the church.

والموقوف من الحديث: خلاف المرفوع، وهو مجاز

And al-mawquf from hadith: the opposite of al-marfu' (raised), and it is metaphorical.

وقف القارئ على الكلمة وقوفا

The reader paused on the word, a pause.

ووقفه توقيفا: علمه مواضع الوقوف

And he caused him to stop a stopping: he taught him the places of stopping.

وقف على المعنى: أحاط به، وهو مجاز

He grasped the meaning: he comprehended it, and it is metaphorical.

أنا متوقف في هذا لا أمضي رأيا

I am hesitant about this, I do not proceed with an opinion.

وقفت على النار

They were made to stand at the Fire.

والواقفة: القدم، يمانية، صفة غالبة

And al-waqifa: the foot, Yemeni, a dominant attribute.

والموقوف، من عروض مشطور السريع والمنسرح: الجزء الذي هو مفعولان

And al-muwquff, from the scansion of the split al-sari' and al-mansarah: the part which is maf'ulan.

إنها لجميلة موقف الراكب، يعني عينيها وذراعيها

She is beautiful from the rider's viewpoint, meaning her eyes and arms.

وهو أحسن من الدهم الموقفة، وهي خيل في أرساغها بياض

And it is better than the dark horses with white markings, which are horses with white on their fetlocks.

وكل موضع حبسته الكلاب على أصحابه فهو وقيفة

And every place that the dogs have held for their masters is a waqifa.

والوقف: الخلخال من فضة أو ذبل

And al-waqf: the anklet made of silver or dhibl.

أوقفت الجارية: جعلت لها وقفا من عاج

I endowed the slave girl: I made for her an endowment of ivory.

التوقيف: عقب يلوى على القوس رطبا لينا، حتى يصير كالحلقة

The bending: a string twisted on the bow while wet and soft, until it becomes like a loop.

ضرع موقف: به آثار الصرار

A udder with traces of milk: it has signs of milk flow.

واتقف: مطاوع وقف، يقال: وقفته فاتقف

And it became stopped: the passive of waqafa, it is said: I stopped it, and it became stopped.

فوقفت حتى اتقف الناس كلهم

So I stopped until all the people stopped.

فلان لا تواقف خيلاه كذبا ونميمة أي: لا يطاق

So-and-so's horses are unbearable with lies and slander, meaning: they are not tolerated.

وواقف: موضع في أعالي المدينة

And Waqif: a place in the upper parts of Medina.