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ول ف

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the concept of things coming together, following each other, or being in agreement. It is frequently used in relation to lightning, describing its rapid succession, and also to describe a type of horse's gait or the way people arrive together.

Derived headwords

وَلَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to follow each otherclassical

    Used to describe the rapid succession of lightning flashes.

  2. 2.
    to run (horse)classical

    Describes a specific gait of a horse where its legs move together.

  3. 3.
    to come togetherclassical

    Describes people arriving in a group or things joining together.

وَلْفnoun
  1. 1.
    successionclassical

    The act of following each other, particularly used for lightning.

  2. 2.
    gaitclassical

    A type of running for a horse where its legs move together.

وَلْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    successionclassical

    The act of following each other, particularly used for lightning.

  2. 2.
    gaitclassical

    A type of running for a horse where its legs move together.

وَلَافًاnoun
  1. 1.
    successionclassical

    The act of following each other, particularly used for lightning.

  2. 2.
    agreementclassical

    The state of being in accord or united.

وُلَافًاnoun
  1. 1.
    successionclassical

    The act of following each other, particularly used for lightning.

  2. 2.
    agreementclassical

    The state of being in accord or united.

إِلَافًاnoun
  1. 1.
    successionclassical

    The act of following each other, particularly used for lightning.

  2. 2.
    agreementclassical

    The state of being in accord or united.

وَلِيفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    successionclassical

    The act of following each other, particularly used for lightning.

  2. 2.
    gaitclassical

    A type of running for a horse where its legs move together.

الوَلِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    successionclassical

    The act of following each other, particularly used for lightning.

  2. 2.
    gaitclassical

    A type of running for a horse where its legs move together.

الوَلِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    successiveclassical

    Describing lightning that flashes repeatedly in quick succession.

كالْوَلُوفother
  1. 1.
    like successive flashesclassical

    Used to compare something to the repeated flashing of lightning.

كالْوَلَافother
  1. 1.
    like successive flashesclassical

    Used to compare something to the repeated flashing of lightning.

الوَلَافnoun
  1. 1.
    successionclassical

    The act of following each other, particularly used for lightning.

  2. 2.
    agreementclassical

    The state of being in accord or united.

المُوَالَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    agreementclassical

    The state of being in accord or united.

  2. 2.
    familiarityclassical

    The state of being accustomed to something or someone.

الإِلَافnoun
  1. 1.
    agreementclassical

    The state of being in accord or united.

  2. 2.
    familiarityclassical

    The state of being accustomed to something or someone.

المُولَّفadjective
  1. 1.
    coveringclassical

    Describing something that covers or clothes another thing.

المُولِّفparticiple
  1. 1.
    coveringclassical

    That which covers or clothes something else.

المُوَالِفparticiple
  1. 1.
    agreeingclassical

    That which is in agreement or accord.

تَوَالَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to come togetherclassical

    To join or unite with one another.

مُوَالَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coming togetherclassical

    The act of joining or uniting with one another.

وُلَافًاnoun
  1. 1.
    coming togetherclassical

    The act of joining or uniting with one another.

Parallel reading

وَلَفَ البرقُ يَلِفُّ ولفاً
The lightning flashed successively, flashing with succession.
والوليف أيضا: البرق المتتابع اللمعان
And al-walīf also: lightning that flashes in succession.
وقد بت أخيلت برقا وليفا
And I spent the night seeing lightning, flashing twice.
أي مرتين مرتين برقين برقين
Meaning, two by two, two flashes of lightning.
إذا تتابع لمعان البرق فهو وليف وولاف
If the lightning's flashing is successive, it is walīf and walāf.
ولف الفرس يلف وليفا كالولاف
The horse ran with a gait, running with a gait like al-walāf.
وأن تجيء القوائم معا
And for the legs to come together.
وولى بإجريا ولاف كأنه ... على الشرف الأقصى يساط ويكلب
And he ran with his speed, united as if... on the highest ground, he is whipped and spurred.
أي مؤتلفة
Meaning, united.
والولاف، والموالفة: الإلاف
And al-walāf, and al-muwālafah: al-ilāf.
الولاف مثل الإلاف، وهو الموالفة
Al-walāf is like al-ilāf, and it is al-muwālafah.
الولاف في قول رؤبة: ويوم ركض الغارة الولاف بازي جبال كلب الخطاف: الاعتزاء والاتصال
Al-walāf in the saying of Ru'bah: 'And a day of running the raid, the rallying cry and connection of the eagle of the mountains of Kalb al-Khitaf'.
وكان على معناه في الأصل إلافا، فصير الهمزة واوا
And it was in its original meaning ilāf, so the hamza was changed to a waw.
وكل شيء غطى شيئا وألبسه فهو مولف له
And anything that covers something and clothes it is considered mulaff for it.
وصار رقراق السراب مولفا لأنه غطى الأرض
And the shimmering of the mirage became covering because it covered the ground.
وبرق ولاف، وإلاف: إذا برق مرتين مرتين
And lightning that is walāf, and ilāf: if it flashes twice.
وهو الذي يخطف خطفتين في واحدة
It is that which snatches twice in one go.
وتوالف الشيء موالفة، وولافا نادر: ائتلف بعضه إلى بعض
And things came together, muwālafah, and walāf is rare: some of it joined to some of it.