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ه د ف

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns elevation, prominence, and things that stand out or are targeted. It extends to concepts of approaching a target, a person of notable stature, and even a group of people or animals.

Derived headwords

الهَدَفُ، مُحَرَّكَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    prominent elevationboth

    Any elevated structure, sand dune, or mountain. It is used metaphorically for a target.

  2. 2.
    targetboth

    Something set up to be shot at, especially with arrows.

  3. 3.
    tall, stout manclassical

    A man who is large, tall-necked, and broad-shouldered, by way of metaphor.

  4. 4.
    heavy, sluggish manclassical

    A man who is heavy, sleepy, and sluggish, possessing no good qualities.

إذا مر بهدف مائل، أو صدف مائل أسرع المشي فيه — When he passed by a sloping elevation or a sloping ridge, he quickened his pace.
ومنهم سمي الغرض هدفا، وهو المنتضل فيه بالسهام — And from this the target (gharaḍ) is named hadaf, which is what is shot at with arrows.
أَهْدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to approachboth

    To draw near to something, to approach it.

  2. 2.
    to stand outboth

    To become prominent, to stand erect and face something.

  3. 3.
    to offerboth

    To present or offer something to someone.

  4. 4.
    to become largeclassical

    To become large and wide, like a target.

أهدف فلان للخمسين: إذا قاربها — So-and-so approached fifty: if he neared it.
لقد أهدفت لي يوم بدر، فضفت عنك — You were within my reach on the day of Badr, but I turned away from you.
أهدف لي الشيء — Something presented itself to me.
أهدف لي السحاب: إذا انتصب — The clouds stood out for me: if they became prominent.
مُسْتَهْدَفadjective
  1. 1.
    prominentboth

    Anything that stands out and faces you directly.

  2. 2.
    approachingboth

    Drawing near, approaching.

كل شيء رأيته استقبلك استقبالا فهو مهدف ومستهدف — Everything you see facing you directly is prominent and approached.
على قدمي مستهدف متقاصر — On the feet of a milker who is approaching and shortening (for milking).
الهَدَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleboth

    A large group of people, or a company of people and houses that stay in one place or move.

  2. 2.
    piececlassical

    A piece or section of people or houses.

جاءت هادفة من الناس — A group of people came.
رأيت هدفة من الناس، أي: فرقة — I saw a group of people, meaning a division.
الهادِفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    groupboth

    A group of people.

جاءت هادفة من الناس — A group of people came.
الهادِفnoun
  1. 1.
    strangerclassical

    A stranger or foreigner.

مُهَدِّفadjective
  1. 1.
    largeclassical

    Describing a camel's hump that is large and wide.

لها جميش مهدف مشرف مثل سنام الربع الكاعر — It has a large, prominent hump like the hump of a pregnant she-camel.
هَدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be sluggishclassical

    To be lazy, weak, and slow.

هدف كضرب: كسل، وضعف — Hadifa (as in ḍaraba): to be lazy, weak.
مُهَدَّفadjective
  1. 1.
    prominentboth

    Standing out, facing one.

كل شيء رأيته استقبلك استقبالا فهو مهدف ومستهدف — Everything you see facing you directly is prominent and approached.
مُسْتَهْدِفadjective
  1. 1.
    prominentboth

    Standing out, facing one.

  2. 2.
    approachingboth

    Drawing near.

وحتى سمعنا خشف بيضاء جعدة ... على قدمي مستهدف متقاصر — And until we heard the sound of a young she-camel's milk falling on the feet of a milker who was approaching and shortening (for milking).
مُهَدِّفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    plumpclassical

    A woman who is fleshy or well-built.

  2. 2.
    well-equippedclassical

    A woman who is well-provided for or has a substantial dowry.

أَهْدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be nearboth

    To be close to something.

أهدف القوم: قربوا ودنوا — The people approached: they drew near and came close.
هَدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to enterclassical

    To enter into something.

  2. 2.
    to hastenclassical

    To move quickly.

هدف إليه: أي دخل إليه — He entered into it.
هدف إليه: أي أسرع — He hastened towards it: meaning he moved quickly.
هَدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to callclassical

    A call for a ewe to be milked.

هدف هدف: دعاء للنعجة إلى الحلب — Hadif hadif: a call for a ewe to be milked.
هَدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to inquireclassical

    To ask for information, to seek to know if anyone new has arrived.

هل هدف إليكم هادف أو هبش هابش: يستخيره هل حدث ببلدكم أحد سوى من كان به — Has any stranger come to you, or anyone who has arrived, asking if anyone new has appeared in your town besides those who were already there?
الهَدَفُnoun
  1. 1.
    tall, stout manclassical

    A large, tall-necked, broad-shouldered man, used metaphorically.

إذا الهدف المعزاب صوب رأسه — If the tall, stout man bowed his head.
أَهْدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to overlookboth

    To look down upon or overlook something.

أهدف عليه: إذا أشرف — He looked down upon it: if he overlooked it.
أَهْدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek refugeboth

    To seek refuge or shelter with someone.

أهدف إليه: إذا لجأ — He sought refuge with him: if he resorted to him.
أَهْدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to appearboth

    For something to present itself or appear.

أهدف له الشيء: إذا عرض له — Something presented itself to him: if it appeared to him.
أَهْدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be nearboth

    For game to be near and ready to be shot at.

أهدف الصيد فارمه — The game is near, so shoot it.
أَهْدَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to stand and faceclassical

    To stand erect and face something.

الإهداف: الدنو منك، والاستقبال لك، والانتصاب — Al-ihdāf: drawing near to you, facing you, and standing erect.
مُسْتَهْدِفadjective
  1. 1.
    wide and elevatedclassical

    Describing something that is wide, elevated, and erect.

وإذا طعنت طعنت في مستهدف رابي المجسة بالعبير مقرمد — And when you stab, you stab into something wide, elevated, and fragrant with perfume.
الغَرَضnoun
  1. 1.
    targetboth

    What is set up to be shot at, a target.

  2. 2.
    goalboth

    An aim or objective.

القِرْطاسnoun
  1. 1.
    targetclassical

    A target, specifically something placed in a target to be shot at.

Parallel reading

كان إذا مر بهدف مائل، أو صدف مائل أسرع المشي فيه
When he passed by a sloping elevation or a sloping ridge, he quickened his pace.
ومنهم سمي الغرض هدفا، وهو المنتضل فيه بالسهام
And from this the target (gharaḍ) is named hadaf, which is what is shot at with arrows.
وقال النضر: الهدف: ما رفع وبنى من الأرض للنضال، والقرطاس: ما وضع في الهدف ليرمي، والغرض: ما ينصب شبه غربال أو حلقة
An-Naḍr said: Al-hadaf is what is raised and built from the ground for archery, and al-qirṭās is what is placed in the target to be shot at, and al-gharaḍ is what is set up like a sieve or a ring.
وبه شبه الرجل العظيم وزاد غيره: الجسيم الطويل العنق، العريض الألواح، على التشبيه بذلك
And by this a great man is likened, and others added: the stout, long-necked, broad-shouldered one, by way of this simile.
إذا الهدف المعزاب صوب رأسه
If the tall, stout man bowed his head.
وقال السكري: الهدف من الرجال: الثقيل النؤوم الوخم الذي لا خير فيه
As-Sukkarī said: Al-hadaf among men is the heavy, sleepy, sluggish one who has no good in him.
هدف هدف: دعاء للنعجة إلى الحلب
Hadif hadif: a call for a ewe to be milked.
يقال: هل هدف إليكم هادف أو هبش هابش: يستخيره هل حدث ببلدكم أحد سوى من كان به
It is said: Has any stranger come to you, or anyone who has arrived, asking if anyone new has appeared in your town besides those who were already there?
جاءت هادفة من الناس، وداهفة: أي جماعة
A group of people came, and dāhifah: meaning a group.
هي الجماعة الكثيرة
It is the large group.
رأيت هدفة من الناس، أي: فرقة
I saw a group of people, meaning a division.
هدف إليه: أي دخل إليه
He entered into it: meaning he entered into it.
هدف إليه: أي أسرع
He hastened towards it: meaning he moved quickly.
هدف فلان للخمسين: إذا قاربها، كأهدف
So-and-so approached fifty: if he neared it, like ahdafa.
قال عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكر لأبية: لقد أهدفت لي يوم بدر، فضفت عنك
Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr said to his father: You were within my reach on the day of Badr, but I turned away from you.
هدف كضرب: كسل، وضعف عن ابن عباد
Hadifa (as in ḍaraba): to be lazy, weak, according to Ibn 'Abbād.
أهدف عليه: إذا أشرف
He looked down upon it: if he overlooked it.
أهدف إليه: إذا لجأ
He sought refuge with him: if he resorted to him.
أهدف له الشيء: إذا عرض له
Something presented itself to him: if it appeared to him.
أهدف الصيد فارمه، وأكثب، وأغرض مثله
The game is near, so shoot it, and akthab, and aghriḍ similarly.
الإهداف: الدنو منك، والاستقبال لك، والانتصاب
Al-ihdāf: drawing near to you, facing you, and standing erect.
أهدف لي السحاب: إذا انتصب
The clouds stood out for me: if they became prominent.
ومن بني ضبة كهف مكهف إن سال يوما جمعهم وأهدفوا
And from the Banū Ḍabbah, a refuge that shelters, if their gathering were ever to be dispersed, they would stand out.
أهدف الكفل: إذا عظم وعرض حتى صار كالهدف
The camel's hump became large: if it became large and wide until it resembled a target.
لها جميش مهدف مشرف مثل سنام الربع الكاعر
It has a large, prominent hump like the hump of a pregnant she-camel.
من صنف فقد استهدف: أي انتصب
Whoever belongs to a category has stood out: meaning he has become prominent.
كل شيء رأيته استقبلك استقبالا فهو مهدف ومستهدف
Everything you see facing you directly is prominent and approached.
وحتى سمعنا خشف بيضاء جعدة ... على قدمي مستهدف متقاصر
And until we heard the sound of a young she-camel's milk falling on the feet of a milker who was approaching and shortening (for milking).
ركن مستهدف: أي عريض
A prominent corner: meaning wide.
وإذا طعنت طعنت في مستهدف رابي المجسة بالعبير مقرمد
And when you stab, you stab into something wide, elevated, and fragrant with perfume.
أهدف القوم: قربوا ودنوا
The people approached: they drew near and came close.
واستهدف لك الشيء: دنا منك
And the thing drew near to you: it came close to you.
امرأة مهدفة: لحيمة، وقيل: مرتفعة الجهاز
A muhaddafah woman: fleshy, and it was said: well-provided for.