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د غ ف ل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of abundance, prosperity, and large quantities. It also extends to terms for young animals, specifically the young of elephants and wolves, and is used in proper names.

Derived headwords

الدُّغْفُلُnoun
  1. 1.
    young elephantclassical

    A young elephant.

  2. 2.
    young wolfclassical

    A young wolf.

  3. 3.
    abundance, prosperityclassical

    A state of abundance or prosperity in life.

  4. 4.
    fertile yearclassical

    A fertile or abundant year.

  5. 5.
    abundance of feathersclassical

    A large quantity or abundance of feathers.

دُغْفُلِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant, prosperousclassical

    Describing a time or condition of abundance and prosperity.

دُغْفُلname
  1. 1.
    male given nameboth

    A male given name, notably associated with a genealogist and a narrator.

دِفَاعُ بْنُ دُغْفُلname
  1. 1.
    male given nameboth

    A male given name, identified as Abu Ruh al-Basri.

Parallel reading

الدغفل كجعفر: ولد الفيل، أو ولد الذئب.
Ad-dughful, like Ja'far: the young of an elephant, or the young of a wolf.
الدغفل من العيش: الواسع.
Ad-dughful of living: the abundant.
الدغفل من الأعوام: المخصب
Ad-dughful of years: the fertile.
وأنشد: وإذ زمان الناس دغفلي
And he recited: And when the people's time was abundant.
الدغفل من الريش: الكثير.
Ad-dughful of feathers: the abundant.
ودغفل بن حنظلة النسابة، من بني عمرو بن شيبان ذهل.
And Dughful bin Hanzalah the genealogist, from the Banu 'Amr bin Shayban Dhuhl.
لا يعرف أنه أدرك النبي صلى الله تعالى عليه وسلم.
It is not known that he met the Prophet, may God's blessings and peace be upon him.
أرى أن له صحبة.
I think that he had companionship (with the Prophet).
دغفل: شيخ يروي عن أنس بن مالك، روى عنه الزهري.
Dughful: a shaykh who narrates from Anas bin Malik, al-Zuhri narrated from him.
ودفاع بن دغفل، أبو روح البصري، عن عبد الحميد بن صيفي، وعنه محمد ابن أبي بكر المقدمي، وعمر بن خطاب الراسبي، وقد ضعف.
And Difah bin Dughful, Abu Ruh al-Basri, from 'Abd al-Hamid bin Sayfi, and from him Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Muqaddami, and 'Umar bin Khattab al-Rasibi, and he was weakened.