غفو

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of light sleep, dozing, or napping. It also extends to meanings related to floating on water and, in a more specific context, a type of pitfall trap.

Derived headwords

الغفوnoun

1.
light sleepboth
A light sleep or nap, a brief period of unconsciousness.

الغفوةnoun

1.
light sleepboth
A light sleep or nap, a brief period of unconsciousness.

الغفيةnoun

1.
light sleepboth
A light sleep or nap, a brief period of unconsciousness.

الزبيةnoun

1.
pitfall trapclassical
A pitfall trap, typically used by hunters.

غفاverb

1.
to dozeboth
To sleep a light sleep or to doze off.
2.
to floatclassical
For something to float on water.

غفواverb

1.
to dozeboth
To sleep a light sleep or to doze off.

غفواverb

1.
to dozeboth
To sleep a light sleep or to doze off.

أغفىverb

1.
to dozeboth
To sleep a light sleep or to doze off.

غفوتverb

1.
to dozeclassical
To sleep a light sleep or to doze off.

أغفيتverb

1.
to dozeboth
To sleep a light sleep or to doze off.

غفاverb

1.
to floatclassical
For something to float on water.

غفواverb

1.
to floatclassical
For something to float on water.

إغفاءةnoun

1.
morning napclassical
A nap taken in the morning.

أغفىverb

1.
branches to droopclassical
For tree branches to droop or hang down.

الغفوةnoun

1.
pitfall trapclassical
A pitfall trap, a variant pronunciation of الزبية.

Parallel reading

وغفا غفوا، بالفتح، وغفوا كسمو: نام نومة خفيفة

And he slept a light sleep, with fath, and he slept like samū: he slept a light sleep.

أو نعس كأغفى

Or he dozed, like aghfā.

قال ابن السكيت: لا يقال غفوت، نقله الجوهري

Ibn al-Sikkit said: It is not said 'ghafawtu', as narrated by al-Jawhari.

وقال ابن سيده: جاء غفوت في الحديث، والمعروف أغفيت

And Ibn Sidah said: 'Ghafawtu' has come in the hadith, but the known is 'aghfaytu'.

وقال الأزهري: كلام العرب أغفيت، وقلما يقال غفوت

And al-Azhari said: The speech of the Arabs is 'aghfaytu', and 'ghafawtu' is rarely said.

غفا الشيء غفوا وغفوا: طفا على الماء

A thing floated, ghafwan and ghafwan: it floated on the water.

الغفوة: النومة الخفيفة؛ وقد جاء في الحديث

Al-Ghuwatu: the light sleep; and it has indeed come in the hadith.

وإغفاءة الصبح: نومته

And the morning nap: its sleep.

وأغفى الشجر: تدلت أغصانه؛ عن ابن القطاع

And the trees drooped: their branches hung down; from Ibn al-Qatta'.

والغفوة، بالضم: لغة في الغفوة بالفتح للزبية؛ عن الصاغاني

And al-Ghuwatu, with dammah: a dialectal variant of al-Ghuwatu with fath for al-zubiyah; from al-Saghani.