Root

ل ي ف

2 verbs · 5 nouns and adjectives

Verbs

لَيَّفَrub with palm fibers · Form II
تَلَيَّفَbecome fibrous, form fibers · Form V

Nouns and adjectives

لِيفfibers, synthetic fibers
لِيفَةfiber
لِيفِيّfibrous, fibered, made of synthetic fibers
تَلَيُّفfibration, fibrillation, cirrhosis
لِيفانِيّfibrous, fibered, made of synthetic fibers

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 1 entry

لِيفٌ membranous fibres that grow at the base of the branches of the palm-tree

[The membranous fibres that grow at the base of the branches of the palm-tree:] the best sort is the ليف of the cocoa-nut. (TA.) See شَرِيعٌ. ― -b2- لِيفٌ is used by Ibn-Mukbil as meaning (assumed tropical:) A she-camel's tail. (TA in arts. شذب and شمل.)

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