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qaṭafa

harvest, skim off

قَطَفَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ق ط ف

Forms

Present
يَقْطِفُ
Verbal noun
قَطْف

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أَيْ: يَقْطِفُهَا وَيجْتَنِيهَا وَهَذِهِ اسْتِعَارَةٌ لمَا فَتَحَ اللَّه تَعَالى عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَتَمَكنُوا فيهَا.

Riyad al-Salihin, page 254 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ قَطَفَيَقْطِفُ—
she هِيَ قَطَفَتتَقْطِفُ—
they two (m.) هُما قَطَفايَقْطِفانِ—
they two (f.) هُما قَطَفَتاتَقْطِفانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ قَطَفُوايَقْطِفُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ قَطَفْنَيَقْطِفْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ قَطَفْتَتَقْطِفُاِقْطِفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ قَطَفْتِتَقْطِفِينَاِقْطِفِي
you two أَنْتُما قَطَفْتُماتَقْطِفانِاِقْطِفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ قَطَفْتُمتَقْطِفُونَاِقْطِفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ قَطَفْتُنَّتَقْطِفْنَاِقْطِفْنَ
I أَنا قَطَفْتُأَقْطِفُ—
we نَحْنُ قَطَفْنانَقْطِفُ—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • قِطْفٌ bunch
    A bunch of grapes, &c.: pl. قُطُوفٌ: see an ex. voce ذَلَّلَ. ― -b2- قِطْفٌ i. q. مَقْطُوفٌ. (TA in art. بسط.) See بَسِيطٌ.
  • قَطَفٌ Open entry
    : see بَقْلٌ.
  • قَطَافٌ time of gathering the crop of grapes
    and ↓ قِطَافٌ The time of gathering the crop of grapes: (S, Mgh, K:) or the latter has this meaning; and the former is allowable accord. to Ks: (T, TA:) and the latter is also an inf. n., (Mgh,) or may be so, (Ks, T, TA,) meaning the gathering of the crop of grapes: (Mgh:) [or both have this meaning; for] you say, هٰذَا زَمَانُ القَطَافِ and القِطَافِ. (Msb.) See جَدَادٌ.
  • قَطِيفٌ A villous, or nappy
    a coll. gen. n. syn. with قَطَايأِفُ, mentioned in the TA voce أُبْلُوجٌ, which see. ― -b2- قَطِيفَةٌ A villous, or nappy, دِثَار [or outer wrapping garment]. (S, Msb, K.) See also راَحُولَاتٌ.
  • قَطَايأِفُ Open entry
    : see my 1001 Nights, note 23 to chap. viii. See also زَلاَبِيَه. In the TA, art. كنف, it is applied to كُنَافَة.
  • مِقْطَفٌ vulg
    (vulg. مَقْطَفٌ) [pl. مَقَاطِف] A handbasket, made of palm-leaves: so called because originally used in gathering fruit. (See also قُفَّة and زَنْبِيل.)

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