qāfila

convoy, column

قافِلَة

Word

Noun · pattern فاعِلَة

Root

ق ف ل

Forms

Plural: قَوافِل

In the library

ويسافرون بالعربات فوق هذا النهر والمياه المتصلة به ثلاث مراحل، وربما جازت القوافل فوقه مع آخر فصل الشتاء، فيغرقون ويهلكون.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries

أَقْفَلَ البَابَ Form IV He locked the door

He locked the door. (TK.) See also أَغْلَقَ.
قَفْلٌ Open entry

: see فَرَاشٌ.
قَافِلٌ slender

A slender horse. (TA, art. خشب.)
قَافِلَةٌ A company, or an assemblage of persons, travelling together

A company, or an assemblage of persons, travelling together: (El-Fárábee, Msb:) or a company returning from a journey: (S, K:) and commencing a journey; as auguring their return: (El-Fárábee, Msb, K:) he who restricts it to those returning from a journey errs: (ElFárábee, Msb, in which see more:) a caravan.

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