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layyafa

rub with palm fibers

لَيَّفَ

Word

Verb · Form II

Root

ل ي ف

Forms

Present
يُلَيِّفُ

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17/507-وعن عائشةَ رضي اللَّه عنها قَالَتْ: كَانَ فِرَاشُ رسول اللَّه صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم مِن أدَمٍ حشْوُهُ لِيف.

Riyad al-Salihin, page 266 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ لَيَّفَيُلَيِّفُ—
she هِيَ لَيَّفَتتُلَيِّفُ—
they two (m.) هُما لَيَّفايُلَيِّفانِ—
they two (f.) هُما لَيَّفَتاتُلَيِّفانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ لَيَّفُوايُلَيِّفُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ لَيَّفْنَيُلَيِّفْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ لَيَّفْتَتُلَيِّفُلَيِّفْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ لَيَّفْتِتُلَيِّفِينَلَيِّفِي
you two أَنْتُما لَيَّفْتُماتُلَيِّفانِلَيِّفَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ لَيَّفْتُمتُلَيِّفُونَلَيِّفُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ لَيَّفْتُنَّتُلَيِّفْنَلَيِّفْنَ
I أَنا لَيَّفْتُأُلَيِّفُ—
we نَحْنُ لَيَّفْنانُلَيِّفُ—

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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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