istawfaza

be prepared, be alert, be in suspense

اِسْتَوْفَزَ

Word

Verb · Form X

Root

و ف ز

Forms

Present: يَسْتَوْفِزُ

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	اِسْتَوْفَزَ	يَسْتَوْفِزُ	—
she هِيَ	اِسْتَوْفَزَت	تَسْتَوْفِزُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	اِسْتَوْفَزا	يَسْتَوْفِزانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	اِسْتَوْفَزَتا	تَسْتَوْفِزانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	اِسْتَوْفَزُوا	يَسْتَوْفِزُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	اِسْتَوْفَزْنَ	يَسْتَوْفِزْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	اِسْتَوْفَزْتَ	تَسْتَوْفِزُ	اِسْتَوْفِزْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	اِسْتَوْفَزْتِ	تَسْتَوْفِزِينَ	اِسْتَوْفِزِي
you two أَنْتُما	اِسْتَوْفَزْتُما	تَسْتَوْفِزانِ	اِسْتَوْفِزَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	اِسْتَوْفَزْتُم	تَسْتَوْفِزُونَ	اِسْتَوْفِزُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	اِسْتَوْفَزْتُنَّ	تَسْتَوْفِزْنَ	اِسْتَوْفِزْنَ
I أَنا	اِسْتَوْفَزْتُ	أَسْتَوْفِزُ	—
we نَحْنُ	اِسْتَوْفَزْنا	نَسْتَوْفِزُ	—

From the same root

All words from و ف ز →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 9 entries

وافزهُ Form III He hastened with him; vied, or strove, with him in hastening

He hastened with him; vied, or strove, with him in hastening; or made haste to be, or get, before him; syn. عَاجَلَهُ. (A, TA.)
اوفزهُ Form IV He hastened him

He hastened him. (K.)
توفّز Form V He prepared himself

He prepared himself (A, K) لِكَذَا for such a thing, (A,) or لِلشَّرِّ for evil, or mischief. (K.) ― -b2- Also, He turned over and over upon his bed. (A.) See also 10.
استوفز فِى قِعْدَتِهِ Form X He put himself in an upright posture, not at his ease, in his manner of sitting

He put himself in an upright posture, not at his ease, in his manner of sitting; he sat erect, not at his ease: (S, Mgh, K:) or he put down his knees [upon the ground] and raised his buttocks: (Aboo-Mo'ádh, K:) or he raised himself upon his legs, or feet, without having yet set himself firmly in a standing posture, but having prepared himself to leap, or spring, (Lth, K, TA,) or to go away: (Lth, TA:) or he sat in a posture as though he desired to rise and stand up; whether in the manner termed إِقْعَآء [i. e. sitting upon the ground with the shanks erect], or otherwise. (MF.)
وَفْزٌ Haste

and ↓ وَفَزٌ Haste: pl. (of the latter, TA,) أَوْفَازٌ. (S, K.) You say, نَحْنُ عَلَى أَوْفَازٍ, (S, K,) and عَلَى وَفَزٍ, (K,) We are in haste: (K:) or we are on a journey; [like عَلَي أَوْفَادٍ;] the time of our journeying has come. (S, TA.) And لَقِيتُهُ عَلَى أَوْفَازٍ, and عَلَى وَفَزٍ, I found him in a state of haste: (Az, TA:) or preparing [his apparatus for travel]. (M, TA.)
وَفَزٌ Open entry

: see وَفْزٌ.
وَفَزَةٌ An upright posture in sitting, so that one is not at his ease

An upright posture in sitting, so that one is not at his ease. (Lth, TA.) See 10.
مُتَوَفِّزٌ Turning over and over upon the bed, scarcely sleeping

Turning over and over upon the bed, scarcely sleeping: (K, * TA:) mentioned by Z, and by Sgh in the O, on the authority of Ibn- 'Abbád. (TA.)
مُسْتَوْفِزٌ Be thou at ease, for I see thee to be sitting in an upright and uneasy posture

act. part. n. of 10, q. v. One says, إِطْمَيأِنّ فَإِنِّى أَرَاكَ مُسْتَوْفِزًا [Be thou at ease, for I see thee to be sitting in an upright and uneasy posture]. (TA.)

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