mijdhāf

oar

مِجْذاف

Word

Noun · pattern مِفْعال

Root

ج ذ ف

Forms

Plural
مَجاذِيف

In the library

وعلى جوانب تلك الخشب تكون مجاذيفهم، وهي كبار كالصواري، يجتمع على أحدها العشرة والخمسة عشر رجلاً، ويجذفون وقوفاً على أقدامهم.

The Travels, page 295 →

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All words from ج ذ ف →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries
  • جَذَفَهُ Form I He cut it; or cut it off
    , (AA, S, K,) aor. , (K,) inf. n. جَذْفٌ, (AA, S,) He cut it; or cut it off: (AA, S, K:) and so with د. (TA.) -A2- جَدَفَ said of a bird, a dial. var. of جَدَفَ: (S:) both signify He (a bird) went quickly (K, TA) with his wings; generally, when one of the wings had been shortened; (TA;) as also ↓ اجذف and ↓ انجذف: and so, both of these, with د. (K.) ― -b2- [Hence, جَذَفَ بِالمِجْذَافِ; and جَذَفَ بِالسَّفِينَةِ, or السَّفِينَةَ; i. q. جَدَفَ, q. v.] ― -b3- جَذَفَ فِى مِشْيَتِهِ He (a man) was quick in his manner of walking: (AO, S:) and so with د: (AAF, TA in art. جدف:) as also ↓ تجذّف. (TA.) And جَذَفَتْ She (a woman) walked like those that are short: and she (a gazelle, and a woman, TA) went with short steps; as also ↓ اجذفت: and so, both, with د. (K.) ― -b4- جَذَفَتِ السَّمَآءُ بِالثَّلْجِ The sky cast down snow: and so with د. (TA.) -A3- جَذَفَ الشَّىْءَ i. q. جَذَبَهُ. (TA.)
  • أَجْذَفَ Form IV Open entry
    see 1, in two places.
  • تَجَذَّفَ Form V Open entry
    see 1.
  • إِنْجَذَفَ Form VII Open entry
    see 1.
  • مِجْذَافٌ wing
    , (S, TA,) in the K ↓ مِجْذَافَةٌ, but the former is the more proper, (TA,) i. q. مِجْدَافٌ; (S;) The wing of a bird: and so with د. (Msb in art. جدف.) ― -b2- And [hence, An oar; a paddle;] a certain thing with which a ship, or boat, is propelled. (S, * TA.) ― -b3- And hence, as being likened thereto, A whip: (Abu-l-Ghowth, S:) and so with د. (TA in art. جدف.)
  • مَجْذُوفٌ having the legs cut off
    A [skin of the kind called] زِقّ having the legs cut off: and so with د. (K * and TA in this art. and in art. جدف.)
  • مِجْذَافَةٌ Open entry
    : see مِجْذَافٌ.

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