ضَافَ
Root: ضيف
Form: 1
Full Definition
ضَافَI
, [Present.T يَضِيفُ,] Verbal.Noun ضَيْفٌ; and
اضاف , and
تضيّف , and
ضيّف ; He, or it, inclined, and approached, or drew near;
إِلَيْهِ [to him, or it].
2 And ضافت الشَّمْسُ, or ضافت الشمس لِلْغُرُوبِ, Present.T تَضِيفُ, Verbal.Noun ضَيْفٌ; and تضيّفت , or تضيّفت للغروب; and ضيّفت , ضيّفت للغروب; The sun inclined, or drew near, to setting.
3 And ضافت said of a woman, Present.T as above, She menstruated; because she who does so inclines, or declines, from a state of pureness to menstruation.
4 And ضاف السَّهْمُ, or ضاف السهم عَنِ الهَدَفِ, The arrow turned aside from the butt: like صاف. And ضاف عَنِ الشَّىْءِ, Verbal.Noun ضَوْفٌ [and ضَيْفٌ], He, or it, turned away from the thing: like صاف, Verbal.Noun صَوْفٌ [and صَيْفٌ]. (M in art. ضوف.)
5 And ضاف said of a man,
def.2 ضِفْتُهُ, Present.T أَضِيفُهُ, Verbal.Noun ضِيَافَةٌ, or ضَيْفٌ, or both; and ; I alighted at his abode; and inclined to him: or I alighted at his abode as a ضَيْف [or guest], or and became his ضَيْف [or guest]. And ضاف القَوْمَ, and تَضَيَّفَهُمْ , He alighted at the abode of the people, or party, as a ضَيْف [or guest]. And I came to him as a ضَيْف [or guest].
2 [Hence,] ضافهُ الهَمُّ
3 And ضِفْتُهُ signifies also I sought, or desired, of him entertainment as a ضَيْف [or guest]; and so ; or this latter, and , I asked of him such entertainment.
2 And ضافت الشَّمْسُ, or ضافت الشمس لِلْغُرُوبِ, Present.T تَضِيفُ, Verbal.Noun ضَيْفٌ; and تضيّفت , or تضيّفت للغروب; and ضيّفت , ضيّفت للغروب; The sun inclined, or drew near, to setting.
3 And ضافت said of a woman, Present.T as above, She menstruated; because she who does so inclines, or declines, from a state of pureness to menstruation.
4 And ضاف السَّهْمُ, or ضاف السهم عَنِ الهَدَفِ, The arrow turned aside from the butt: like صاف. And ضاف عَنِ الشَّىْءِ, Verbal.Noun ضَوْفٌ [and ضَيْفٌ], He, or it, turned away from the thing: like صاف, Verbal.Noun صَوْفٌ [and صَيْفٌ]. (M in art. ضوف.)
5 And ضاف said of a man,
def.2 ضِفْتُهُ, Present.T أَضِيفُهُ, Verbal.Noun ضِيَافَةٌ, or ضَيْفٌ, or both; and ; I alighted at his abode; and inclined to him: or I alighted at his abode as a ضَيْف [or guest], or and became his ضَيْف [or guest]. And ضاف القَوْمَ, and تَضَيَّفَهُمْ , He alighted at the abode of the people, or party, as a ضَيْف [or guest]. And I came to him as a ضَيْف [or guest].
2 [Hence,] ضافهُ الهَمُّ
3 And ضِفْتُهُ signifies also I sought, or desired, of him entertainment as a ضَيْف [or guest]; and so ; or this latter, and , I asked of him such entertainment.
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