يَزِفُّونَ

Appears 1 times in Quran

Word Details

يَزِفُّونَ

Meanings

hastening

📖 Lane's Lexicon (Root: زفف)

[1] زَفَّ العَرُوسَ , (K,) or زَفَفْتُهَا, (S,) or زَفَّتْهَا النِّسَآءُ, (Msb,) aor. زَفُ3َ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. زَفٌّ (S, Msb, K) and زِفَافٌ, (S, K,) or the latter is a simple subst.; (Msb;) and ↓ ازفّها, (K,) or ازففتها, (S,) or ازفّتها النسآء; (Msb;) and ↓ ازدفّها, (K,) or ازدففتها, (S,) [or ازدفّتها النسآء;] إِلَى زَوْجِهَا; all signify the same; (S, Msb, * K;) i. e. He, [or I,] or the women, sent [or conducted] the bride [with festive parade or pageantry, and generally with music,] to her husband: (Msb, K:) accord. to Er-Rághib, زفّ العروس is a metaphorical phrase, from زَفْزَفَةُ النَّعَامِ; because she is conducted with joyous alacrity. (TA.) ＝ 1-A2- زَفَّ, aor. زَفِ3َ , inf. n. زَفِيفٌ (S, K) and زَفٌّ and زُفُوفٌ, (K,) or زَفِيفٌ is a simple subst., (Msb,) said of an ostrich, (S, K,) and of a camel, (S,) &c., (K,) He hastened, or was quick; (S, K;) as also ↓ ازفّ: (IAar, K:) accord. to Lh, said of a man and of others; and ↓ ازفّ, he says, is the more unusual of the two: (TA:) or زَفَّ, aor. زَفِ3َ , is said, in this sense, of a man: and, accord. to the Mj, said of an ostrich, inf. n. زَفِيفٌ, it means he hastened, or was quick, so that a [sound such as is termed] زَفِيف was heard to be produced by his wings: (Msb:) or زَفٌّ and ↓ إِزْفَافٌ are like ذَمِيلٌ [which signifies the going a gentle pace; or a pace above that which is termed العَنَقُ, and above that which is termed التَّزَيُّدُ]: (K, * TA: [in the CK, الزَّمِيل is put for الذَّمِيل:]) or the first running of the ostrich: (K:) or زَفِيفٌ has this last meaning: (TA:) or signifies the going quickly and with short steps: (Lh, TA:) or the going quickly, with short steps, and quietly. (TA.) You say, زَفَّ القَوْمُ فِى مَشْيِهِمْ The people, or party, hastened, or were quick, in their walking, or marching, or going along: and hence, in the Kur [xxxvii. 92], فَأَقْبلُوا إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ, (S,) i. e. [And they advanced towards him] hastening, or going quickly. (Fr, TA. [But there are other readings, for which see Bd.]) [Hence also,] one says زَفَّ رَأْلُهُ, meaning (tropical:) He was, or became, light of intellect, lightwitted, or irresolute. (S, Z, TA. [See also art. رأل]) ― 2-b2- زَفَّ, inf. n. زَفِيفٌ (O, K) and زَفٌّ, (K,) said of a bird, (O, K,) in his flight, (O,) He cast himself: ('Eyn, O, K:) or he spread his wings: and so ↓ زَفْزَفَ [app. in either sense]: (K:) and the latter, he moved [or flapped] his wings in running. (TA.) ― 2-b3- زَفَّتِ الرِّيحُ, (S, K,) aor. زَفِ3َ , (S,) inf. n. زَفِيفٌ and زُفُوفٌ, (TA,) The wind blew along, (S, K,) not violently: (S:) or blew gently and continually: (TA:) and ↓ زَفْزَفَت signifies the same: (K, TA:) or the latter, inf. n. زَفْزَفَةٌ, signifies it blew violently: so in the T: or it blew gently: (TA:) or زَفْزَفَةٌ signifies the moaning (حَنِين) of the wind, and its sounding among the trees. (S.) ― 2-b4- زَفَّ, (O, K,) inf. n. زَفِيفٌ, (TA,) said of lightning, It shone, or gleamed. (O, K, TA.)

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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

Occurrences in Quran

Found 1 verses containing "يَزِفُّونَ".

37:95

فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

Thereupon the people came towards him hastening.

يَزِفُّونَ