الف
Root: الف
7 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
الف alf pl. الوف ulūf, آلاف ālāf thousand; millennium│الوف مؤلف (mu’allafa) or آلاف مؤلفة thousands and thousands; عشرات الالوف ašarāt al-u. tens of thousands; مآت الالوف mi’āt al-u. hundreds of thousands
Entry 2
الف alif name of the letter│من الفه الى يائه from beginning to end, from A to Z; يعرف الفه وياءه (wa-yā’ahū) he knows it from A to Z; الف باء ABC
Entry 3
الف alifa a (alf) to be acquainted, familiar, conversant (هـ with s.th.); to be on intimate terms (ه with s.o.); to be or get accustomed, used, habituated (هـ to); to like (هـ s.th.), be fond of (هـ); to become tame II to accustom, habituate (هـ ه s.o. to s.th.); to tame, domesticate (هـ an animal); to form (هـ e,g., a committee, a government); to unite, join, combine, put together (بين different things); to compile, compose, write (هـ a book) V to be composed, be made up, consist (من of); to be united, be combined VI to be attuned to each other, be in tune, be in harmony; to harmonize (مع with) VIII to be united, be linked, be connected; to be on familiar, intimate terms (ب with); to form a. coalition (pol.); to fit, سuit (مع s.th.), go well, agree, harmonize (مع with); to be well-ordered, neat, tidy X to seek the intimacy, court the friendship (ه of s.o.)
Entry 4
الف ilf pl. الاف ullāf intimate; close friend, intimate, confidant; lover
Entry 5
الف ulfa familiarity, intimacy; friendship, love, affection; union, concord, harmony, congeniality
Entry 6
الف ma’lūf familiar, accustomed; usual, customary; custom, usage 23
Entry 7
الف alaff2 f. لفاء laffā’2 stout, plump (figure, body)
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