Rizwan Zubair

Root ض ی ف ḍ-y-f

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ض ی فḍ-y-f

(ض) ضَافَ يَضِيْفُ ضَيْفًاḍāfa yaḍīfu ḍayfan: (1) to incline towards something, to lean (2) to be someone's guest.

ضَيْفٌḍayf (also a noun, ism dhāt): guest (used for masculine, feminine, singular and plural alike, and its plural ضُيُوْفٌḍuyūf also occurs). ﴿هَلْ اَتٰىكَ حَدِيْثُ ضَيْفِ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ الْمُكْرَمِيْنَ﴾ (Adh-Dhāriyāt 51:24)

Form II (tafʿīl) ضَيَّفَ يُضَيِّفُ تَضْيِيْفًاḍayyafa yuḍayyifu taḍyīfan: to receive someone as a guest, to show hospitality. ﴿فَاَبَوْا اَنْ يُّضَيِّفُوْهُمَا﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:77)

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