ضعف

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Form 1ضَعُفَ6 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarضُعْفٌ ضَعْفٌ

Core sense — he, or it, was, or became, weak, feeble, or infirm; it exceededgenerated

1.1he, or it, was, or became, weak, feeble, frail, or infirm—ضَعَفَ

The latter form is on the authority of Yoo, or of Lh. Muḍāriʿ of each ضَعُفَ.

[and apparently ضَعَفٌ, mentioned below, or this is a simple noun] and ضَعَافَةٌ and ضَعَافِيَةٌ: all of these are maṣdars of the former verb; or the first, which is of the dialect of Kureysh, belongs to the former verb, and the second, which is of the dialect of Temeem, to the latter.

ضُعْفٌ and ضَعْفٌ are the contrary of قُوَّةٌ and of صِحَّةٌ, and both may be used alike in every relation; or, according to the people of El-Basrah, both are so used — so says Az; but some say the former is used of the body and the latter of the judgment or opinion.

1.1.1he lacked the strength, or ability, to do, or to bear, the thing—ضَعُفَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ

[He was weak so that he was disabled from doing, or from bearing, the thing.]

Synonymous with عَجَزَ عَنْهُ, or with عَجَزَ عَنِ ٱحْتِمَالِهِ.

1.1.2

[See also ضَعْفٌ below.]

1.2it (a thing) exceeded—ضَعُفَ

Synonym زَادَ.

1.2.1I exceeded the people in number, so that I and my companions had double, or several times, their number—ضَعَفْتُ القَوْمَ

Muḍāriʿ ضَعُفَ or ضَعَفَ [and apparently ضَعُفْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ, as one says زِدْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ].

1.2.2

See also form 3, in two places.

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, inf. n. تَضْعِيفٌ : see 4: and see also المُضَعَّفُ . Also He reckoned, or esteemed, him ضَعِيف [i. e. weak, &c.]; (O, K;) and so استضعفهُ , (S, O, Msb, K,) and تضعّفهُ : (O, K:) or استضعفهُ signifies he found him to be so; (TA;) or he asserted him to be ( جَعَلَهُ ) so; (Msb;) or, as also تضعّفهُ , he [esteemed him to be so, and therefore] behaved proudly, haughtily, or insolently, towards him, in respect of worldly things, because of [his] poverty, and meanness of condition. (IAth, TA.) غَلَبَنِى أَهْلُ الكُوفَةِ أَسْتَعْمِلُ عَلَيْهِمُ المُؤْمِنَ فَيُضَعَّفُ وَأَسْتَعْمِلُ عَلَيْهِمُ القَوِىَّ فَيُفَجَّرُ , [The people of El-Koofeh have overcome me: I employ as governor over them the believer, and he is esteemed weak; and I employ as governor over them the strong, and he is charged with unrighteousness:] is a saying mentioned in a trad. of 'Omar. (TA.) And He attributed, or ascribed, (O, K,) to him, i. e. a man, (O,) or to it, i. e. a tradition, [&c.,] ضَعْف [meaning weakness, app., in the case of a man, of judgment, and in the case of a tradition &c., of authority]. (O, K, TA.) And He doubled it, or made it double, covering one part of it with another part. (TA.) See also the next paragraph, in two places.

Form 3ضاعفهُ1 sense

maṣdarمُضَاعَفَةٌ

Core sense — he doubled it, trebled it, multiplied itgenerated

3.1the punishment shall be doubled to her, made two-fold—يُضَاعَفْ لَهَا العَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ

and ضعّفهُ, maṣdar تَضْعِيفٌ, and اضعفهُ, maṣdar إِضْعَافٌ, all signify the same: he doubled it, or made it two-fold; and trebled it; and made it several-fold, or many-fold, that is, multiplied it.

Kh says that التَّضْعِيفُ means adding to a thing so as to make it double, or more, that is, treble or many-fold; and so الإِضْعَافُ and المُضَاعَفَةُ; and ضَعَفَهُ, without teshdeed, means the same as ضاعفهُ.

In the Kur 33:30, where AA read يُضَعَّفْ. According to AO the meaning is that the punishment shall be made three punishments; for, he says, she is to be punished once, and when the punishment is doubled the one becomes three. He adds that the figurative meaning of يُضَاعَفْ (مَجَازُ يُضَاعَفْ [for which مَجازٌ يُضَاعَفُ is wrongly put in the CK]) is two things being added to a thing so that it becomes three. But Az disapproves of this, saying that it belongs only to figurative and common conventional speech, whereas the skilled grammarians state the meaning to be that she shall be punished with twice the like of the punishment of another; and Ibn-'Arafeh explains it as meaning that she shall have two shares of punishment.

and He will multiply it to him many times over—فَيُضَاعِفُهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً

In the Kur 2:246; some read فَيُضَاعِفَهُ, that He may multiply it.

I doubled, or multiplied, the recompense to the people—أَضْعَفْتُ الثَّوَابَ لِلْقَوْمِ

the people had a doubling, or multiplying, of their recompense made to them—أُضْعِفَ القَوْمُ

[And so, apparently, أَضْعَفُوا.] Same as ضُوعِفَ لَهُمْ.

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25:69

يُضَـٰعَفْ لَهُ ٱلْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا

(But) the Penalty on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him, and he will dwell therein in ignominy,-

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, (S, O, K,) inf. n. مُضَاعَفَةٌ ; (S, Msb;) and ضعّفهُ , (S K,) inf. n. تَضْعِيفٌ ; (S, O, Msb;) and اضعفهُ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. إِضْعَافٌ ; (S, Msb;) all signify the same; (S, K;) i. e. He doubled it, or made it double, or two-fold; (O, K;) [and trebled it, or made it treble, or three-fold; and redoubled it, or made it several-fold, or manyfold; i. e. multiplied it; for] Kh says, التَّضْعِيفُ signifies the adding to a thing so as to make it double, or two-fold; or more [i. e. treble, or threefold; and several-fold, or many-fold]; (S, O, Msb;) and so الإِضْعَافُ , and المُضَاعَفَةُ ; (S, Msb;) and ضَعَفَهُ , without teshdeed, signifies the same as ضاعفهُ . (Ham p. 257.) The saying, in the Kur [xxxiii. 30], يُضَاعَفْ لَهَا العَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ , (Mgh, O, K,) in which AA read يُضَعَّفْ , (TA,) accord. to AO, (Mgh, O,) means, The punishment shall be made to her three punishments; (Mgh, O, K;) for, he says, she is to be punished once; and when the punishment is doubled twofold, [or is repeated twice,] the one becomes three: (TA:) he adds, (O,) and the tropical meaning of يُضَاعَفْ ( مَجَازُ يُضَاعَفْ [for which مَجازٌ يُضَاعَفُ is erroneously put in the CK]) is two things' being added to a thing so that it becomes three: (O, K:) but Az disapproves this, saying that it is peculiar to the tropical and the common conventional speech, whereas the skilled grammarians state the meaning to be, she shall be punished with twice the like of the punishment of another; (Mgh;) [so that it may be rendered the punishment shall be doubled to her, made two-fold; and in like manner] Ibn-'Arafeh explains it as meaning she shall have two shares of punishment. (O.) فَيُضَاعِفُهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً [And He will multiply it to him many-fold, or, as some read, فَيُضَاعِفَهُ that He may multiply it,] is another phrase occurring in the Kur [ii. 246]. (O, TA.) And one says, أَضْعَفْتُ الثَّوَابَ لِلْقَوْمِ [I doubled, or multiplied, the recompense to the people, or party]. (Msb.) And أُضْعِفَ القَوْمُ The people, or party, had a doubling, or multiplying, [of their recompense, &c.,] made to them; (Msb;) [and so, app., أَضْعَفُوا ; (see مُضْعِفٌ ;)] i. q. ضُوعِفَ لَهُمْ . (S, O, K.)

Form 4اضعفهُ3 senses

Core sense — he rendered him weak; he became one whose beast was weakgenerated

4.1he, or it, rendered him weak—ضعّفهُ

Said of God, or of another, or of disease: he, or it, made him ضَعِيف, that is, weak and the like.

4.2he became one whose beast was weak—أَضْعَفَ

Said of a man.

4.3

See also form 3, first sentence and last two sentences.

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He, (God, Msb, or another, S,) or it, (disease, TA,) rendered him ضَعِيف [i. e. weak, &c.]; (S, O, Msb, K;) as also ضعّفهُ . (L, TA.) And أَضْعَفَ , said of a man, He became one whose beast was weak. (S, O, K.) See also 3, first sentence, and last two sentences.

Form 5تَضَعَّفَ2 senses

Core sense — he esteemed him weak; he showed weaknessgenerated

5.1

See form 2, in two places.

5.2

[تضعّف apparently also means: he manifested weakness: see تضوّر.]

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see 2, in two places. [ تضعّف app. signifies also He manifested weakness: see تضوّر .]

Form 6تضاعف1 sense

Core sense — it became double, treble, or many-foldgenerated

6.1

It means the same as صَارَ ضِعْفَ مَا كَانَ: it became double, or two-fold; and treble, or three-fold; and several-fold, or many-fold.

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signifies صَارَ ضِعْفَ مَا كَانَ [i. e. It became double, or two-fold; and treble, or threefold; and several-fold, or many-fold]. (O, K.)

Form 10إِسْتَضْعَفَ1 sense

Core sense — he reckoned him weak, he esteemed him weakgenerated

10.1

See form 2, in two places.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 10 1 shown of 8

28:5

وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

And We wished to be Gracious to those who were being depressed in the land, to make them leaders (in Faith) and make them heirs,

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see 2, in two places.

Derived nouns 17

Nounضَعْفٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — weakness, feebleness, of body or of judgmentgenerated

A maṣdar of form 1, like ضُعْفٌ; both, when used as simple nouns, mean weakness, feebleness, and the like. Some say that the former is in the judgment or opinion and the latter in the body.

ضَعَفٌ means the same, and applies to the body and also to the judgment or opinion and the intellect.

1.1weakness of construction, in language—ضَعْفُ التَّأْلِيفِ

This is such a construction of the parts of a sentence as is contrary to the generally approved rules of syntax; as when a pronoun is introduced before its noun with respect to the actual order of the words and the order of the sense, the pronoun being affixed to the agent in a verbal sentence; for instance ضَرَبَ غُلَامُهُ زَيْدًا, 'his', that is, Zeyd's, 'young man beat Zeyd'.

When the pronoun is affixed to the object, as in خَافَ رَبَّهُ عُمَرُ, 'Omar feared his Lord', such introduction of it is common; and it is allowable in every case when the pronoun is of the kind called ضَمِيرُ الشَّأْنِ, as in إِنَّهُ زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ, or ضَمِيرُ رُبَّ, as in رُبَّهُ رَجُلًا لَقِيتُهُ, or ضَمِيرُ نِعْمَ, as in نِعْمَهُ رَجُلًا زَيْدٌ.

1.2

[In the CK, a meaning belonging to ضُعْف is assigned to ضَعْف.]

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an inf. n. of 1, like ضُعْفٌ , (S, * O, * Msb, K,) [both, when used as simple substs., signifying Weakness, feebleness, &c.,] but some say that the former is in the judgment or opinion, and the latter in the body; (O, Msb, K;) and ضَعَفٌ signifies the same, (IAar, K, TA,) and is in the body and also in the judgment or opinion and the intellect. (TA.) ضَعْفُ التَّأْلِيفِ [Weakness of construction, in language,] is such a construction of the members of a sentence as is contrary to the [generally approved] rules of syntax; as when a pronoun is introduced before its noun with respect to the actual order of the words and the order of the sense [in a case in which the pronoun is affixed to the agent in a verbal proposition]; for instance, in the phrase, ضَرَبَ غُلَامُهُ زَيْدًا [“ His, ” i. e. Zeyd's, “ young man beat Zeyd ”]. (KT.) When the pronoun is affixed to the objective complement, as in خَافَ رَبَّهُ عُمَرُ [“ 'Omar feared his Lord ”] such introduction of it is common: (I'Ak p. 128:) and it is [universally] allowable when the pronoun is of the kind called ضَمِيرُ الشَّأْنِ , as in إِنَّهُ زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ ; or ضَمِيرُ رُبَّ , as in رُبَّهُ رَجُلًا لَقِيتُهُ ; or ضَمِيرُ نِعْمَ , as in نِعْمَهُ رَجُلًا زَيْدٌ . (Kull p. 56.) [In the CK, a signification belonging to ضُعْف is assigned to ضَعْف .]

Nounضُعْفٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — weakness, feeblenessgenerated

See ضَعْفٌ.

1.1of sperm—مِنْ ضُعْفٍ

In the Kur 30:53. AA, reciting before the Prophet, said مِنْ ضَعْفٍ, and was told by him to say من ضُعْفٍ, that is, with damm.

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: see ضَعْفٌ . مِنْ ضُعْفٍ in the Kur xxx. 53 means Of sperm. (O, K, TA.) AA, reciting before the Prophet, said مِنْ ضَعْفٍ ; and was told by the latter to say من ضُعْفٍ , [i. e.] with damm. (TA.)

Nounضِعْفُ الشَّىْءِ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the double, or like, of a thing; spaces between written lines; the limbsgenerated

1twice the like of it—ضِعْفَاهُ

The phrase means the like of the thing, that doubles it.

the likes of it—أَضْعَافُهُ

الضِّعْفُ in the proper language of the Arabs means the like; this is the original meaning. Then, by a later conventional usage, it means the like and more, the addition being unlimited.

this is the like of this—هٰذَا ضِعْفُ هٰذَا

these two are twice the like of it—هٰذَانِ ضِعْفَاهُ

this is twice the like of it, and thrice the like of it—هٰذَا ضِعْفُهُ

This is allowable in the language of the Arabs, and also means thrice the like of it, and more, because ضِعْف is an unlimited addition.

you shall have twice the like of it—لَكَ ضِعْفُهُ

the double of it—الاِثْنَانِ ضِعْفُ الوَاحِدِ

The singular form is used, though the dual form is better; and it also means thrice the like of it, and more without limit.

[That is, الاثنان is the double of الواحد.] See the article ثنى.

If a man says in his will أَعْطُوهُ ضِعْفَ نَصِيبِ وَلَدِى, twice the like of the share of his child is given to the legatee; and if he says ضِعْفَيْهِ, thrice the like of it: so that if the son's share is a hundred, the legatee is given two hundred in the first case and three hundred in the second; for a will is made to accord with the common conventional language, not with the niceties of the proper language. So says Az.

The plural is أَضْعَافٌ only.

in that case we would assuredly have made you taste the like of the punishment of others in the present world and in the world to come—إِذًا لَأَذَقْنَاكَ ضِعْفَ الحَيَاةِ وَضِعْفَ المَمَاتِ

In the Kur 17:77; explained as ضِعْفَ العَذَابِ حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًا or ضِعْفَ عَذَابِ الحَيَاةِ وَضِعْفَ عَذَابِ المُمَاتِ, that is, the like, or, as some explain it, the double. Sgh adds, apparently on the authority of Ibn-'Arafeh, that the meaning is that the punishment of others should be made two-fold, or more, to you, because you are a prophet.

for these shall be the recompense of the likes for what they have done—فَأُولَائِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ ٱلضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا

In the Kur 34:36; by الضِّعْفِ is meant الأضْعَافِ. It is most properly held to denote ten of the likes of it, because of the saying in the Kur 6:161, 'Whoever does that which is good, for him shall be ten of the likes of it.'

therefore recompense them with a doubled, or a double, punishment—فَآتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا

In the Kur 7:36; by ضِعْفًا is meant مُضَاعَفًا. عَذَابٌ ضِعْفٌ means a punishment as though doubled, one part of it upon another.

1.1figurative · مجازthe spaces between the lines, or in the margins, of a writing or book—أَضْعَافُ الكِتَابِ

تَضَاعِيفُ الكِتَابِ means the same as أَضْعَافُهُ.

such a one made entries of notes in the spaces between the lines of his book—وَقَّعَ فُلَانٌ فِى أَضْعَافِ كِتَابِهِ

1.2figurative · مجازthe limbs, members, or organs, of the body—أَضْعَافُ الجَسَدِ

Hence the saying of Ru-beh: [And God is between the heart and the limbs.]

shāhid

وَٱللّٰهُ بَيْنَ القَلْبِ وَالأَضْعَافِ

That is, أَعْضَآء; or the bones of the body; or the bones with the flesh upon them. Singular ضِعْفٌ.

he was amid the members of the fish—كَانَ فِى أَضْعَافِ الحُوتِ

Said of Yoonus, the prophet Jonah.

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signifies The like of the thing, (AO, Zj, S, O, Msb, K, TA,) that doubles it ( يُضْعِفُهُ ); (Zj, TA;) and ضِعْفَاهُ , twice the like of it; (AO, S, O, Msb, K;) and أَضْعَافُهُ , the likes of it: (S, Msb:) الضِّعْفُ in the [proper] language of the Arabs means the like: this is the original signification: (Az, Msb:) and (K, TA, but in CK “ or, ”) then, by a later [and conventional] usage, (Az, Msb,) the like and more, the addition being unlimited: (Az, Msb, K:) one says, هٰذَا ضِعْفُ هٰذَا i. e. This is the like of this: and هٰذَانِ ضِعْفَاهُ i. e. These two are twice the like of it: and it is allowable in the language of the Arabs to say, هٰذَا ضِعْفُهُ meaning This is twice the like [i. e. the double] of it, and thrice the like [i. e. the treble] of it, [and more,] because the ضِعْف is an unlimited addition: (Az, Msb: [and the like is said in the O, on the authority of Az:]) and one says, لَكَ ضِعْفُهُ meaning Thou shalt have twice the like of it, (Zj, O, K,) using the sing. form, though the dual form is better, (Zj, O,) and meaning also thrice the like of it, and more without limit: (K:) and الاِثْنَانِ ضِعْفُ الوَاحِدِ [i. e. الاثنان is the double of الواحد ]: (M and K in art. ثنى :) and if one say in his will, أَعْطُوهُ ضِعْفَ نَصِيبِ وَلَدِى , twice the like of the share of his child is given to him; and if he say ضِعْفَيْهِ , thrice the like thereof is given to him; so that if the share of the son be a hundred, he [the legatee] is given two hundred in the former case, and three hundred in the latter case; for the will is made to accord with the common conventional language, not with the niceties of the [proper] language: (Az, Msb: [and the like is said, but less fully, in the Mgh:]) the pl. is أَضْعَافٌ only. (TA.) إِذًا لَأَذَقْنَاكَ ضِعْفَ الحَيَاةِ وَضِعْفَ المَمَاتِ , in the Kur [xvii. 77], means ضِعْفَ العَذَابِ حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًا , (S,) or ضِعْفَ عَذَابِ الحَيَاةِ وَضِعْفَ عَذَابِ المُمَاتِ , (O, Jel,) i. e. [In that case we would assuredly have made thee to taste] the like [or, as some explain it, the double] of the punishment of others in the present world and [the like or the double thereof] in the world to come: (Jel:) [Sgh adds, app. on the authority of Ibn-'Arafeh,] the meaning is, the punishment of others should be made two-fold, or more, ( يُضَاعَف ,) to thee, because thou art a prophet. (O.) In the saying, فَأُولَائِكَ لَهُمْ جَزَآءُ ٱلضِّعْفِ بِمَا عَمِلُوا , in the Kur [xxxiv. 36], by الضِّعْفِ is meant الأضْعَافِ [i. e. For these shall be the recompense of the likes for what they have done]; and it is most properly held to denote ten of the likes thereof, because of the saying in the Kur [vi. 161], “ Whoso doth that which is good, for him shall be ten of the likes thereof. ” (O.) In the saying, فَآتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا , in the Kur [vii. 36], by ضِعْفًا is meant مُضَاعَفًا [i. e. Therefore do Thou recompense them with a doubled, or a double, punishment]: عَذَابٌ ضِعْفٌ meaning a punishment as though doubled, one part of it upon another. (TA.) أَضْعَافُ الكِتَابِ means The interspaces of the lines, (S, O, K, TA,) or of the margin, (S, O,) or and of the margins, (K, TA,) of the writing, or book: (S, O, K, TA:) so in the saying, وَقَّعَ فُلَانٌ فِى أَضْعَافِ كِتَابِهِ [Such a one made an entry of a note or postil or the like, or entries of notes &c., in the interspaces of the lines, &c., of his writing, or book]: (S, O, TA:) and تَضَاعِيفُ الكِتَابِ signifies the same as أَضْعَافُهُ . (TA.) And أَضْعَافُ الجَسَدِ The limbs, members, or organs, ( أَعْضَآء ,) of the body: (O, K:) or the bones thereof: (AA, K:) or the bones thereof having flesh upon them: (TA:) sing. ضِعْفٌ . (K.) Hence the saying of Ru-beh, 1 [And God is between the heart and the limbs, &c.]. (TA.) And it is said of Yoonus, [the prophet Jonah,] كَانَ فِى أَضْعَافِ الحُوتِ [He was amid the members of the fish]. (TA.) وَٱللّٰهُ بَيْنَ القَلْبِ وَالأَضْعَافِ

Nounضَعَفٌ2 senses

Core sense — weakness; garments made doublegenerated

See ضَعْفٌ.

2garments, or pieces of cloth, made double—مُضَعًّفَةٌ

So says Ibn-'Abbād.

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: see ضَعْفٌ . Also Garments, or pieces of cloth, made double ( مُضَعًّفَةٌ ). (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)

Nounضَعْفَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — weakness of heart, and littleness of intelligencegenerated

Weakness of heart, and littleness of intelligence.

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Weakness of heart, and littleness of intel-ligence. (TA.)

Nounضَعَفَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a party, or small company, of the Arabsgenerated

1a party, or company, or small company, of the Arabs—شِرْذِمَةٌ

1.1

Also a plural of ضَعِيفٌ.

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A party, or company, or small company, ( شِرْذِمَةٌ ,) of the Arabs. (TA.) Also a pl. of ضَعِيفٌ [q. v.]. (S &c.)

Nounضَعْفَانُ1 sense

Core sense — very weak, feeblegenerated

See ضَعِيفٌ.

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: see ضَعِيفٌ .

Nounضَعُوفٌ1 sense

Core sense — weak, feeblegenerated

See the following entry, in two places.

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: see the next paragraph, in two places.

Nounضَعِيفٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — weak, feeble, frail, infirm; blind, in the dialect of Himyergenerated

1for man was created weak—وَخُلِقَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ضَعِيفًا

Weak, feeble, faint, frail, infirm, or unsound; and in an intensive sense ضَعُوفٌ (Ibn-Buzurj) and ضَعْفَانُ.

Plurals ضِعَافٌ, ضُعَفَآءُ, and ضَعَفَةٌ — this last said to be the only instance of its kind except خَبَثَةٌ, plural of خَبِيثٌ — and ضَعْفَى, like جَرْحَى, plural of جَرِيحٌ. Feminine ضَعُوفٌ (Ibn-Buzurj) and ضَعِيفَةٌ; plurals applied to women, ضَعِيفَاتٌ, ضَعَائِفُ, and ضِعَافٌ.

That is, subject to be swayed by his desire.

the two weak ones, meaning the woman and the slave—الضَّعِيفَانِ

fear God in respect of the woman and the slave—اِتَّقُوا ٱللّٰهَ فِى الضَّعِيفَيْنِ

This is from a tradition.

1.1we indeed see you to be, among us, blind—لَنَرَاكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفًا

In the Kur 11:93, where it is said to have this meaning; but Esh-Shihāb rejects this, in the 'Inayeh.

In the dialect of Himyer: blind.

1.2

As a technical term in lexicology, applied to a word: of weak authority; inferior to what is termed فَصِيحٌ but superior to what is termed مُنْكَرٌ; so in the Mz, 10th نوع.

1.3

Applied to verse or poetry: weak, unsound, or infirm; synonym عَلِيلٌ, thus used by Kh.

1.4and I made it known in a suppressed, or low, voice—فَعَرَّفْتُهَا ضَعِيفًا

This is the saying of a man who had found a thing dropped on the ground; see the article نفر.

Qur’ānic occurrences ضَعِيف 5 shown of 8