لف

العربية

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لف

verb لَفَّ · laffa · يَلُفُّ · لَفّ · لَافّ

transitive to coil, to curl, to convolute, to spool, to twirl
transitive to wrap, to envelop, to surround
ambitransitive to turn around, to circumgyrate, to make roundabouts, to be around

noun لَفّ · laff · أَلْفَاف · اللَّفّ

noun from verb verbal noun of لَفَّ (laffa) (form I)
wraparound, folding, envelope, shroud

noun لِفّ · liff · أَلْفَاف · اللِّفّ

thicket, boscage

In English

wind to turn coils of something around
turn intransitive: change one's direction of travel
roll to wrap round on itself
wrap to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {لف},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%84%D9%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}