Arabic

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Verb

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أَطَافَ (ʔaṭāfa) IV (non-past يُطِيفُ (yuṭīfu), verbal noun إِطَافَة (ʔiṭāfa)) (intransitive or transitive)

  1. to surround, to encompass, to circumscribe [with بِ (bi) ‘something’]
  2. to put [with accusative ‘something’, along with بِ (bi) or عَلَى (ʕalā) or فِي () or حَوْلَ (ḥawla) ‘around something else’]
  3. to walk [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘around something’] (to walk the perimeter of)
  4. to walk around a lot, to wander around

Conjugation

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