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ضف
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaضَفٌّ ذ Narrow, or strait, and hard: so in the phrase رَجُلٌ ضَفُّ الحَالِ [ A man whose state, or condition, is narrow, or strait, and hard ]: (AZ, S, O, K: *) and one says also الحَالِ ↓ رجل ضَفَفُ and قَوْمٌ ضَفَفُوا الحَالِ; but idghám is more proper. (Sb, TA.) -A2- شَاةٌ ضَفَّةُ الشُّخْبِ A ewe, or goat, whose stream of milk from the udder is wide. (AA, O, L, K.)
Derived headwords
ضَفٌّ
- 1.
رَجُلٌ ضَفُّ الحَالِ
قَوْمٌ ضَفَفُوا الحَالِ
شَاةٌ ضَفَّةُ الشُّخْبِ