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عدف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَدُوفٌ ذ Anything that is tasted: (S, O, K:) or the least of what is eaten and of what is drunk: (Ham p. 448:) pl. عُدْفٌ. (K, TA.) One says, مَا ذُقْتُ عَدُوفًا, (S, O,) or ما دُقْنَا عَدُوفًا, (K,) i. e. [ I, or we, have not tasted, or did not taste, ] anything; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ عَدُوفَةً, (O, K,) and ↓ عُدَافًا, and ↓ عَدْفًا, (S, O, K,) and ↓ عَدَفًا. (K.) And بَاتَتِ الدَّابَّةُ عَلَى غَيْرِ عَدُوفٍ i. e. [ The beast passed the night ] without fodder, or provender. (S, O, K. *) Of the dial. of Mudar: (S:) or pronounced by Rabee'ah with ذ; and by the rest of the Arabs with د. (AA, O.)

Derived headwords

عَدُوفٌ
  1. 1.
مَا ذُقْتُ عَدُوفًا
ما دُقْنَا عَدُوفًا
بَاتَتِ الدَّابَّةُ عَلَى غَيْرِ عَدُوفٍ