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عزف
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaعَزُوفٌ عَنْ أَمْرٍ ذ Abstaining from an affair, (O, K, *) relinquishing it, or forsaking it, and turning away, or back, from it: or averse from it: (K:) [i. e.] عَزُوفٌ is syn. with ↓ عَازِفٌ, as also ↓ عَزُوفَةٌ [but in an intensive sense because of the affix ة], and ↓ عَزِيفٌ; all as epithets applied to a man. (Ham p. 675.) You say رَجُلٌ عَزُوفٌ عَنِ اللَّهْوِ A man not desirous of play, or sport. (TA.) And عَزُوفٌ عَنِ النِّسَاآءِ Not desirous of women. (TA.) And عَزُوفٌ, alone, signifies One hardly, or not at all, constant in true friendship. (TA.)
Derived headwords
عَزُوفٌ عَنْ أَمْرٍ
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رَجُلٌ عَزُوفٌ عَنِ اللَّهْوِ
عَزُوفٌ عَنِ النِّسَاآءِ