عصف

عَصْفٌ ذ The herb (بَقْل) of corn, or seed-produce: (Fr, S, O, K:) and (TA) the leaves, or blades, of corn, or seed-produce; (MA, * Mgh, TA;) as also عُصُوفٌ; each a pl. of ↓ عَصْفَةٌ: (MA: [or rather عَصْفٌ is a coll. gen. n. of which عُصُوفٌ is the pl. and ↓ عَصْفَةٌ is the n. un.:]) or the leaves, or blades, that are upon the stalk of corn, or seedproduce, and that dry up and crumble; as also ↓ عَصْفَةٌ and ↓ عَصِيفَةٌ and ↓ عُصَافَةٌ: or the leaves, and what is not eaten, thereof: in these three different senses it is expl. as used in the Kur lv. 11: (TA:) or it there means the stalk, or stem, of corn: (Fr, S voce رَيْحَانٌ:) or straw; (Jel, TA;) and so الزَّرْعِ ↓ عَصِيفُ; (M voce تِبْنٌ;) or الزَّرْعِ ↓ عَصِيفَةُ: (so in copies of the K voce تِبْنٌ:) and عُصُوفٌ signifies straws: (IAar, TA:) or عَصْفٌ signifies dry leaves, like straw: (Bd in lv. 11:) or corn, or seed-produce, or barley, cut while green, for fodder; syn. قَصِيلٌ: (En-Nadr, TA:) or leaves of corn, or seed-produce, that are cut, and eaten while fresh: or the leaves of the ears of corn; as also ↓ عَصِيفَةٌ: or what are cut thereof; as also ↓ عَصِيفٌ: or both signify the leaves, of corn, that incline in its lower part, and which one cuts off, in order that it may become lightened: or the former signifies the ears, themselves, of corn: and the pl. is عُصُوفٌ. (TA.) كَعَصْفٍ مَأْكُولٍ, in the Kur [cv. last verse], means Like corn of which the grain has been eaten and the straw thereof remains: (El- Hasan El-Basree, S, O, K:) or like leaves of which the contents have been taken and which remain without any grain therein: (O, K:) or like عَصْف, (O,) or leaves, (K,) which the beasts have eaten: (O, K:) or, as Sa'eed Ibn-Jubeyr is related to have said, like barley growing or growing forth [ that has been eaten ]. (TA.) ― -b2- And IAar says, (O, TA,) [the pl.] عُصُوفٌ, (O, K, TA,) with damm to the ع, (TA,) [in the CK, erroneously, عَصُوف,] signifies Handfuls of reaped corn; syn. كَدَرٌ [a coll. gen. n. of which the n. un. is كَدَرَةٌ]: (O, TA:) in the copies of the K, كُدْرَة; and in the L, كد. (TA.) -A2- And accord. to IAar, (O,) عُصُوفٌ signifies also Wines; syn. خُمُورٌ. (O, L, K. [In the CK خَمْرَة; and in the TA, as from the K, خمر.])