عفن

عَفِنٌ ذ A thing, (Az, S,) or a rope, (K,) putrid, or rotten; i. e. decayed, (S,) or in a corrupt, or an unsound, state, (Az, K,) from moisture, (Az. S, * TA,) or some other cause, (TA,) and from being kept in a close place, (Az, TA,) so as to crumble on its being felt. (K.) And Flesh, or flesh-meat, (Msb, K,) [ stinking, or] altered [ for the worse ] in odour; (Msb;) or rendered so; as also ↓ مَعْفُونٌ. (K.)