عفو

عَفْوَةٌ ذ A bloodwit: (K, TA:) because by means of it pardon is obtained from the heirs of the slain man. (TA.) -A2- عَفْوَةُ القِدْرِ and ↓ عِفْوَتُهَا and ↓ عُفْوَتُهَا, as also ↓ عَفَاوَتُهَا, and ↓ عِفَاوَتُهَا and ↓ عُفَاوَتُهَا, signify The froth, or foam, of the cooking-pot; (K, TA;) and the best, or choice, portion thereof, i. e., [ of the contents ] of the cookingpot; (TA:) or ↓ العِفَاوَةُ signifies the broth that is first taken up out of the cooking-pot, and with which he who is honoured is peculiarly favoured: or, as some say, the first and best of the broth: and ↓ العَفَاوَةُ, the last of the broth, which the borrower of the cooking-pot returns with the cooking-pot. (S, TA. [See also عَافٍ.]) ― -b2- عَفْوَةُ المَرْعَى is What has not been depastured, of herbage, and is therefore abundant. (TA.) ― -b3- And عَفْوَةُ المَاآءِ is The supply of water that has collected before the drawing from it. (TA.) ― -b4- See also عِفْوَةٌ.