عيف

عَائِفٌ ذ Disliking, or loathing, food or beverage: (S, TA:) and ↓ عَيُوفٌ and ↓ عَيْفَانٌ, applied to a man, signify the same as عَائِفٌ [app. in this sense: see an ex. of the former in a verse of Ibn-Mukbil cited voce سَوْفَ, last sentence]. (TA.) -A2- Auguring, or divining, (S, O, K,) from birds or other things. (O, K,) ― -b2- كَانَ عَائِفًا, said of Shureyh, in a trad, of Ibn-Seereen, means He was true in conjecture and opinion: like the saying, of him who is right in his opinion, مَا هُوَ اـِلَّا كَاهِنٌ; and of him who is eloquent in his speech, مَا هُوَ اـِلَّا سَاحِرٌ. (TA.) -A3- طَيْرٌ عَائِفَةٌ Birds circling over water, or over carcasses or corpses, and going to and fro, not going away, desiring to alight. (S, O.) And نُسُورٌ عَوَائِفُ [ Vultures ] circling over the slain, and going to and fro. (TA.)