حفل

2 حفّلُه حفل حفله حفلة , (Mgh, * Msb, K,) inf. n. تَحْفِيلٌ; (TA;) and ↓ حَفَلَهُ, (K,) inf. n. حَفْلٌ; (TA;) He collected it, or caused it to collect; (Mgh, Msb, K;) namely, water, (K,) and milk (Mgh, Msb, K) in the udder (Mgh) of a ewe or she-goat, (Mgh, Msb,) or of a she-camel, or of a cow, in order to deceive the purchaser, that he might increase the price. (Mgh.) Hence one says, حفّل الشَّاةَ, (S, * Msb, K, *) or البَقَرَةَ, or النَّاقَةَ, (TA,) inf. n. as above, (S, K,) He abstained from milking the ewe or she-goat, (S, Msb, K, *) or the cow, or the she-camel, (TA,) for some days, in order that the milk might collect in her udder, for sale, (S, K, *) or until the milk collected in her udder. (Msb.) The Prophet forbade the doing this. (S.) -A2- He adorned him, or it. (K, * TA.)