ظرف

4 اظرف ذ He (a man) had many [ظُرُوف, or] receptacles [ of any kind ]. (TA.) ― -b2- And He begat, (S, Mgh, O, K,) or had born to him, (M,) children that were ظُرَفَاآء (S, M, O, K) or ظِرَاف [pls. of ظَرِيف, q. v.]. Mgh.) ― -b3- اظرف بِالرَّجُلِ He mentioned the man as possessing ظَرْف. (M, TA.) ― -b4- And اظرف فِى العِبَارَةِ is explainable [as meaning He was elegant, or eloquent, in the expression, or phrase, or speech ], if the saying be received from those who are trustworthy: if not, it is correctly أَطْرَفَ, with the unpointed ط; meaning “ he said what was novel and pleasing. ” (Mgh.) -A2- اظرف المَتَاعَ, (O,) in the K, erroneously, فُلَانًا, (TA,) He put, or assigned, or made, a ظَرْف [or receptacle ] for the goods. (O, TA.)