ظلف

1 ظَلَفَ الصَّيْدَ ذ , (S, M, O,) or الشَّاةَ, (K,) aor. ظَلِفَ , inf. n. ظَلْفٌ, (M,) He hit in his ظِلْف [or cloven hoof ] (S, M, O, K) the animal of the chase (S, M, O) at which he had shot or cast, (S, O,) or the شاة [a term including the antelope and the like ]. (K.) -A2- ظَلَفَ أَثَرَهُ, (S, M, O, K,) aor. ظَلِفَ and ظَلُفَ , (M, K,) inf. n. ظَلْفٌ, (M, TA,) He made his foot-marks to be unapparent, in order that he might not be tracked: (K:) or he went, or walked, upon hard and rugged ground, in order that his foot-marks might not be visible (S, M, O, K) upon it; (S, O;) as also ↓ اظلفهُ; (S, M, L, TA;) in the K, erroneously ↓ ظالفه. (TA.) ― -b2- And ظُلِفَ It (a herd of camels driven together) was taken along ground such as is termed ظَلَف, (which means rugged ground, such as does not show foot-marks, M,) in order that the foot-marks thereof might not be followed. (S, O.) ― -b3- And ظَلَفَهُمْ, (M, K,) aor. ظَلُفَ , (M,) or ظَلِفَ , (TA,) inf. n. ظَلْفٌ, (M, TA,) He followed their foot-marks. (M, K.) -A3- ظَلَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَنْهُ, (T, S, M, O, K,) aor. ظَلِفَ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. ظَلْفٌ, (S, O,) He withheld himself from doing it, or coming to it; (S, O, K;) namely, a thing: (S, O:) or he restrained himself from it; (T, K;) namely, a thing that would disgrace him: (T:) or he withheld himself from the love, or blamable love, of it; namely, a thing. (M.) And ظَلَفَهُ عَنْهُ, (T, M,) aor. ظَلِفَ , inf. n. ظَلْفٌ, He withheld him from it; namely, an affair: (M:) or he made him to be, or become, far, or aloof, from it; or to avoid it; namely, a thing; as also ↓ اظلفهُ. (T, TA.) And ظَلَفَهُ [alone] He withheld him from that in which was no good. (M.) -A4- ظَلِفَتِ الأَرْضُ, (M, K,) [aor. ظَلَفَ ,] inf. n. ظَلَفٌ, (S, * M, TA,) The ground was rugged, not showing a foot-mark. (S, * M, K.) And ظَلِفَتْ مَعِيشَتُهُ, inf. n. ظَلَفٌ, His means of subsistence became hard, strait, or difficult. (TK.) -A5- ظَلِفَتْ نَفْسِى عَنْ كَذَا, aor. ظَلَفَ , inf. n. ظَلَفٌ, My mind, or soul, abstained, or refrained, from such a thing. (S.) -A6- [And accord. to the KL, ظَلَفٌ as an inf. n. signifies The being ineffectual (i. e. unretaliated, or uncompensated by a mulct, as expl. below); said of blood; and so ظَلْفٌ (which is also expl. below): ― -b2- and the being concealed ].