ظلف

ظَلَفٌ ذ [as an inf. n.: see 1, last quarter. ― -b2- Also] Hardness, or difficulty, (S, O, K,) or coarseness, (M,) in the means of subsistence: (S, M, O, K:) thus the word is correctly written: not ظِلْف, as we find it written in [copies of] the K: [nor ظَلْف, as in the CK:] and ظَلَفُ العَيْشِ occurs in a trad., (O, TA,) meaning straitness, and hardness or difficulty, and coarseness, of the means of subsistence. (TA.) -A2- See also ظَلْفٌ, in three places, near the beginning of the paragraph. -A3- And see the last sentence of that paragraph. ― -b2- Also Anything that is easy, or of light estimation, paltry, or despicable; [as also طَلَفٌ;] syn. كُلُّ هَيْنٍ, (M,) or كُلُّ هَيِّنٍ. (TA.) -A4- See also ظِلْفٌ, latter half. ― -b2- And see ظَلِيفَة.