ظلف

ظَلِفَةٌ ذ : see ظَلْفٌ, in four places: ― -b2- and see ظَلَفَةٌ: -A2- and ظَلْفَةٌ. -A3- Also The [ lower ] end of the [ curved piece of wood called the ] حِنْو [ that lies against the side, at the fore part and at the hinder part, ] of the [ kind of saddle called ] قَتَب, and of the [ kind called ] اـِكَاف, and the like; being in what is next to the ground, of the sides thereof: (Lth, T, TA:) or its pl., which is ظَلِفَاتٌ (S, M, O, K) and ↓ ظَلِفٌ, (O, K, [or rather the latter is a coll. gen. n.,]) signifies the four pieces of wood, (S, M, O, K,) of the [ saddle called the ] رَحْل and of the [ saddle called the ] قَتَب, (S, O,) that are upon the two sides of the camel, (S, M, O, K,) the lower ends of which touch the ground when they are put down upon it; in the وَاسِط [or fore part of the saddle ] are two (i. e. ظَلِفَتَانِ), and so in the مُؤَخَّرَة [or hinder part ], and they are the lower portions of the حِنْوَانِ; (S, O, K;) for the parts above them, next to the [ pieces of wood called the ] عَرَاقِى, are [ called ] the عَضُدَانِ, and the elongated pieces of wood upon the sides of the camel are the أَحْنَاآء [pl. of حِنْوٌ]: (S, O:) AZ says that the upper portions of the ظَلِفَتَانِ, [a mistake for the حِنْوَانِ, as is shown by what follows,] next to the عَرَاقِى, are [called] the عَضُدَانِ; below them being the ظَلِفَتَانِ, which are the lower parts of the حِنْوَانِ of the وَاسِط and of the مُؤَخَّرَة. (T, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence] one says, قَامُوا عَلَى ظَلِفَاتِهِمْ, meaning عَلَى أَطْرَافِهِمْ (tropical:) [ They stood upon their extremities, i. e. their feet ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And نَحْنُ عَلَى ظَلِفَاتِ أَمْرٍ (tropical:) We are on the verge of an affair, or event. (TA.) ― -b4- See also ظَلِيفَة.