ظلف

ظَلِيفٌ ذ A rough, or rugged, place, (S, M, O, K, TA,) in which is much sand. (M, TA. [See also ظَلْفٌ.]) ― -b2- And A man (S, O) evil in condition (T, S, M, K) in respect of his means of subsistence: (T:) and low, abject, or abased, and weak. (M, O, K.) ― -b3- And An affair that is hard, or difficult: (K:) anything difficult to one to seek: (IDrd. M, O:) and evil hard to be borne, or severe. (S, O.) ― -b4- See also ظَلِفٌ. -A2- Also Hardship, or difficulty. (O, K.) -A3- ذَهَبَ بِهِ ظَلِيفًا He went away with it, or took it away, without compensation, or without price: (T, S, M, K:) and so طَلِيفًا. (Yoo, TA in art. طلف.) And ذَهَبَ بِغُلَامِى ظَلِيفًا He went away with, or took away, my young man, or slave, without price. (AZ, S, O.) ― -b2- See also ظَلْفٌ, last sentence. -A4- أَخَذَهُ بِظَلِيفِ رَقَبَتِهِ He took him by the base of his neck. (O, K, * TA.) ― -b2- See also what here follows.