دف

دَفٌّ دف The side, syn. جَنْبٌ, (Lth, T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) of anything, (Lth, T, M, Msb, K,) for instance, of a bird, (Msb,) and of a camel; (S;) as also ↓ دَفَّةٌ: (Lth, T, Mgh, Msb:) or the surface (صَفْحَة) of the side; (M, K;) as also ↓ دَفَّةٌ: (K:) pl. دُفُوفٌ. (T, M, Msb.) Hence, أَصْبَرُ مِنْ عَوْدٍ بِدَفَّيْهِ جُلَبْ [ More enduring than an old camel in whose sides are scabs formed over wounds: a prov.]. (TA. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 737.]) And ↓ بَاتَ يَقَّلَبُ عَلَى دَفَّتَيْهِ [and دَفّيْهِ, i. e. He passed the night turning over and over upon his sides ]. (TA.) The saying of' Antarah, describing his she-camel, وَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْأَى بِجَانِبِ دَفِّهَا ا@لْ وَحْشِىِّ مِنْ هَزِجِ العَشِىِّ مُؤَوَّمِ Perseus transcribers were unclear about the final character of line 1 and the initial character of line 2. means And as though she were shrinking from the quarter of her off side, بِ being here used in the sense of عَنْ, from a creature that cries for food at supper-time; meaning a cat, of ugly form and big head, fearing to be scratched by it: as J says, [in art. وحش,] she shrinks with her off side because the rider's whip is in his right hand: (EM p. 233:) [or the meaning is, as though she were shrinking with the outside of her off side; lit, with the side of her off side; for, accord. to ISd,] this is an instance of the prefixing of a noun to another identical therewith [in signification]. (M.) [Hence also,] رَمَاهُ ا@للّٰهُ بِذَاتِ الدَّفِّ i. e. ذات الجَنْبِ [ May God smite him with the pleurisy ] (TA.) ― -b2- ― -b3- Also A bank; an acclivity; or a part that faces one, above the foot or base; of sand; and of land or ground: (K:) accord. to En-Nadr, [the pl.] دُفُوفٌ signifies banks; acclivities; or parts that face one, above the foot or base; of land or ground; (T, TA;) as also دَفَادِفُ, of which the sing. is ↓ دَفْدَفَةٌ: (T, K:) accord. to Z, the دُفُوف of valleys are the elevated parts of the sides. (TA.) ― -b4- See also the next paragraph. ― -b5- And دَفَّةٌ.