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دوف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 دَافَهُ داف دافه دافة , (T, M, Msb,) first pers. دُفْتُهُ, (S, K,) aor. يَدُوفُهُ, (T, Msb,) inf. n. دَوْفٌ; (T, M, Msb, K;) and ↓ ادافهُ, (M, TA,) inf. n. اـِدَافَةٌ; (TA;) He mixed it; (M, K;) generally meaning medicine, and perfume: (M:) and (K) he moistened it, (S, Msb, K,) namely, medicine, &c., (S,) with water &c., (S, Msb,) or with water and the like: (K:) or دافه فِى المَاآءِ [ he steeped it in water ], namely, perfume, &c.: (T:) and دَافَهُ, aor. يَدِيفُهُ, inf. n. دَيْفٌ, is a dial. var. thereof: (Msb:) and فَادَهُ, aor. يَفُودُهُ signifies the same. (As, TA.) [Also, app., He bruised, brayed, or pounded, it; or powered, or pulverized, it; namely, musk: see مَدُوفٌ, below.]

Derived headwords

دَافَهُverb
  1. 1.
دافه فِى المَاآءِ