فوف

1 مَا فَافَ بِخَيْرٍ ذ , (T, M, O,) or مَا فَافَ عَنِّى بِخَيْرٍ, (K.) وَلَا زَنْجَرَ, (T, O, K,) aor. يَفُوفُ, (K,) inf. n. فَوْفٌ, (T, M, O, K,) [may be rendered He did not benefit, or he did not benefit me, with what might be taken between the nail of his thumb and that of his forefinger, nor did he with what might be taken by the inside of the nail of the thumb from the extremity of the fore tooth; i. e., with a thing inconceivably small; or with anything; being] a phrase meaning one's answering (T, M, O, K) a person who has asked for a thing (T, O, K) by putting his thumb-nail upon the nail of his fore finger, (T, M, O, K,) and by taking away the inner side of the nail [of the thumb] from the extremity of the fore tooth, (T, O,) and saying “ Not [even] this [will I give thee], ” (T, O, K,) or “ Not [even] the like of this. ” (M.)