غضف

أَغْضَفُ ذ , applied to a dog, Relaxed, or flabby, in the ear; pl. غُضْفٌ; (S, O, K;) occurring in a verse of Dhu-r-Rummeh, cited voce عَذَبٌ; (O, TA;) and the fem. غَضْفَاآءُ is applied [to a bitch, and] to an ear: (TA:) or a dog having the upper part of his ear folded, or creased, backwards; and ↓ غَاضِفٌ when it is forwards. (IAar, O, K.) And hence [the pl.] غُضْفٌ, as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant, is used as an appellation for Dogs of the chase. (TA.) ― -b2- Applied to a lion, Having the ear folded, or creased; (Hr, O, K;) denoting a quality that renders him more abominable: (Hr, O:) or relaxed, or pendulous, in the ears: (O, K:) or whose upper eyelids are lax, or pendulous, upon his eyes, by reason of anger or pride; (K, TA;) so says ISh. (TA.) And accord. to Lth, A beast of prey whose upper part of his ear is folded, or creased, and the lower part thereof relaxed, or pendulous. (TA.) And the fem., غَضْفَاآءُ, A she-goat whose extremities of her ears descend low, by reason of their length. (IA.) ― -b3- Also Anything bending, folding, or creasing, and relaxed, flabby, or pendulous: fem. as above. (TA.) And ↓ مُغْضِفٌ is like أَغْضَفُ, (TA.) ― -b4- And الأَغْضَفُ is one of the names of The lion (TA.) ― -b5- سَهْمٌ أَغْضَفُ An arrow of which the feathers are thick; (S, O, K;) contr. of أَصْمَعُ, (S, O.) ― -b6- لَيْلٌ أَغْضَفُ A night that is dark (S, O, K) and black; (S, O;) covering with its dark ness. (TA.) ― -b7- عَيْشٌ أَغْضَفُ A soft, or an easy, and plentiful, life; as also ↓ غَاضِفٌ (S, O, K:) like أَغْطَفُ. (S and O in art. غطف) And سَنَةٌ غَضْفَاآءُ A fruitful, or plentiful, year. (TA.)