غفو ند غفى
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaغَفًى ذ The refuse that is taken forth from wheat, and thrown away, (Fr, S, TA,) such as [ the noxious weed called ] زُؤَان [q. v.]; (S;) a thing that is in wheat, such as زؤان, (K, TA,) and other refuse: (TA:) or the straw [ thereof ]; (K, TA;) accord. to IAar, the bad, that is thrown away, of wheat; as also ↓ غَفَاآءٌ. (Az, TA.) ― -b2- Also, (thus accord. to ISd in all the senses here following in this paragraph that are found in the K, as is said in the TA, and thus in some copies of the K,) or ↓ غُفَاآءٌ, (thus in the copies of the K followed in the TA,) i. q. غُثَاآءٌ [i. e. The rubbish, or small rubbish, or particles of things, or refuse, and scum, and rotten leaves mixed with the scum, of a torrent]. (K, TA.) ― -b3- And Fragments, or broken portions, of wheat: (K, TA;) or the stalks thereof. (TA.) ― -b4- And A blight incident to palm-trees, like dust falling upon the unripe dates, preventing their becoming ripe, (S, K, TA,) and rendering them tasteless. (S [in which the word thus expl. is غَفًى] and TA.) And A thick crust that comes upon unripe dates: [see 4 in art. غفر:] or, as some say, bad dates, that become [app. in the skin ] thick, or coarse, and like the wings of locusts. (TA.) ― -b5- And A disease incident to straw, rendering it bad. (TA.) ― -b6- Also Such as they drive away, or expel, of their camels. (K, TA.) ― -b7- And غَفًى signifies also The bad of anything. (TA.) ― -b8- And The low, vile, mean, or sordid; or the lower, viler, &c.; or the refuse, or rabble; of mankind. (TA.)
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