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غيف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَيْفَانٌ ذ and ↓ غَيَّفَانٌ, (O, K, TA,) the latter like هَيَّبَانٌ, (K, TA, in the CK هَيِّبان,) i. q. مَرَحٌ; (O, TA;) in the Tekmileh مَرِح, like كَتِف; and in the copies of the K مَرْخ; but the first of these is the right; meaning [ A proud and self-conceited carriage, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side, ] in pace, or [ manner of ] going. (TA.)

Derived headwords

غَيْفَانٌ
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