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جف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

R. Q. 2 تَجَفْجَفَ تجفجف It (a garment, or piece of cloth), having been moist, dried so far as to retain some moisture: (S, K:) if it has dried entirely, you say of it, قَدْ قَفَّ: (S:) the verb is originally ↓ تجفّف; the medial ف being changed into ج: it is like تَبَشْبَشَ, originally تبشّش. (Lth, S.)

Derived headwords

تَجَفْجَفَ
  1. 1.
قَدْ قَفَّ