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جفل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جُفَالٌ جفال What is cast forth by a torrent, (S, K, TA,) of rubbish and scum, or of rotten leaves mixed with scum; (TA;) as also ↓ جَفَالٌ, like سَحَابٌ; (TA;) and ↓ جُفَالَةٌ. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- The froth of milk. (K.) -A2- Much (K) of anything: (TA:) or of wool; as also ↓ جَفِيلٌ: (K:) or much wool. (S.) The ewe is represented as saying, أُوَلَّدُ رُخَالًا وَأُجَزُّ جُفَالًا وَأُحْلَبُ كُثَبًا ثِقَالًا وَلَمْ تَرَ مِثْلِى مَالًا [ I am delivered of lambs, and I am shorn of much wool, and I am milked of heavy bowlfuls, and thou hast not seen cattle the like of me ]: by أُجَزُّ جُفَالًا is meant I am shorn [ of much wool ] at once; for nought of her wool falls to the ground until all of it is shorn. (S.) جفال is applied, by Dhu-r-Rummeh, as an epithet to hair; [meaning Much, or abundant; ] and it is not applied as an epithet to anything save what is much, or abundant. (S.) Ed-Dejjál [or Antichrist] is described, in a trad., as جُفَالُ الشَّعَرِ Having much hair : (TA:) and الرَّأْسِ ↓ جَافِلُ [also] has this meaning. (Ham p. 469.)

Derived headwords

جُفَالٌ
  1. 1.
أُوَلَّدُ رُخَالًا وَأُجَزُّ جُفَالًا وَأُحْلَبُ كُثَبًا ثِقَالًا
وَلَمْ تَرَ مِثْلِى مَالًا
أُجَزُّ جُفَالًا
جُفَالُ الشَّعَرِ