Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

دَاعٍ داع داعي [ Praying, or supplicating God:] calling, or summoning: (Mgh:) [ inviting: ] and particularly, [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates,] one who calls, or summons, or invites, to obey a right or a wrong religion: (TA:) pl. دُعَاةٌ (Mgh, Msb, TA) and دَاعُونَ. (Msb, TA.) [Hence,] دَاعِى ا@للّٰهِ [ God's summoner, or inviter; i. e.] the prophet: (K:) and also, (Msb, K,) or simply الدَّاعِى, (TA,) The مُؤَذِّن [or summoner to prayer ]. (Msb, K, TA.) [Hence also, دَاعِى المَنَايَا The summoner of death, lit. of deaths; like طَارِقُ المَنَايَا] ― -b2- See also the next paragraph, in two places. ― -b3- Also A punisher. (TA.)

دَاعِيَةٌ داعي داعيه داعية : see دَعْوَةٌ, in two places: ― -b2- and see also دَعْوَى. ― -b3- دَاعِيَّةٌ اللَّبَنِ The remainder of the milk, (K,) or what is left, of the milk, in the udder, (S, Mgh,) that draws, or attracts, (K,) or in order that it may draw, or attract, (S, Mgh,) what is to come after it; (S, Mgh, K; *) as also اللَّبَنِ ↓ دَاعِى, occurring in a trad., where it is said, دَعْ دَاعِىَ اللَّبَنِ [ Leave thou the remainder of the milk, in the udder, that is to draw, or attract, what is to come after it ]; (S, Mgh;) i. e. do not exhaust it entirely. (Mgh.) ― -b4- Hence, دَاعِيَةٌ is metaphorically applied to signify (tropical:) A mean, or means; a cause; or a motive; (Har p. 306;) [as also ↓ دَاعٍ, often used in these senses in the present day;] and so, in an intensive sense, ↓ مَدْعَاةٌ [properly signifying a cause of drawing, attracting, or inducing, &c., originally مَدْعَوَةٌ, being a noun of the same class as مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ]: (Idem p. 86:) [the pl. of the first is دَوَاعٍ.] ― -b5- Also (assumed tropical:) The cry of horsemen in battle; (K;) as being a call to him who will aid, or succour. (TA.) ― -b6- دَوَاعِى الصَّدْرِ (assumed tropical:) The anxiety [or rather anxieties ] of the bosom. (Ham p. 509.) ― -b7- دَوَاعِى الدَّهْرِ (tropical:) The vicissitudes of fortune: (K, TA:) sing. دَاعِيَةٌ. (TA.)

أُدْعُوَّةٌ ذ : see what next follows.

أُدْعِيَّةٌ ذ (S, K) and ↓ أُدْعُوَّةٌ (K) An enigma; a riddle; (S, K; *) like أُحْجِيَّةٌ [and أُحْجُوَّةٌ]; and including such as is in verse, like that quoted above, in the second paragraph of this article. (S.)

مَدْعَاةٌ مدعاه مدعاة : see دَعْوَةٌ, latter part, in three places: ― -b2- and see also دَاعِيَةٌ: [pl. مَدَاعٍ. ― -b3- Hence the saying,] لَهُ مَسَاعٍ وَمَدَاعٍ, i. e. (tropical:) [ He possesses means of attaining honour and elevation, and ] causes of glorying, or memorable and generous qualities, especially in war. (TA.)

[ مَدْعُوٌّ مدعو مدعي pass. part. n. of 1; as also ↓ مَدْعِىٌّ.]

مَدْعِىٌّ مدعى مدعي مدعيي : see what next precedes: ― -b2- and see also دَعِىٌّ, last sentence.

مُدَّعًى مدعى مدعي مدعيي Claimed property [&c.]: مُدَّعًى بِهِ is nought. (Mgh.) ― -b2- مُدَّعًى عَلَيْهِ One upon whom a claim is made for property [&c.]. (Mgh.) [ A defendant in a law-suit. ]

مُدَّعٍ مدع مدعي Claiming property [&c.]; a claimant. (Mgh.) [ A plaintiff in a law-suit. ]

1 دَعَيْتُ دعا دعيت , aor. أَدْعِى, inf. n. دُعَاآءٌ: see 1 in art. دعو.

دَعِىٌّ دعا دعى دعي ودع : &c.: see art. دعو.

1 دَغَرَ دغر , aor. دَغَرَ , (K,) inf. n. دَغْرٌ, (S, A, K,) He pushed, thrust, drove, impelled, or repelled. (S, A, K.) This is the primary signification. (S, A.) ― -b2- دَغَرَهُ, aor. as above, He pressed him, or squeezed him, until he died. (K.) ― -b3- دَغَرَتْ حَلْقَ الصَّبِىّ, (TK,) aor. دَغَرَ , (K,) inf. n. دَغْرٌ, (S, K,) She pressed the throat, or fauces, of the child, (K, * TA,) on account of the pain termed العُذْرَةُ, (S, * TA,) and (or that is to say, TA) raised his uvula with her finger, (S, K, TA,) compressing that part on the occasion of the pain's being excited by the blood. (A 'Obeyd, TA.) So in the trad., عَلَامَ تُعَذِّبْنَ أَوْلَادَكُنَّ بِالدَّغْرِ Wherefore do ye torment your children by raising the uvula &c.: (S:) and لَا تُعَذِّبْنَ أَوْلَادَكُنَّ بِالدَّغْرِ Torment ye not your children by pressing the throat, or fauces, &c. (A 'Obeyd, TA.) ― -b4- And دَغَرَتْ وَلَدَهَا, (TK,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (K,) She fed her child ill: and she suckled him without satisfying him, (K,) so that he remained hungry, and applied himself to every one he met, and ate and sucked, and would suck the dug of a ewe or goat: and the like is said of a she-camel with respect to her young one, accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed Es-Sukkaree, who thus explains the latter of the two traditions quoted above; but Az says that the right explanation is that given by A 'Obeyd, as is shown in the traditions [elsewhere]. (TA.) ― -b5- دَغَرَ الشَّىْءَ بِالشَّىْءِ, (TK,) aor . and inf. n. as above, (K,) He mixed the thing with the thing. (K, * TK.) -A2- دَغَرَ عَلَيْهِ, (K,) aor. دَغَرَ , (TA,) inf. n. دَغْرٌ, (K,) and ↓ دَغْرَى, (K, TA,) or the latter is a simple subst., (TA,) He rushed upon him without consideration; (K, TA;) he charged upon him. (TA.) Hence the saying, لَاصَفَّى ↓ دَغْرَى, (S, A, K, *) and ↓ دَغَرَى, and ↓ دَغْرَاآءَ, (K,) and دَغْرًا لَا صَفًّا, (S, K,) like عَقْرَى وَحَلْقَى, and عَقْرًا وَحَلْقًا, (S,) i. e., Rush ye upon them without consideration, and oppose them not in regular ranks: (S, * A, * K, * TA:) or mix ye among them, &c. (Kr.) A woman is related to have said to her son, وَلَا صَفَّى ↓ اـِذَا رَأَتِ العَيْنُ العَيْنَ فَدَغْرَى When the eye sees the eye, [or when eye meets eye in war,] then rush thou &c. (TA.) ― -b2- دَغَرَ فِى البَيْتِ He entered the house: (K:) as though he thrust himself in. (TA.)

اِدَّغَرَ أدغر ادغر دغر : see 8 in art. ثغر.)

دَغْرٌ دغر (TA) and ↓ دَغْرَةٌ (S, A, K) The act of snatching a thing unawares; seizing it hastily when its owner is unawares: (S, A, K:) or the springing, or rushing, upon a commodity, to snatch it unawares: or the filling one's hand with a thing and carrying it off. (TA.) Hence the trad. (S, A) of 'Alee, (TA,) ↓ لَاقَطْعَ فِى الدَّغْرَةِ [ There shall be no amputation of the hand for snatching a thing unawares: &c. ]. (S, A, TA.)

دَغْرَةٌ دغر دغره دغرة : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

دَغْرَى دغر دغرى دغري and دَغَرَى and دَغْرَاآء: see 1; the first, in three places.

مَدْغَرَةٌ مدغره مدغرة A fierce war, in which the word is دَغْرَى, (K,) or دَغْرًا. (TA.)

دَاغِصَةٌ داغصه داغصة [The patella, or knee-pan; ] the round bone which moves about in the head of the knee; (S, K;) or which turns aside and moves about above the رَضْف of the knee [which are said to be certain bones in the knee, like fingers put together, holding together one another]: (TA:) or the bone in the inside of the knee, on the right and left of which are the ligaments (العَصَب [app. meaning the internal and external lateral ligaments of the knee-joint, between which is the patella]): (IDrd, TA:) or a bone having at its extremity (فِى طَرَفِهِ [perhaps a mistake for فِى طَرَفَيْهِ at its two extremities ]) two ligaments (عَصَبَتَانِ [app. the tendon of the extensor muscles of the leg and the ligamentum patellæ]), at the head of the وَابِلَة [a bone in the knee-joint]: (TA:) it is a subst., like كَاهِلٌ and غَارِبٌ: (TA:) also [explained as signifying] the piece, or portion, of fat beneath the skin that is above the knee: or, as some say, the ligament (عَصَبَة) [ in that part ]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also Compact flesh: pl. دَوَاغِصُ. (TA.) You say of a man whose flesh is compact, كَأَنَّهُ دَاغِصَةٌ [ As though he were a داغصة]. (TA.) -A2- Also Clear, shallow, water: (IDrd, K:) pl. as above. (K.)

دَغْفَلٌ دغفل The young one of an elephant: (S, K:) or of a wolf. (K.) -A2- عَيْشٌ دَغْفَلٌ An ample, or easy, and a plentiful, life; (As, S, K;) [as also ↓ دَغْفَلِىٌّ.] A poet says, ↓ وَفَارَقَ مِنْهَاعِيشَةٌ دَغْفَلِيَّةٌ وَلَمْ تَخْشَ يَوْمًا يَزُولَ سَرِيرُهاَ [ And an ample, or a plentiful, state of life, that was hers, passed away: and she feared not one day that her ease, or affluence, would depart ]. (S in art. سر.) ― -b2- You say also عَامٌ دَغْفَلٌ A plentiful, or fruitful, year: so says IAar: and he cites the saying of El-' Ajjáj, ↓ وَاـِذْ زَمَانُ النَّاسِ دَغْفَلِىٌّ [ And when the time of men, or of the people, is, or was, plentiful, or fruitful ]. (S.) ― -b3- And رِيشٌ دَغْفَلٌ Abundant feathers or plumage. (K.)

دَغْفَلِىٌّ دغفلى دغفلي ; and its fem., with ة: see above, in three places.

1 دَغَلَ فِيهِ دغل فيه دغل فية , aor. دَغَلَ , (K,) inf. n. دَغْلٌ, (TA,) He entered it like as enters he who is doing a thing that induces doubt, or suspicion, or evil opinion; (K, TA;) like as the hunter enters the lurkingplace to circumvent the game: so in the T and M. (TA.) -A2- دَغَلَ لَهُمُ الشَّرَّ He sought, or desired, to do to them evil, or mischief, when they thought that he desired to do them good. (T, TA.)

4 ادغل ادغل He (a man, TA) disappeared in a دَغَل [or place in which one fears being taken unawares ]. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- ادغل بِهِ He acted treacherously towards him, and took him unawares. (K.) ― -b3- He slandered him, or calumniated him. (K.) ― -b4- ادغل فِى الأَمْرِ He introduced into the affair what rendered it unsound, or corrupt, (K,) or what contravened it, (JK, S, M, O,) and rendered it unsound, or corrupt. (S, M, O.) ― -b5- ادغلت الأَرْضُ The land became abundant [ and dense (as is implied in the S)] in trees. (S, TA.)

دَغْلٌ دغل : see دَغِلٌ.

دَغَلٌ دغل Badness, corruptness, or unsoundness; or a bad, a corrupt, or an unsound, state or quality; (S, and Mgh in art. نغل;) [in an affair, &c.;] like دَخَلٌ; (S;) and a thing that induces doubt, or suspicion, or evil opinion; [in an affair; or] in a man: (Mgh ubi suprà:) or a cause of badness, corruption, or unsoundness, in an affair. (JK, T, K, TA.) Hence the saying of El-Hasan, اِتَّخُوا كِتَابَ ا@للّٰهِ دَغَلًا [ They made the Book of God to be a cause of corruption: or perhaps they made the Book of God corrupt; i. e. they corrupted it ]. (TA.) ― -b2- Confusedness, or entanglement, and abundance, of plants or herbage; (M, K;) most commonly known in plants of the kind termed حَمْض, when amid غريل [i. e. غِرْيَل, app. here meaning silt, or alluvial deposit, left upon the ground by a torrent]. (M, TA.) ― -b3- Tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense, trees; (S, K;) as also دَخَلٌ. (TA.) ― -b4- Any place in which a wile, machination, or plot, is practised; (JK;) a place in which one fears being taken unawares: (K:) and ↓ دَغِيلَةٌ signifies the same as دَغَلٌ [app. meaning such a place as is here described]: (JK, K:) the pl. of the former is أَدْغَالٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and دِغَالٌ. (K.) ― -b5- Accord. to En-Nadr, An elevated [ tract of ground such as is termed ] قُفّ: and i. q. أَكَمَةٌ [ a hill, or mound, &c.]: and a valley: and a level, or smooth, wide, depressed tract of land: and أَدْغَالٌ signifies mountains: and أَدْغَالُ الأَرْضِ, [ tracts of ] land from which water has sunk into the earth, or receded: and low, or depressed, tracts of land: and level, or smooth, tracts thereof. (TA.)

دَغِلٌ دغل , applied to a man, In whom is a bad, a corrupt, or an unsound, quality, and what induces doubt, or suspicion, or evil opinion; as also ↓ دَغْلٌ, a contraction of the former. (Mgh in art. نغل.) ― -b2- Applied to a place, as also ↓ مُدْغِلٌ, i. q. ذُو دَغَلٍ [app. as meaning Having tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense, trees ]: or obscure, or concealed; (K;) as also ↓ دَاغِلٌ. (TA.)

دَغِيلَةٌ دغيله دغيلة : see دَغَلٌ.

دَغَاوِلُ دغاول Calamities, or misfortunes: (A 'Obeyd, JK, T, K:) erroneously written by J دَوَاغِل, (K,) and so by IF in the Mj, (TA,) as on the authority of A 'Obeyd, who said only دَغَاوِل, (K,) and thus it is in a verse of Sakhr El-Hudhalee: (TA:) [but in one of my copies of the S it is written دَغَاوِل:] it has no sing.: (K:) or, as El-Bekree says, its sing. is not known: but some say that it is دغولة [thus without any syll. signs]. (TA.)

دَاغِلٌ داغل One who seeks, or desires, to do evil, or mischief, to his companions, when they think that he desires to do them good. (T, TA. [See the next paragraph.]) ― -b2- See also دَغِلٌ.

دَاغِلَةٌ داغل داغله داغلة Concealed rancour, malevolence; malice, or spite. (M, K.) -A2- Persons who seek to blame one, or to find fault with one, and to act treacherously towards one. (M, K. [See دَاغِلٌ.])

مُدْغِلٌ مدغل : see دَغِلٌ.

مَدَاغِلُ مداغل The bottoms, or interior parts, of valleys; (M, K;) and the level, or smooth, tracts thereof, when their trees are numerous. (M, TA.)

1 دَغَمَ دغم , aor. دَغَمَ , (K,) inf. n. دَغْمٌ, (JK, S,) He, or it, broke the nose, making the breach to extend into the interior. (JK, S, K. [So too accord. to the explanation of the inf. n. in the KL; though Golius renders it, and app. دَغَّمَ also, as on the authority of the KL, “ depressit nasum; ” while Freytag follows him in thus rendering only the latter verb; which I do not find in any Lexicon.]) -A2- Also, (M, K,) inf. n. as above, (M, TA,) He covered a vessel. (M, K.) ― -b2- And, said of rain, It covered, or overwhelmed, and prevailed over, or subdued, the earth, or land; as also ↓ ادغم. (TA.) ― -b3- And دَغَمَهُمْ, (S, K,) aor. دَغَمَ ; (K;) and دَغِمَهُمْ, (S, K,) aor. دَغَمَ ; (K;) inf. n. دَغْمٌ and دَغَمانٌ; (TA;) said of heat, (S, K,) and of cold also, (JK, K,) It came upon them, [properly] as though it were a thing that covered them; syn. غَشِيَهُمْ; as also ↓ أَدْغَمَهُمْ. (S, K. [Golius, app. misled by a wrong interpretation which I find in the KL, (mentioned by him as one of his authorities in this case, in addition to the S and K,) explains these three verbs as meaning “ totum corripuit, et deliquio animi affecit: ” and Freytag has followed him herein.]) -A3- [The inf. n.] دَغْمًا is also used, (K, TA,) in a form of imprecation, (TA,) as an imitative sequent to رَغْمًا [q. v.], and is in like manner followed by سِنَّغْمًا, (K, TA,) or شِنَّغْمًا. (TA.) And one says, فَعَلْتُ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى رَغْمِهِ وَدَغْمِهِ وَشِنَّغْمِهِ [meaning I did that in spite of him; or against his will ]. (TA.)

4 أَدْغَمَ see above, in two places. -A2- ادغم الفَرَسَ اللِّجَامَ He put the bit into the mouth of the horse; (JK, Az, S, K;) as also ادغم اللِّجَامَ فِى فَمِ الفَرَسِ. (TA.) ― -b2- And hence, (Az, S, TA,) though some say that the reverse is the case, (TA,) ادغم الحَرْفَ (Az, S, K) فِى الحَرْفِ, (K,) inf. n. اـِدْغَامٌ, (JK, S,) He inserted [or incorporated ] the letter into the letter; (JK, K, TA;) as also ↓اِدَّغَمَهُ, (S, K,) [which is itself an example of the incorporation of one letter into another, being] originally اِدْتَغَمَهُ. (S, TA.) -A3- ادغمهُ, said of God, He blackened his face: (K:) and i. q. أَرْغَمَهُ; (K, * TA;) both signify (tropical:) He did evil to him, and angered him: or the former verb has the former of these significations, explained in the K; and the latter verb signifies, with its pronoun, “ he angered him. ” (TA.) ― -b2- ادغمهُ اـِلَى كَذَا He, or it, caused him to want such a thing; (AA, TA in art. دمغ;) [and] so ادغمهُ لِكَذَا; (L in art. جلد;) as also ادمغهُ. (AA, L in art. جلد voce أَجْلَدَ, and TA in art. دمغ.) -A4- ادغم فُلَانٌ Such a one vied, or strove, with the people, or party, in hastening [ to eat ], fearing lest they should be before him, and therefore ate the food without chewing. (K, * TA.) [And أَدْمَغَ طَعَامَهُ, as explained in the TA in art. دمغ, has a similar meaning.]

8 اـِدْتَغَمَ see the next preceding paragraph.

11 ادغامّ اـدغام ادغام ٱدغام , inf. n. اِدْغِيمَامٌ, said of a horse, He was of a colour inclining to blackness in his face and lips, [or in his face and the part next the lips, ] blacker therein than in the other parts of his body. (K.)

دَغَمٌ دغم and ↓ دُغْمَةٌ, in a horse, [and in some other animals, (see أَدْغَمُ,)] A colour inclining to blackness, (S, K,) in the face and the part next the lips, (S,) or in the face and the lips, (K,) differing from, (S,) or blacker than, (K,) the colour of the other parts of the body. (S, K.)

دُغْمَةٌ دغمه دغمة : see what next precedes.

دُغْمَانٌ دغمان , with damm, (S, K,) applied to a man, (S,) Black: (S, K:) or black and big. (K.) -A2- Also a pl. of أَدْغَمُ [q. v.]. (TA.)

دُغَامٌ دغام A pain in the fauces. (K.)

دَاغِمٌ داغم an imitative sequent to رَاغِمٌ. (K, * TA.)

أَدْغَمُ ذ A horse of a colour inclining to blackness, (S, K,) or of a black colour, (Mgh,) in the face and the part next the lips, (S,) or in the face and the lips, (K,) or in the face and the muzzle, (Mgh,) differing from, (S, Mgh,) or blacker than, (K,) the colour of the other parts of the body; (S, Mgh, K;) called in Pers. دَيْزَج [or rather دِيزَهْ, from which دَيْزَجٌ is arabicized]; (AO, * S, Mgh, K;) in some instances, without any admixture of خُضْرَة [here meaning dark, or ashy, dust-colour ]: (AO, TA:) it is also applied as an epithet to a wolf: and the fem. is دَغْمَاآءُ: and the pl. is دُغْمٌ: (S:) the masc. is also applied to a ram, meaning having any, the least, blackness; especially in the end of the nose and beneath the chin: and the fem. to a ewe, meaning black in the end of the nose and in the chin; (TA;) or, thus applied, black in the face: (JK:) and the masc. also signifies black in the nose: (JK, K:) in which sense it has for its pl. دُغْمَانٌ: (TA:) accord. to the K [and the JK], دُغْمٌ, a pl. of أَدْغَمُ, signifies white; as though it had two contr. meanings; but this is a mistranscription for دُعْمٌ, with the unpointed ع. (TA.) It is said in a prov., الذّئْبُ أَدْغَمُ [ The wolf is blackish in the face and in the part next the lips, not being so in the other parts; or rather, is black in the nose ]: for, whether he lap from a vessel or not, دُغْمَة is a necessary characteristic of the wolf, [all] wolves being دُغْم; and therefore he is sometimes, or often, suspected of having lapped from a vessel when he is [really] hungry: the prov. is applied to him who is regarded with a wish for the like of that which he has not obtained. (S.) ― -b2- Also One who snuffles; i. e., speaks from [i. e. through ] his nose; (JK, K, TA;) i. e. i. q. أَخَنُّ. (TA.)

1 دَفَّ دف , (M, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. دَفِ3َ , (T, M, TA,) or دَفُ3َ , (Msb, [but this is a deviation from a general rule, and is probably a mistake,]) inf. n. دَفِيفٌ (Lth, T, S, M, Msb) and دَفٌّ; (M, TA;) and ↓ ادفّ; (Ibn-' Abbád, M, Msb, K;) said of a bird, (Lth, T, S, &c.,) It beat its sides (دَفَّيْهِ, i. e., Msb, جَنْبَيْهِ, M, Msb) with its wings: (M, Msb:) this is what is meant by the following explanation: (Msb:) it moved [or flapped ] its wings (Msb, K) for its flight, (Msb,) as the pigeon (K) and the like: (TA:) and it went [or flew ] along a little above the ground: (S, K:) or it moved [or flapped ] its wings, with its feet upon the ground, (Lth, T, M, K,) flying, and then rose; (Lth, T;) and in like manner ↓ دَفْدَفَ and ↓ استدفّ: (K:) [or] دفّ and ↓ ادفّ signify also it (a bird) went along quickly, with its feet upon the ground, and then raised itself flying. (Msb.) It is said in a trad., يُؤْكَلُ مَا دَفَّ وَلَا ُؤْكَلُ مَا صَفَّ, (K, * TA,) i. e. What moves [or flaps ] its wings [ in flying ], as the pigeon (K, TA) and the like, (TA,) may be eaten; but [ what skims along without flapping, ] such as vultures (K, TA) and hawks and the like, (TA,) may not be eaten. (K, * TA.) [But] دَفَّ, aor. دَفِ3َ , said of an eagle, signifies It approached, or was near to, the ground in its flying. (T.) ― -b2- And, دَفَّ, aor. دَفِ3َ , (M, Msb,) inf. n. دَفِيفٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and دَفٌّ, (K,) He, or it, (said of a camel, K, TA, and of a bird, TA, or of a party of men, Msb,) went a gentle pace; (S, M, Msb, K;) as also ↓ دَفْدَفَ. (IAar, TA.) Dhu-r-Rummeh uses it metaphorically in relation to الدَّبَرَانِ [the asterism of the Hyades, or α of Taurus], describing الثُّرَيَّا [the Pleiades]; saying, يَدِفُّ عَلَىاآثَارِهَا دَبَرَانُهَا فَلَا هُوَ مَسْبُوقٌ وَلَا هُوَ يَلْحَقُ [ Their Debarán goes along gently near after them, so that it is not outstripped, nor does it overtake ]. (M.) [And ↓ تَدَافَّ, accord. to ISd, seems to signify nearly the same: for it is immediately added in the M,] in the saying, اـِلَيْكَ أَشْكُو مَشْيَهَا تَدَافِيَا مَشْىَ العَجُوزِ تَنْقُلُ الأَثَافِيَا [app. complaining, to God, of the slowness of his she-camel, as though meaning To Thee I complain of her pressing on slowly and laboriously, like the gait of the old woman removing the three stones for the support of the cooking-pot ], the poet means تَدَافُفًا. (M. [But I rather think that the meaning here intended is, going along with an inclining from side to side; perhaps from دَفٌّ signifying the “ side. ” See also 6 in art. دفو.]) One says also, الجَيْشُ يَدِفُّونَ نَحْوَ العَدُوِّ The troops go gently, or leisurely, towards the enemy. (S.) And دَفَّتْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ بَنِى فُلَانٍ ↓ دَافَّةٌ [ A company coming gently, or leisurely, of the sons of such a one, so came to us ]. (S.) And مِنَ الأَعْرَابِ ↓ دَفَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ دَافَّةٌ A company of Arabs of the desert journeying leisurely in search of herbage and sustenance [ so ] came to them. (Z, TA.) And هُمْ قَوْمٌ يَدِفُّونَ, inf. n. دَفِيفٌ, They are a party journeying together not a hard pace. (AA, T.) And دَفَّ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ (IAar, T, TA,) inf. n. دَفٌّ, (K, TA,) He went lightly upon the ground; (K, * TA;) and ذَفَّ signifies the same. (IAar, T.) And دَفِيفٌ also signifies The act of running. (T.) ― -b3- Also دَفُّوا, aor. دَفِ3َ , [app. They journeyed to a region of green herbage and waters in consequence of drought: (see دَافَّةٌ:) and hence,] they had rain after experiencing drought. (M.) ― -b4- See also 10, in two places. -A2- See also 3. -A3- دَفَّ الشَّىْءَ, aor. دَفُ3َ , (TK,) inf. n. دَفٌّ, (Sgh, K,) He uprooted the thing; extirpated it. (Sgh, K.)

2 دفّف دفف , inf. n. تَدْفِيفٌ, He hastened, sped, or went quickly; (K;) as also ↓ دَفْدَفَ. (IAar, K.) -A2- See also 3, in two places.

3 دافّهُ داف دافه دافة , (T, S, M, Msb, K,) and دافّ عَلَيْهِ, (TA,) inf. n. مُدَافَّةٌ and دِفَافٌ; (T, S, M, Msb;) as also دَافَاهُ, which is of the dial. of Juheyneh, (T, M,) altered from the former, (M,) and ذافّهُ; (Msb, TA;) and ↓ دفّفهُ, (K,) or عَلَيْهِ ↓ دفّف, (M, Msb, TA,) inf. n. تَدْفِيفٌ; (Msb;) as also ذفّف عليه; (T, M;) and عَلَيْهِ ↓ دَفّ, aor. دَفُ3َ , [or, accord. to rule, دَفِ3َ ]; (Msb;) [as also ذَفَّ عليه;] namely, a man, (S,) a captive, (T, S,) or a wounded man, (M,) He despatched him; i. e. hastened and completed his slaughter; (T, S, M, Msb, K;) or wounded him so as to hasten his death. (Msb.)

4 ادفّ أدف ادف داف دف : see 1, first sentence, in two places. ― -b2- أَدَفّتْ عَيْهِ الأُمُورُ The events came upon him consecutively, or uninterruptedly. (Sgh, K.)

6 تدافّ القَوْمُ تداف القوم The party, or company of men, bore, or pressed, or crowded, one upon another. (As, A 'Obeyd, T, S, M, K. *) ― -b2- See also 1.

10 استدفّ استدف : see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- Also It (a thing, M) was, or became, prepared, (AZ, T, M,) within one's power or reach, (S, M, K,) and easy; (S, K;) like استطفّ, the د being substituted for ط; (S;) [as also استذفّ;] and so ↓ دَفَّ, (T, M,) aor. دَفِ3َ ; (M;) [as also ذَفَّ.] You say, خُذْ َا ا@سْتَدَفَّ لَكَ, (AZ, T, S, K,) and ما لك ↓ دَفَّ, (AZ, T,) Take thou what is prepared for thee; (AZ, T;) what is within thy power or reach, and easy to thee. (S, K.) ― -b3- And It (an affair, or a thing,) was, or became, rightly disposed or arranged; in a right state; (S, K;) or complete, (S, Msb,) and in a right state: (S:) and استذفّ signifies the same. (IKtt, IB, TA.) ― -b4- استدفّ بِالمُوسَى (tropical:) He shaved his pubes with the razor, (K, * TA,) and did so utterly; occurring in this sense in a trad. (TA.)

R. Q. 1 دَفْدَفَ دفدف : see 1, in two places: ― -b2- and see also 2. ― -b3- [The inf. n.] دَفْدَفَةٌ signifies [also] The beating a دُفّ [or tambourine ] hastily [or quickly ]. (M, TA.)

دَفٌّ دف The side, syn. جَنْبٌ, (Lth, T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) of anything, (Lth, T, M, Msb, K,) for instance, of a bird, (Msb,) and of a camel; (S;) as also ↓ دَفَّةٌ: (Lth, T, Mgh, Msb:) or the surface (صَفْحَة) of the side; (M, K;) as also ↓ دَفَّةٌ: (K:) pl. دُفُوفٌ. (T, M, Msb.) Hence, أَصْبَرُ مِنْ عَوْدٍ بِدَفَّيْهِ جُلَبْ [ More enduring than an old camel in whose sides are scabs formed over wounds: a prov.]. (TA. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 737.]) And ↓ بَاتَ يَقَّلَبُ عَلَى دَفَّتَيْهِ [and دَفّيْهِ, i. e. He passed the night turning over and over upon his sides ]. (TA.) The saying of' Antarah, describing his she-camel, وَكَأَنَّمَا تَنْأَى بِجَانِبِ دَفِّهَا ا@لْ وَحْشِىِّ مِنْ هَزِجِ العَشِىِّ مُؤَوَّمِ Perseus transcribers were unclear about the final character of line 1 and the initial character of line 2. means And as though she were shrinking from the quarter of her off side, بِ being here used in the sense of عَنْ, from a creature that cries for food at supper-time; meaning a cat, of ugly form and big head, fearing to be scratched by it: as J says, [in art. وحش,] she shrinks with her off side because the rider's whip is in his right hand: (EM p. 233:) [or the meaning is, as though she were shrinking with the outside of her off side; lit, with the side of her off side; for, accord. to ISd,] this is an instance of the prefixing of a noun to another identical therewith [in signification]. (M.) [Hence also,] رَمَاهُ ا@للّٰهُ بِذَاتِ الدَّفِّ i. e. ذات الجَنْبِ [ May God smite him with the pleurisy ] (TA.) ― -b2- ― -b3- Also A bank; an acclivity; or a part that faces one, above the foot or base; of sand; and of land or ground: (K:) accord. to En-Nadr, [the pl.] دُفُوفٌ signifies banks; acclivities; or parts that face one, above the foot or base; of land or ground; (T, TA;) as also دَفَادِفُ, of which the sing. is ↓ دَفْدَفَةٌ: (T, K:) accord. to Z, the دُفُوف of valleys are the elevated parts of the sides. (TA.) ― -b4- See also the next paragraph. ― -b5- And دَفَّةٌ.

دُفٌّ دف and ↓ دَفٌّ, (T, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) the former the more approved, (K,) the latter mentioned by A 'Obeyd, (S,) [and now the more common, A tambourine; ] a certain thing with which one beats, (M, K,) or with which women beat, (S,) or with which one plays; (Mgh, Msb;) of two kinds; round; [such as is figured, under the name of “ tár ” (طار), in chap. xviii. of my work on the Modern Egyptians, with several pairs of tinkling plates of brass in apertures in the hoop, and sometimes, as in the kind used by hired wailing-women, without those tinkling plates; ] and four-sided: [the latter seems to be only for amusement; for] it is said that the foursided is unlawful; but there is no harm in selling the round: (Mgh:) pl. دُفُوفٌ. (M, Msb, K.)