Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

أَزْغَبُ ذ [ Downy; ] having upon it, or him, what is termed زَغَب; as also ↓ زَغِبٌ: fem. of the former زَغْبَاآءُ; and pl. زُغْبٌ. (TA.) You say فَرْخٌ أَزْغَبُ [ A downy young bird ]: (A:) and فِرَاخٌ زُغْبٌ [ downy young birds ]. (S.) And رَجُلٌ ↓ زَغِبٌ [ A downy man ]: (JK:) or ↓ رَجُلٌ زَغِبُ الشَّعَرِ [ a man having downy hair ]. (Msb, TA.) And رَقَبَةٌ زَغْبَاآءُ [ A downy neck ]. (JK, A, Msb.) And قِثَّاآءُ أَزْغَبُ (AHn, A, TA) (tropical:) [ A species of cucumber ] having upon it what resembles the زَغَب [or down ] of fur, which falls off by degrees when they become large, leaving them smooth. (AHn, TA.) [For another epithet of similar meaning, see 4, in three places.] ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) A species of fig, (AHn, K,) larger than the وَحْشِىّ [or wild ], upon which is زَغَب [or down ]: when stripped of this, it comes forth black: it is large, thick, and sweet: but it is a worthless sort of fig. (AHn, TA.) ― -b3- Applied to a horse, Black and white; or white in the hind legs as high as the thighs; syn. أَبْلَقُ. (K.) And [in like manner] applied to a mountain, Of which the whiteness is intermixed with its blackness; as also ↓ زُغَبٌ. (JK, K, TA. [In some of the copies of the K, for مِنَ الجِبَالِ, we find من الحِبَالِ: that the former is the right reading, contr. to the assertion of Freytag app. based on the explanation in the TK, appears from its being added that the fem.] الزَّغْبَاآءُ is the name of a certain mountain in El-Kibleeyeh; (K, TA;) in some copies of the K, El-Kabaleeyeh. (TA.)

مُزْغِبَةٌ ذ , or مُزَغِّبَةٌ, or مُزْغِبَّةٌ: see 4.

Q. 1 زَغْبَرَ ذ It (a garment, or piece of cloth,) had what is termed زِغْبِر, or زِغْبُر, &c., i. e. زِئْبِر [or nap ]. (O, K.)

زِغْبِرٌ ذ , (O and TA, and so in a copy of the K,) or زَغْبَرٌ, or زِغْبَرٌ, (as in two different copies of the K,) and زِغْبُرٌ, (O and TA, and so accord. to a copy of the K,) or زَغْبُرٌ, (accord. to another copy of the K,) of a garment, or piece of cloth, i. q. زِئْبِرٌ [i. e. The nap: see زِئْبِرٌ, in art. زبر]. (O, K.) [Hence, app., supposing زَغْبَرٌ to be a dial. var., having the signification expl. above,] أَخَذَ الشَّىْءَ بِزَغْبَرِهِ He took the thing altogether, (O, K, * TA,) leaving nothing of it; as also بِزَأْبَرِهِ, and بِزَوْبَرِهِ. (O, TA.)

Q. 1 زَغْرَدَةٌ ذ The braying that is reiterated (L, K) in the fauces, or throat, (L,) or in the جَوْف [meaning chest ], (K,) of the camel: (L, K:) an inf. n., of which the verb is زَغْرَدَ: you say, زَغْرَدَ البَعِيرُ. (TK.) ― -b2- Hence the زَغْرَدَة of women on the occasions of rejoicings. (TA.) [One says, of a woman, زَغْرَدَتْ, more commonly in the present day زَغْرَطَتْ, meaning She uttered shrill, quavering, or rapidly-reiterated, sounds, or cries of joy: which sounds, or cries, are termed ↓ زَغَارِيدُ, and now more commonly زَغَارِيط.]

زَغَارِيدُ ذ : see above.

1 زَغَلَهُ ذ , aor. زَغَلَ , (K,) inf. n. زَغْلٌ, (TA,) He, or it, poured it out, or forth, with an impetus, or with force. (K. [See also 4.]) And He, or it, spirted it forth; (K;) as also ↓ ازغلهُ. (TA.) You say, الشَّرَابَ ↓ أَزْغَلْتُ I spirted forth the wine, or beverage. (JK.) And زَغَلَتِ المَزَادَةُ مِنْ عَزْلَائِهَا The leathern water-bag poured [or spirted ] forth from its spout. (TA.) And زَغَلَتِ النَّاقَةُ بِبَوْلِهَا: see 4. ― -b2- زَغَلَ الأُمَّ He (a kid, TA) sucked the mother: (K, TA:) [and رَغَلَ is a dial. var. thereof:] so says Er-Riyáshee: or, as in the L, زَغَلَتِ البَهْمَةُ أُمَّهَا the young lamb or hid overpowered its mother and sucked her. (TA.)

4 ازغلهُ ذ , inf. n. اـِزْغَالٌ, He poured it out, or forth. (TA. [And زَغَلَهُ app. signifies the same.]) One says, أَزْغَلَ مِنْ عَزْلَاآءِ المَزَادَةِ المَاآءَ He poured forth, from the spout of the leathern water-bag, the water. (TA.) And مِنْ سِقَائِكَ ↓ أَزْغِلْ لِى زُغْلَةً, (S,) or مِنْ اـِنَائِكَ, (K, [in the CK ازْغَلْ, i. e. اِزْغَلْ, from زَغَلَهُ,]) Pour thou out, for me, somewhat (S, K) [or a gulp or mouthful ] of milk from thy skin, (S,) or from thy vessel. (K.) See also 1, in two places. One says also, أَزْغَلَتِ النَّاقَةُ بِبَوْلِهَا (S, K) and بِهِ ↓ زَغَلَتْ (K) The she-camel ejected her urine (S, K, TA) in repeated small quantities (↓ زُغْلَةً زُغْلَةً), and interrupted it. (S, TA.) And أَزْغَلَتِ الطَّعْنَةُ بِالدَّمِ, like أَوْزَغَت [i. e. The wound made with a spear or the like emitted blood in repeated gushes ]. (S, K.) ― -b2- أَزْغَلَتْ وَلَدَهَا She suckled her child. (JK, TA.) And ازغل فَرْخَهُ He (a bird) fed his young one with his mouth, or bill: (S, K:) [and ارغل is a dial. var. thereof.] -A2- أَزْغَلْتَ, said by 'Ásim to Mis'ar, when the latter was reading, or reciting, to him, and did so incorrectly, means Thou hast become like the زُغْلُول, i. e. young infant: mentioned by Z: (TA:) or he said أَزْغَلْتَ, which is a dial. var. of the former verb. (TA in art. رغل.)

زَغَلٌ ذ i. q. غِشٌّ [meaning Adulterated, or counterfeit, coin: so in the present day]. (TA.) [See also زُغَلِىٌّ.]

زُغْلَةٌ ذ A mouthful, or the quantity that fills the mouth; of milk [&c.]; heard in this sense by Az from an Arab of the desert; (TA;) a gulp of wine or beverage [&c.]: pl. زُغْلٌ [perhaps a mistranscription for زُغَلٌ: if not, it is a coll. gen. n.]. (MA.) See 4. ― -b2- The quantity that is emitted, or poured forth, at once, [ without interruption, ] of urine, (S, K,) &c. (K.) See, again, 4. ― -b3- The quantity that one spirts forth from his mouth, of wine or beverage. (K.) -A2- الزُّغْلَةُ also signifies The اِسْت [i. e. podex, or anus ]. (El-Hejeree, K.)

زُغَلِىٌّ ذ [ A maker of adulterated, or counterfeit, coin; a meaning indicated in the TA, and obtaining in the present day:] an epithet from الزَّغَلُ, used by the vulgar and by persons of distinction. (TA.)

زُغْلُولٌ ذ Light, or active, (Kr, JK, S, K,) in spirit and in body, (IKh, TA,) and quick; an epithet applied to a man: (JK:) mentioned by Kr with ع and with غ: (TA:) in the “ Musannaf ” of A'Obeyd, with غ only. (TA in art. زعل.) ― -b2- Also A young infant: (JK, S, K:) pl. زَغَالِيلُ. (TA.) One says صِبْيَةٌ زَغَالِيلُ Little children. (TA.) And كَيْفَ زُغْلُولُكَ How is thy little one? (A, TA.) ― -b3- And An orphan. (IKh, TA.) ― -b4- And The young one of the pigeon. (TA.) ― -b5- [Freytag explains it as signifying also “ Pallus ovis, cameli lactens; ” but whether this be intended to express a single meaning is not clear to me: ― -b6- also, on the authority of Dmr, as signifying A man light in respect of dignity and manners: app. as being likened to a young child.]

زَغُولٌ ذ , applied to [the young one of] a camel and [of] a sheep or goat, Persistent in suching. (K.)

مُزْغِلٌ ذ [without ة because applied only to a female,] A woman suckling her child. (JK, TA.)

مَزْغَلَةٌ ذ A drinking-vessel that holds a [زُغْلَة i. e.] gulp, or as much as is swallowed at once [of wine or beverage]. (MA.)

1 زَفَّ العَرُوسَ ذ , (K,) or زَفَفْتُهَا, (S,) or زَفَّتْهَا النِّسَاآءُ, (Msb,) aor. زَفُ3َ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. زَفٌّ (S, Msb, K) and زِفَافٌ, (S, K,) or the latter is a simple subst.; (Msb;) and ↓ ازفّها, (K,) or ازففتها, (S,) or ازفّتها النساآء; (Msb;) and ↓ ازدفّها, (K,) or ازدففتها, (S,) [or ازدفّتها النساآء;] اـِلَى زَوْجِهَا; all signify the same; (S, Msb, * K;) i. e. He, [or I, ] or the women, sent [or conducted ] the bride [ with festive parade or pageantry, and generally with music, ] to her husband: (Msb, K:) accord. to Er-Rághib, زفّ العروس is a metaphorical phrase, from زَفْزَفَةُ النَّعَامِ; because she is conducted with joyous alacrity. (TA.) -A2- زَفَّ, aor. زَفِ3َ , inf. n. زَفِيفٌ (S, K) and زَفٌّ and زُفُوفٌ, (K,) or زَفِيفٌ is a simple subst., (Msb,) said of an ostrich, (S, K,) and of a camel, (S,) &c., (K,) He hastened, or was quick; (S, K;) as also ↓ ازفّ: (IAar, K:) accord. to Lh, said of a man and of others; and ↓ ازفّ, he says, is the more unusual of the two: (TA:) or زَفَّ, aor. زَفِ3َ , is said, in this sense, of a man: and, accord. to the Mj, said of an ostrich, inf. n. زَفِيفٌ, it means he hastened, or was quick, so that a [ sound such as is termed ] زَفِيف was heard to be produced by his wings: (Msb:) or زَفٌّ and ↓ اـِزْفَافٌ are like ذَمِيلٌ [which signifies the going a gentle pace; or a pace above that which is termed العَنَقُ, and above that which is termed التَّزَيُّدُ]: (K, * TA: [in the CK, الزَّمِيل is put for الذَّمِيل:]) or the first running of the ostrich: (K:) or زَفِيفٌ has this last meaning: (TA:) or signifies the going quickly and with short steps: (Lh, TA:) or the going quickly, with short steps, and quietly. (TA.) You say, زَفَّ القَوْمُ فِى مَشْيِهِمْ The people, or party, hastened, or were quick, in their walking, or marching, or going along: and hence, in the Kur [xxxvii. 92], فَأَقْبلُوا اـِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ, (S,) i. e. [ And they advanced towards him ] hastening, or going quickly. (Fr, TA. [But there are other readings, for which see Bd.]) [Hence also,] one says زَفَّ رَأْلُهُ, meaning (tropical:) He was, or became, light of intellect, lightwitted, or irresolute. (S, Z, TA. [See also art. رأل]) ― -b2- زَفَّ, inf. n. زَفِيفٌ (O, K) and زَفٌّ, (K,) said of a bird, (O, K,) in his flight, (O,) He cast himself: ('Eyn, O, K:) or he spread his wings: and so ↓ زَفْزَفَ [app. in either sense]: (K:) and the latter, he moved [or flapped ] his wings in running. (TA.) ― -b3- زَفَّتِ الرِّيحُ, (S, K,) aor. زَفِ3َ , (S,) inf. n. زَفِيفٌ and زُفُوفٌ, (TA,) The wind blew along, (S, K,) not violently: (S:) or blew gently and continually: (TA:) and ↓ زَفْزَفَت signifies the same: (K, TA:) or the latter, inf. n. زَفْزَفَةٌ, signifies it blew violently: so in the T: or it blew gently: (TA:) or زَفْزَفَةٌ signifies the moaning (حَنِين) of the wind, and its sounding among the trees. (S.) ― -b4- زَفَّ, (O, K,) inf. n. زَفِيفٌ, (TA,) said of lightning, It shone, or gleamed. (O, K, TA.)

4 ازفّ ذ , inf. n. اـِزْفَافٌ, intrans.: see 1, in three places. -A2- ازفّ العَرُوسَ: see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- ازفّهُ He made him to hasten, or go quickly; (S, L, K;) namely, a camel, (S, L,) and an ostrich. (S.) ― -b3- [And accord. to Freytag, it occurs in the Deewán el-Hudhaleeyeen as meaning He led him to do light, vain, things. ]

8 ازدفّ العَرُوسَ ذ : see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- ازدفّ الحِمْلَ He carried, took up and carried, or raised upon his back, the load. (Ibn-' Abbád, K.)

10 استزفّهُ السَّيْلُ ذ , (Ibn-' Abbád, A, O, TA,) thus correctly, but in the copies of the K السَّيْرُ, (TA,) The torrent found it light to carry (اِسْتَخَفَّهُ, Ibn-' Abbád, A, O, K), and took it away. (Ibn- ' Abbád, A, O, TA.)

R. Q. 1 زَفْزَفَ ذ , [inf. n. زَفْزَفَةٌ,] said of a man, He walked in a comely manner. (TA.) ― -b2- زَفْزَفَةٌ also signifies The running vehemently. (K.) ― -b3- And A certain manner, or rate, of going, of camels, said to be beyond, or above, what is termed الخَبَبُ. (TA.) ― -b4- Said of a bird: see 1, latter part. ― -b5- And زَفْزَفَت said of the wind: see, again, 1, latter part. The inf. n. signifies The wind's putting in motion the dry herbage, and making a sound therein: (K, TA:) you say, of the dry herbage, زَفْزَفَتْهُ الرِّيحُ [ The wind put it in motion, &c.]. (TA.) ― -b6- The inf. n. signifies also The noising, or noise-making, of a procession, or company of men riding or walking along. (IDrd, K.) ― -b7- And The sounding of an arrow when it is twirled round upon the nail [of the left thumb: see دَرَّ السَّهْمُ, in art. در]. (TA.) ― -b8- It is related in a trad., that the Prophet said to a woman, مَا لَكِ تُزَفْزَفِينَ, (O, K, TA, in some copies of the K تُزَفْزِفِينَ,) with damm to the first letter; (K) to which she replied “ The fever, may God not bless it; ” and he said “ Revile not thou the fever, for it does away with the sins of the sons of Adam like as the blacksmith's skin with which he blows his fire does away with the dross of the iron: ” (O, TA:) the meaning is, [ What aileth thee ] that thou art made to tremble, or quake? (تُرْعَدِينَ: O, K, TA: in some copies of the K تُرْعِدِينَ:) [see also مَزْفُوفٌ:] or it is with fet-h to the ت, (O, K, TA,) i. e. تَزَفْزَفِينَ [for تَتَزَفْزَفينَ, from ↓ تَزَفْزَفَتْ], (O,) meaning, that thou tremblest, or quakest? (O, K:) or it is with kesr to the [latter] ز, [تُزَفْزِفِينَ,] meaning, that thou moanest, as does he who is sick: (TA:) or, as some relate it, it is with ر [in the place of the ز, i. e. تُزَفْرِفِينَ, having the second of the meanings expl. above in this sentence, or nearly so]. (K.)

R. Q. 1 تَزَفْرَفَتْ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph, last sentence.

زِفٌّ ذ Small feathers of the ostrich, (S, K,) and (S, in the K “ or ”) of a bird (S, K) of any kind: (K:) or small feathers, like down, beneath the thickset feathers: (IDrd, O, TA:) accord. to some, only of the ostrich: (O, TA:) [pl., app., زِفَافٌ: see زَفَازِفُ.] One says أَلْيَنُ مِنْ زِفِّ النَّعَامِ [ More soft than the small feathers of the ostrich ]. (TA.)

زَفَّةٌ ذ (tropical:) A time; one time; syn. مَرَّةٌ: (K:) one says, جِئْتُهُ زَفَّةً, or زَفَّتَيْنِ, (tropical:) I came to him once, or twice. (TA.) A single act of زَفِيف [i. e. hastening, or going quickly ]. (TA. [This seems to be the primary signification.])

زُفَّةٌ ذ A company, or congregated body, of men. (O, K.) Hence the saying of the Prophet to Bilál, on the occasion of the marriage of Fátimeh, أَدْخِلِ النَّاسَ عَلَىَّ زُفَّةً زُفَّةً, meaning Bring thou in the people to me company after company. (O, TA.)

زَفَفٌ ذ , in a male ostrich, The quality of having abundant and dense زِفّ, i. e. small feathers. (S, K.)

زَفُوفٌ ذ : see زَفْزَفٌ. ― -b2- Hence it is applied to a she-camel, as being likened to an ostrich in her quickness; (TA;) meaning [ Quick: or] good in pace, and quick. (Ham p. 750.) And الزَّفُوفُ is the name of a certain horse that belonged to Noamán Ibn-El-Mundhir. (O.) ― -b3- Also A twanging bow. (TA.)

زَفِيفٌ ذ (S, K) and ↓ أَزَفُّ and ↓ زِفَّانِىٌّ, (Ibn-'Abbád, K,) or ↓ زِفَّانٌ, without ى, (L, TA,) Quick, (Ibn-'Abbád, S, L, K,) like ذَفِيفٌ, (S,) and light. (L, TA. [In the CK the explanation is omitted.]) -A2- It is also an inf. n.: (S, K, &c.:) or a simple subst. (Msb.) [See 1, in several places.)

زِفَّانٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

زِفَّانِىُّ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

زَفْزَفٌ ذ and ↓ زَفْزَافٌ [the latter of which is omitted in the CK] A wind that blows violently, with continuance; as also ↓ زَفْزَافَةٌ, (K, TA,) or زَفْزَفَةٌ: (CK:) or ↓ زَفْزَافَةٌ and زَفْزَفٌ a wind making a moaning (حَنِين), and sounding among the trees: (S:) or زَفْزَفٌ a quick, or swift, wind: or زَفْزَفَةٌ and ↓ زَفْزَافَةٌ and ↓ زَفْزَافٌ a violent wind, having a زَفْزَفَة, i. e. sounding: the pl. of زَفْزَفٌ is زَفَازِفُ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, (i. e. the first and second words,) Light [ in motion or action ]. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) ― -b3- And The ostrich; (K;) so called because of his lightness of pace; or because of his زَفْزَفَة, meaning his moving [or flapping] of his wings when running; (TA;) and so ↓ زَفُوفٌ. (K.)

زَفْزَافٌ ذ , and with ة: see the next preceding paragraph, in five places.

زَفَازِفُ ذ pl. of زَفْزَفٌ. ― -b2- It is also used by a Hudhalee poet [app. referring to birds] as meaning ذَوَاتُ زِفَافٍ [i. e., supposing زِفَاف to be pl. of زِفٌّ, agreeably with analogy, Having small, downy, feathers ]. (TA.)

[ زَافٌّ ذ act. part. n. of زَفَّ in the phrase زَفَّ العَرُوسَ: fem. with ة: pl. of the latter زَوَافُّ. Hence,] زَحَفَتْ زَوَافُّهَا, a phrase mentioned by Lh, meaning اللَّوَاتِىزَفَفْنَهَا [i. e. The women who conducted her to her husband walked along gently ]. (TA.)

أَزَفُّ ذ A male ostrich having abundant and dense زِفّ, i. e. small feathers. (S, K.) ― -b2- See also زَفِيفٌ.

مِزَفَّةٌ ذ A [ vehicle of the kind called ] مِحَفَّةٌ in which, or upon which, the bride is sent [or conducted ] to her husband. (Kh, S, K.)

[ مَزْفُوفٌ ذ pass. part. n. of زَفَّ in a sense not mentioned, and perhaps not used. Hence,] بَاتَ مَزْفُوفًا a phrase meaning بات تُزَفْزِفُهُ الرِّيحُ [i. e. He passed the night made to tremble, or quake, by the wind ]. (TA.)

2 زفّت ذ He smeared a receptacle [such as a wine-skin and a wine-jar] with زِفْت. (Msb.)

زِفْتٌ ذ [ Pitch: or tar: or a sort of pitch: or crude pitch: ] i. q. قَارٌ: (A, Mgh, K:) or قِيرٌ: (Msb:) or قَطِرَانٌ: (A, Msb:) or it is like قِيرٌ: (S:) it is not the قِير with which ships are smeared, but [ like this inasmuch as ] it is also a black substance, with which wine-skins are seasoned; for the قير of ships dries upon them, whereas the زفت of skins does not dry: (TA:) or [ crude pitch; i. e.] a produce of the pine, or pitch-tree; which is of two sorts, moist and dry; the latter being either cooked, or congealed of itself; such as flows of itself from the trees is called زفت; such as is prepared by cooking, and art, قَطِرَانٌ. (TK.) [See also كُفْرٌ: and see De Sacy's “ Abd-allatif, ” p. 273.] ― -b2- Also, (K, * TA,) i. e. زِفْتٌ, (TA,) [not مُزَفَّتٌ, which Freytag has supposed to be here intended in the K, and not without some reason, for the passage is ambiguous,] A certain medicine; (K, TA;) a thing that comes forth from the earth, [app. a sort of bitumen, perhaps another name for قَفْرٌ يَهُودِىٌّ bitumen Judaicum, or Jew's pitch, ] that is an ingredient in medicines: not the زفت commonly known. (TA.)

مُزَفَّتٌ ذ Smeared with زِفْت; (S, A, * Mgh, K;) applied to a wine-skin, (A,) or a vessel, or receptacle for wine; i. q. مُقَيَّرٌ. (TA.) The receptacle thus termed quickly occasions alteration [or fermentation] in the wine [contained in it]. (Mgh.) You say جَرَّةٌ مُزَفَّتَةٌ A jar smeared with زِفْت. (S.) And it is said in a trad., نَهَى عَنِ المُزَفَّتِ [ He forbade the use of that skin, or vessel, which is smeared with زفت, for the beverage called نَبِيذ]. (TA.)

1 زَفَرَ ذ , aor. زَفِرَ , (S, K,) inf. n. زَفِيرٌ (S, A, K) and رَفْرٌ (K) and اـِزْفِيرٌ, (M, [like اـِرْزِيزٌ, app. an inf. n., or perhaps a simple subst.,]) He drew in his breath to the utmost, by reason of distress: (S:) it originally signifies he drew back his breath vehemently, so that his ribs became swollen out: (Er-Rághib:) زَفِيرٌ is the beginning of the cry of the ass, (Lth, S, A, Er-Rághib,) and of the like, (Lth,) and is generally used in this sense; (Er-Rághib;) and شَهِيقٌ is the ending thereof; (Lth, S, A, Er-Rághib;) for the former is the drawing in of the breath, and the latter is the sending it forth: (Lth, S:) or the verb signifies he sent forth his breath, after prolonging it: (M, K:) or he sent forth his breath with a prolonged sound: [i. e., he sighed, or uttered a long sigh, or sighed vehemently; or he groaned: ] or he filled his chest, by reason of grief, and then sent forth his breath: (TA:) or he breathed, raising his voice, like one moaning, or in grief. (Har p. 20.) ― -b2- [Hence,] زَفَرَتِ النَّارُ (assumed tropical:) The fire made a sound to be heard from its burning, or its fierce burning: (K:) and this [sounding] is termed زَفِيرٌ. (TA.) [See also حَدْمٌ; where زَفْرٌ, its inf. n., is expl., on the authority of AZ, as signifying The flaming, or blazing, of fire.] And البَحْرُ يَزْفِرُ بِتَمَوُّجِهِ (tropical:) [ The sea makes a roaring by its tumultuousness ]. (A, TA.) ― -b3- زَفَرَتِ الأَرْضُ (assumed tropical:) The land put forth its plants, or herbage. (TA.) -A2- زَفَرَ, aor. زَفِرَ , (S, A, K,) inf. n. زَفْرٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ ازدفر; (S, K;) He carried, (S, A, K,) a thing, (K,) or a load, or burden, (S, A,) as, for ex., a filled water-skin. (TA.) You say, يَزْفِرُونَ عَنْهُ الأَثْقَالَ [ They bear, or carry, or take off from him, and carry, his burdens ]. (A.) ― -b2- He drew, (K, TA,) and carried, (TA,) water. (K, TA.)

2 زَفَّرَ see the next paragraph.

5 تزفّر ذ occurs in the Saheeh of El-Bukháree as meaning تَخَبَّطَ [q. v.]: but El-Jelál says, in the Towsheeh, that this is not known in the language of the Arabs. (MF.) -A2- [Freytag explains it as meaning He ate fat food, breaking the fast; like ↓ زفّر; (which latter generally means, in the present day, he rendered greasy; ) but this I believe to be post-classical. See De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., sec. ed., i. 270.]

8 اـِزْتَفَرَ see 1, near the end of the paragraph.

زِفْرٌ ذ A load, or burden, syn. حِمْلٌ, (S, A, K,) on the back, (K,) or on the head, that is heavy, and in consequence of which the bearer breathes vehemently, or groans (يَزْفِرُ): (A:) pl. أَزْفَارٌ. (S, A.) ― -b2- A [ water-skin of the kind called ] قِرْبَة: (S, K:) a skin in which a pastor carries his water: pl. as above. (TA.) ― -b3- The apparatus of a traveller, (K,) comprising the water-skin &c. (TA.) ― -b4- A lamb; syn. حَمَلٌ: so in the Bári'. (K.) This signification and that of حِمْلٌ are both correct. (TA.)

زَفَرٌ ذ A prop of a tree. (K, TA.) -A2- [In modern Arabic, it means Grease, greasy food, or flesh-meat: app. from the Pers. زَفَرْ or زَفْر, signifying “ filth: ” and hence, obscenity. Hence also the vulgar epithet زِفِر (app. for زَفِرٌ), meaning Greasy: and foul, or filthy: and obscene. See 5.]

زُفَرٌ ذ (tropical:) A sea, (K,) that makes a roaring, (يَزْفِرُ,) by reason of its tumultuousness. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A river containing much water, (K,) so that it resembles a sea. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A large gift, (K,) as likened to a sea. (TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) A liberal man; likened to a sea that makes a roaring, (يَزْفِرُ,) by reason of its tumultuousness; (A;) as also ↓ زَافِرَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- One who carries loads, or burdens; meaning, who has strength to carry water-skins. (K.) [See also زَافِرَةٌ.] ― -b6- (assumed tropical:) One who has power to bear responsibilities. (Sh, S. *) ― -b7- Hence, (assumed tropical:) A lord, master, chief, or the like: (S:) or, for the same reason, a great lord, or the like; (TA;) as also ↓ زَافِرَةٌ. (K, TA.) ― -b8- (assumed tropical:) A courageous man. (K, * TA.) ― -b9- (assumed tropical:) A lion. (K.) ― -b10- See also زَافِرَةٌ, in three places: ― -b11- and زَفِيرٌ.

زَفْرَةٌ ذ A drawing-in of the breath to the utmost, by reason of distress: (S:) [or a drawing-back of the breath vehemently, so that the ribs become swollen out: (see 1:)] or an emission of the breath after prolonging it; as also ↓ زُفْرَةٌ and ↓ مُزْدَفَرٌ and ↓ مُزَفَّرٌ, (K, TA,) or ↓ مُزْفَرٌ, (as in a copy of the K,) and ↓ مُزَفَّرَةٌ: (CK, but omitted in the TA and in my MS. copy of the K:) [or an emission of the breath with a prolonged sound; i. e., a sigh, or a long or vehement sigh; or a groan: or an emission of the breath after filling the chest with it by reason of grief: (see, again, 1:)] pl. زَفَرَاتٌ, because it is a subst., not an epithet; but sometimes, by poetic license, زَفْرَاتٌ. (S.) El-Jaadee says, يَرْجِعْ عَلَى دِقَّةٍ وَلَاهَضَمِ خِيطَ عَلَىزَفْرَةٍ فَتَمَّ وَلَمْ meaning As though he were sewed up after a drawing-in of the breath to the utmost, by reason of distress, so that he seemed to be constantly so drawing in his breath, on account of the largeness of his belly, [ and did not become restored to slenderness nor lankness of the belly. ] (S.) And another says, فَتَسْتَرِيحُ النَّفْسُ مِنْ زَفْرَاتِهَا [ And the soul finds rest from its drawing-in of the breath to the utmost, by reason of distress; or from its sighs, &c. ]. (S.) ― -b2- Also, ↓ all the words above mentioned, [A man] breathing [ in the manner above described ]; syn. مُتَنَفِّسٌ; [unless this be a mistranscription for مُتَنَفِّسٌ meaning the place of ( such ) breathing; as seems probable from the forms of more than one of these words, and from what follows, and also from an explanation of مُزْدَفَرٌ, below.] (K, TA.) ― -b3- Also زَفْرَةٌ (K, TA) and ↓ زُفْرَةٌ (S, K, * TA [but not the other words mentioned above, as is implied in the CK,]) The middle (S, K) of a thing, (K,) or of a horse: (S:) or the chest, or belly: pl. of the former, زَفَرَاتٌ. (TA.) One says, ↓ اـِنَّهُ لَعَظِيمُ الزُّفْرَةِ Verily he is great in the middle: (S, TA:) or in the chest, or belly. (TA.) ― -b4- One says also, of a camel, or other beast, مَا أَشَدَّ زَفْرَتَهُ, meaning How strong is the knitting together of his joints! (TA.)

زُفْرَةٌ ذ : see زَفْرَةٌ, in four places.

زَفِيرٌ ذ A calamity; a misfortune; (S, K;) as also ↓ زُفَرٌ. (TA.)

زَافِرٌ ذ One who [ carries or] helps to carry loads, or burdens: (TA:) and زَوَافِرُ [pl. of ↓ زَافِرَةٌ] female slaves that carry water-skins (S) or [ other ] loads, or burdens. (TA.) ― -b2- See also the next paragraph.