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Form 1ظَفَرَهُ7 senses · 4 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarظَفَرٌ

Core sense — he attained what he sought, he was victorious; his eye had a pelliclegenerated

1.1

See form 2.

1.2

See also ظَفَرٌ.

1.2.1his eye had what is called a ظَفَرَة or ظُفْرظَفِرَتْ عَيْنُهُ

maṣdar ظَفَرٌ and ظَفَارَةٌ, and, as some say, ظُفِرَت.

1.2.2he (a man) had upon his eye what is called a ظَفَرَة or ظُفْرظُفِرَ
1.3he attained what he desired, or sought; he succeeded; he gained the victoryظَفِرَ

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اِظَّفَرَ [originally اِظْتَفَرَ] means the same as ظَفِرَ.

he attained it, got possession of it, or acquired itظَفِرَ بِهِ

Also عَلَيْهِ and ظَفِرَهُ; and in the same way اِظَّفَرَ, of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ.

I found the stray, or lost, beastظَفِرْتُ بِالضَّالَّةِ
he gained the victory, or the mastery, over his enemy; he overcame himظَفِرَ بِعَدُوِّهِ

Also عَلَيْهِ and ظَفِرَهُ.

1.3.1figurative · مجازthe she-camel received impregnationظَفِرَتِ النَّاقَةُ لَقَحًا
my eye has not seen you [for some time]مَا ظَفِرَتْكَ عَيْنِى

Also مُنْذُ حِينٍ, or مُنْذُ زَمَانٍِ; like مَا أَخَذَتْكَ.

1.4

[ظَفَرَ, in the dialect of Himyer, is said by Freytag, on the authority of the Kitáb el-Addád, to mean He sat.]

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: see 2. [See also ظَفَرٌ . ] ظَفِرَتْ عَيْنُهُ , (T, S, O, K,) aor. ظَفَرَ , inf. n. ظَفَرٌ (S, O) and ظَفَارَةٌ ; (O;) and, as some say, ظُفِرَت ; (T;) His eye had what is termed a ظَفَرَة or ظُفْر . (T, S, O, K.) And ظُفِرَ He (a man) had upon his eye what is termed a ظَفَرَة or ظُفْر . (T, O, K.) ظَفِرَ , aor. ظَفَرَ , (Msb,) inf. n. ظَفَرٌ , He attained, got, got possession of, or acquired, what he desired, or sough: (Lth, * S, * M, * A, * Msb, K: *) he succeeded, or was successful: (Msb:) he won, was victorious, or gained the victory: (Lth, T:) and اِظَّفَرَ [originally اِظْتَفَرَ ] signifies the same as ظَفِرَ . (S.) You say, ظَفِرَ بِهِ and عَلَيْهِ , and ظَفِرَهُ , He attained it, got it, got possession of it, or acquired it; (M, K;) and in like manner اِظَّفَرَ , of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ . (K.) And ظَفِرْتُ بِالضَّالَّةِ I found the stray, or lost beast. (Msb.) And ظَفِرَ بِعَدُوِّهِ (S, A, Msb) and عَلَيْهِ , (Akh, S, A,) and ظَفِرَهُ , (S,) He gained the victory, or mastery, over his enemy; he overcame him. (S, * A, Msb. *) [Hence,] ظَفِرَتِ النَّاقَةُ لَقَحًا The she-camel took, or received, impregnation. (A, TA.) And مَا ظَفِرَتْكَ عَيْنِى (AZ, T, S, A, K) مُنْذُ حِينٍ (AZ, T) or مُنْذُ زَمَانٍِ (S, A) My eye hath not seen thee [for some time]: (AZ, T, S, A, K:) like مَا أَخَذَتْكَ . (AZ, T.) [ ظَفَرَ in the dial. of Himyer is said by Freytag, on the authority of the Kitáb el-Addád, to signify He sat.]
Form 2ظفّر فِيهِ7 senses · 2 main
maṣdarتَظْفِيرٌ

Core sense — he stuck his nail into it; he made him victoriousgenerated

2.1figurative · مجازhe stuck, or fixed, his nail into a thingاِظَّفَرَ

he inserted his nail into it — said of an apple and the like, a cucumber, or a melon.

Of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ; and so اِطَّفَرَ, with the unpointed ط.

such a one stuck his nail into the flesh of the face of such a one, and wounded itظفّر فُلَانٌ فِى وَجْهِ فُلَانٍ
he stuck his dog-tooth and his nail into his flesh, and wounded itنَيَّبَ فِى لَحْمِهِ وَظَفَّرَ
such a one clung to, or took fast hold upon, such a thingظفّر فُلَانٌ فِى كَذَا وَنَيَّبَ

Mentioned in the article نيب.

he stuck his nail into his faceظفّرهُ

Also ظَفَرَهُ, muḍāriʿ ظَفِرَ and اِظَّفَرَهُ — in the K wrongly written أَظْفَرَهُ; and so اِطَّفَرَهُ, with ط.

he clawed it; he stuck his nail into it and broke it, or made a mark on itظفّرهُ
the hawk seized the bird with its talonsاِظَّفَرَ الصَّقْرُ الطَّائِرَ
2.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthey put forth what resembled the أَظْفَار [or talons] of the birdظفّر

Said of بَقْل [or herbs, or leguminous plants].

Said of the عَرْفَج and of the أَرْطَى: it put forth what resembled أَظْفَار when it put forth its leaves termed خُوص.

Said of the نَصِىّ, the وَشِيج, the بَرْدِىّ, the ثُمَام, the صِلِّيَان, the غَرَز, and of هَدَب: it, or they, put forth yellow shoots resembling the ظُفُر [or talon], which are the خُوص of the plant, coming forth with a dust-coloured flower.

Or, said of a plant, with the same maṣdar: it came forth; from الأَظْفَار; or it came forth of the size of the ظُفْر [or nail].

the land put forth plants that might be uprooted with the nail, or with the fingersظفّرت الأَرْضُ

يُمْكِنُ ٱحْتِفَاؤُهُ, so in the M; in the K ٱحْتِفَارُهُ.

2.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe perfumed his garment with what is called ظُفْرظفّر ثَوْبَهُ

Maṣdar as above.

Or ظفّر ثَوْبَهُ بِالأَظْفَارِ: he perfumed his garment with what are called أَظْفَار.

2.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe rubbed the skin so that its creased parts might become smoothظفّر الجِلْدَ

Or ظَفَّرْتُ الجِلْدَ: I rubbed the skin.

Its أَظْفَار means its creased parts.

2.2he caused him to attain, or acquire, what he desired or soughtظفّرهُ

And so اظفرهُ. Said of God: he made him victorious, or made him overcome.

he caused him to gain the victory over his enemy, or to overcome himظفّرهُ بِهِ

Also عَلَيْهِ, with the same maṣdar; and اظفرهُ به and عليه. Said of God, or of a man.

2.2.1he declared him to have overcome himظفّرهُ عَلَيْهِ

Said of one who has been asked which of two people had overcome.

2.2.2he prayed for him that he might attain what he desired, or that he might be successful, or victoriousظفّرهُ

Maṣdar as above.

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, (A, K,) inf. n. تَظْفِيرٌ , (S,) He inserted his nail into it; (S, A, K;) namely, an apple, and the like, (S, K,) a cucumber, and a melon: (A:) and [in like manner] اِظَّفَرَ , of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ , he stuck, or fixed, his nail [into a thing]; (S, K, TA;) and so اِطَّفَرَ , with the unpointed ط . (TA.) You say, ظفّر فُلَانٌ فِى وَجْهِ فُلَانٍ Such a one stuck his nail into the flesh of the face of such a one, and wounded it. (TA.) And نَيَّبَ فِى لَحْمِهِ وَظَفَّرَ He stuck his dog-tooth and his nail into his flesh, and wounded it. (A.) And ظفّر فُلَانٌ فِى كَذَا وَنَيَّبَ Such a one clung to, caught to, or took fast hold upon, such a thing. (A in art. نيب .) Also ظفّرهُ ; and ظَفَرَهُ , aor. ظَفِرَ ; (M, K;) and اِظَّفَرَهُ , in the K erroneously written أَظْفَرَهُ ; (TA;) He stuck his nail into his face; (M, K;) and so اِطَّفَرَهُ , with ط . (TA.) And ظفّرهُ [He clawed it;] he stuck his nail into it, (namely, anything,) and broke it, or made a mark [or scratch] upon it. (M.) And اِظَّفَرَ الصَّقْرُ الطَّائِرَ The hawk seized the bird with his talons. (K.) ظفّر said of بَقْل [or herbs, or leguminous plants,] They put forth what resembled the أَظْفَار [or talons] of the bird. (M, TA.) And said of the عَرْفَج , (K, TA,) and of the أَرْطَى , (TA,) It put forth what resembled أَظْفَار , (K, TA,) when it put forth its [leaves termed] خُوص . (TA.) And said of the نَصِىّ , and of the وَشِيج , and of the بَرْدِىّ , and of the ثُمَام , and of the صِلِّيَان , and of the غَرَز , and of هَدَب , It, or they, put forth yellow shoots, resembling the ظُفُر [or talon], which are the خُوص thereof, that come forth therefrom having a dustcoloured flower. (M, TA.) [Or,] said of a plant, (Ks, T, S,) inf. n. as above, (Ks, T,) It came forth; (Ks, T;) from الأَظْفَار : (T:) or it came forth of the measure of the ظُفْر [or nail]. (S.) And ظفّرت الأَرْضُ The land put forth plants, or herbage, that might be uprooted ( يُمْكِنُ ٱحْتِفَاؤُهُ , so in the M, in the K ٱحْتِفَارُهُ ,) with the nail, (M,) or with the fingers. (K.) ظفّر ثَوْبَهُ , (M, and so in a copy of the K,) inf. n. as above, (K,) He perfumed his garment (M, and thus in that copy of the K) with what is termed ظُفْر : (M:) or ظفّر ثَوْبَهُ بِالأَظْفَارِ he perfumed his garment with what are termed أَظْفَار . (So accord. to other copies of the K.) And ظفّر الجِلْدَ , (K,) or ظَفَّرْتُ الجِلْدَ , (M,) He, (K,) or I, (M,) rubbed the skin in order that its أَظْفَار (M, K) which means its creased parts (M) might become smooth. (M, K.) ظفّرهُ also signifies, and so اظفرهُ , [He caused him to attain, get, get possession of, or acquire, what he desired, or sought: he caused him to succeed, or to be successful: and] He (God) caused him to be victorious, to gain the victory, or to overcome. (A.) You say, ظفّرهُ بِهِ (S, M) and عَلَيْهِ , (M, TA,) inf. n. as above; (S;) and اظفرهُ به (S, M, Msb) and عليه ; (M, Msb;) He (God, S, M, or a man, Msb) caused him to gain the victory over him, or to overcome him, (M, Msb,) namely, his enemy. (S, Msb.) And ظفّرهُ عَلَيْهِ He declared him to have overcome him: said of one who has been asked which of two persons had overcome. (T.) And ظفّرهُ , (M, K,) inf. n. as above, (K,) He prayed for him that he might attain what he desired, or sought; or that he might be successful, or victorious. (M, K.)
Form 4أَظْفَرَ1 sense

Core sense — he made him victorious, he made him attain what he soughtgenerated

4.1

See form 2, latter part, in two places.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4
48:24
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُم بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا

And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the midst of Makka, after that He gave you the victory over them. And Allah sees well all that ye do.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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see the next preceding paragraph, latter part, in two places.
Form 6تظافروا عَلَيْهِ1 sense

Core sense — they leagued together and helped one another against himgenerated

6.1they leagued together, and aided one another, against himتظاهروا

Ibn-Buzurj says these all mean the same, explaining the meaning as عَلَى فُلَانٍ [against such a one].

Mentioned in the article ضفر.

The first of them has been said to be incorrect, but it is mentioned also by Sgh as synonymous with the third, and by Ibn-Málik among words that occur with ض and with ظ.

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and تظاهروا all signify the same; so says Ibn-Buzurj; (T, TA;) explaining the meaning to be, They leagued together, and aided one another, against him; i. e. عَلَى فُلَانٍ [against such a one]: (TA in art. ضفر :) the first of these has been said to be incorrect; but it is mentioned also by Sgh, as syn. with the third; and by Ibn-Málik, among words that are with ض and with ظ . (TA in the present art.)
Form 8إِظْتَفَرَ2 senses

Core sense — he stuck his nail into it; he attained what he soughtgenerated

8.1

See form 2, in three places.

8.2

See also form 1, in two places.

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see 2, in three places: and see also 1, in two places.

Derived nouns 21

Nounظَفْرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a nail; a talon, or clawgenerated

1

See the following entry.

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: see the next paragraph.
Nounظُفْرٌ11 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a nail; a talon, or claw; a black sweet-smelling substancegenerated

1a certain well-known thing; [i.e. a nail; and a talon, or claw]ظُفُرٌ

This is the most chaste form, and the form adopted by the seven readers in the Qur'ān 6:147; the headword is a contraction of it, [but is the most common form.]

Also ظِفْرٌ, which is irregular and disallowed by IDrd; and ظِفِرٌ, also irregular; and أُظْفُورٌ, which is wrongly given in the S as a plural of ظُفْرٌ by a slip of the pen. Or, according to MF, most copies of the S say (though in fact they do not) that ظُفْرٌ has for its plural أَظْفَارٌ, and أُظْفُورٌ has for its plural أَظَافِيرُ; and this, being the reading in most copies of the S seen by MF, is probably what J wrote.

It belongs to a human being and to others: to the beasts and birds mentioned below, and to every ruminant, as synonymous with ظِلْفٌ [i.e. a cloven hoof]; so in the article ظلف.

Or to a beast, or bird, that does not prey, as well as to man; that of one that preys is termed مِخْلَبٌ, which today is applied also to the spur of a cock. It is of the masculine gender.

The plural of ظُفْرٌ is أَظْفَارٌ, and sometimes أَظْفُرٌ [both plurals of paucity, though the former is used as a plural of multitude too]; and of أُظْفُورٌ, or of أَظْفَارٌ and therefore a plural of a plural, أَظَافِيرُ.

That أُظْفُورٌ is a singular [and not like أُبْقُورٌ, which is an ism jamʿ] is shown by the saying of a poet: [What is between her first morsel, when it descends into her throat, and another that follows it, is the measure of a finger-nail]

shāhid
مَا بَيْنَ لُقْمَتِهَا الأُولَى إِذَا ٱنْحَدَرَتْوَبَيْنَ أُخْرَى تَلِيهَا قِيسُ أُظْفُورِ

, or قِيدُ أُظْفُورِ; or, as some relate it, إِذَا ٱزْدَرَدَتْ [when she swallows]; and it is cited in this way in the T and in the “Basáïr” of the author of the K.

The phrase كُلَّ ذِى ظُفُرٍ in the Qur'ān 6:147 includes camels and ostriches — in the K, الأَنْعَام is wrongly put for النَّعَام — because their مَنَاسِم are like أَظْفَار to them.

I'Ab says that it includes camels, and also ostriches, because they have nails like camels; or any bird that has a مِخْلَب, and any beast that has a solid hoof; or, according to Mujáhid and Katádeh, every beast and bird that has not divided toes, such as the camel, the ostrich, the goose and the duck.

Qur’ān 6:147 approximate — somewhere between 6:125 and 6:151 Lane cites “Kur vi. 147”
Qur’ān 6:147 approximate — somewhere between 6:125 and 6:151 Lane cites “Kur vi. 147”
Qur’ān 6:146 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا كُلَّ ذِى ظُفُرٍ ۖ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ وَٱلْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَهُمَآ إِلَّا مَا حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُمَآ أَوِ ٱلْحَوَايَآ أَوْ مَا ٱخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَـٰهُم بِبَغْيِهِمْ ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ

For those who followed the Jewish Law, We forbade every (animal) with undivided hoof, and We forbade them that fat of the ox and the sheep, except what adheres to their backs or their entrails, or is mixed up with a bone: this in recompense for their wilful disobedience: for We are true (in Our ordinances).Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredcertain small stars; certain stars in front of النَّسْرالأَظْفَارُ

It means النَّسْر الوَاقِع, that is, the star α of Lyra; apparently so called because these stars are regarded as the talons of the نسر.

Or a certain dim star in الشَّلْيَاق [i.e. the constellation Lyra].

1.2figurative · مجازhe is one who does not slay or wound an enemyإِنَّهُ لَكَلِيلُ الظُّفْرِ

Or إِنَّهُ لَمَقْلُومُ الظُّفْرِ.

he is one who does little harm to peopleإِنَّهُ مَقْلُومُ الظُّفْرِ عَنْ أَذَى النَّاسِ
he is weak, or abject, or despicable; said of a manهُوَ كَلِيلُ الظُّفْرِ

Or so مُقَلَّمُ الظُّفْرِ; in the TA, as from the K, مُقَلَّمُ الأَظْفَارِ. Or: he is sick, or diseased.

in him is an evil result of a disease that has clung to himبِهِ ظُفْرٌ مِنْ مَرَضٍ

In the A this comes immediately after what precedes it here, and is immediately followed by the words وَذُبَابٌ ظَفِرَ مِنْهُ, which seem to be added by way of explanation; but ظَفِرَ مِنْهُ here appears to be a mistake for ظَفَّرَ فِيهِ, and the rendering assumes that it is.

1.3figurative · مجازI wounded him much, from his nail to the edge of his eyelidقَرَّحْتُهُ مِنْ ظُفْرِهِ إِلَى شُفْرِهِ

Figurative; apparently meaning from toe to head, as one says مِنْ قَرْنِهِ.

1.4figurative · مجازthere is not anyone in the houseمَا بَالدَّارِ ظُفْرٌ

Or ما بالدار ظُفْرٌ وَلَا شُفْرٌ.

the year of drought left nothingمَا تَرَكَتِ السَّنَةُ ظُفْرًا وَلَا شُفْرًا

Sometimes they said شَفْرًا, with fetḥ, and in that case they said ظَفْرًا for assimilation; so in the article شفر.

I saw him himselfرَأَيْتُهُ بِظُفْرِهِ
1.5figurative · مجاز — inferreda certain plant, resembling what is properly so called [i.e. the talon of the vulture]ظُفْرُ النَّسْرِ
another plantظُفْرُ القِطِّ
1.6figurative · مجازa certain sweet-smelling substance, black, resembling a man's nailالظُّفْرُ

Or الأَظْفَارُ. According to the author of the 'Eyn this word in this sense has no singular, but sometimes one said أَظْفَارَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ, which is not allowable by rule, and made its plural أَظَافِيرُ — mentioned in the M as a plural of الظُّفْرُ — though, if a singular were formed from it, it should be ظُفْرٌ.

That is, unguis odoratus, called today ظُفْرُ الطِّيبِ and ظُفْرُ العِفْرِيتِ, or ungues odorati. It resembles a ظُفْر [or nail] of a man pulled out from the root — in the M, O and K مُقْتُلَف, and in the T مُقَلَّف; in the M the words rendered “pulled out” and what follows come immediately after the words ضَرْبٌ مِنَ العِطْرِ أَسْوَدُ — or resembling the أَظْفَار [or finger-nails], and it is put into دُخْتَة [or incense].

According to the K, ظَفَارٌ, sometimes imperfectly declined, that is ظَفَارُ, means the same; but this is very strange, for SM says that he consulted the M, T, O and other lexicons without finding any term used in this sense but الأَظْفَارُ or الظُّفْرُ.

According to the “Minháj”, أَظْفَارُ الطِّيبِ are pieces of a sweet-smelling substance resembling the أَظْفَار [properly so called]; the Arabic translator of Dioscorides says they are of the nature of the shards of shells [so I render مِنْ جِنْسِ أَخْزَافِ الصَّدَفِ, taking اخزاف to be used figuratively here], found in an island of the Sea of India where the سُنْبُل [or spikenard] grows. One sort is called قُلْزُمِىّ [i.e. of El-Kulzum], and another بَابِلِىّ [i.e. of Bábil], black and small; and the best is that which inclines to whiteness, which drifts to El-Yemen and El-Bahreyn.

Forskål, in his “Descr. Animalium” &c., page 143, mentions among the animal substances of the materia medica of Cairo: “Unguis odoratus. (Opercula Cochl.) Dofr el afrît, ضفر العفريت i.e. unguis dæmonis. E Mochha per Sués. Arabes etiam afferunt. Nigritis fumigatorium est.” Here ضفر is written, following the usual vulgar pronunciation, for ظُفْر. See also قُسْطٌ.

1.7figurative · مجاز — inferredlarge قِرْدَان [or ticks]أَظْفَارٌ
1.8figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also the creased parts of a skin.

1.9figurative · مجازof a bow: the part of the curved end beyond where the string is tied, up to the tipظُفْر

Or the end of the bow; or each end of the bow, beyond the place where the string is tied.

Plural ظِفَرَةٌ.

1.10

See also ظَفَرَةٌ.

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(T, S, M, A, Msb, K, &c.) and ظُفُرٌ , (Msb, K,) which latter is the most chaste form, and the form adopted by the seven readers in the Kur vi. 147, and the former is a contraction of this, [but is the most common form,] (Msb,) and ظِفْرٌ , which is extr., (M, Msb, K,) and disallowed by IDrd, (O,) and ظِفِرٌ , which is also extr., (Msb,) and أُظْفُورٌ , (T, M, A, Msb, K,) which is erroneously mentioned in the S as a pl. of ظُفْرٌ , (Sgh, Msb, K,) by an anticipation of the pen; (Msb;) or, accord. to MF, it si said in most of the copies of the S, (but this is not the case,) ظُفْرٌ has for its pl. أَظْفَارٌ ; and أُظْفُورٌ [has for its pl.] أَظَافِيرُ ; (TA;) [and this, being the reading in most of the copies of the S seen by MF, is probably what J wrote;] A certain wellknown thing; (M;) [i. e. a nail; and a talon, or claw;] pertaining to a human being, (M, Ibn-Es-Seed, Msb, K,) and to others; (M, K;) to the beasts and birds mentioned in the next following sentence, [as well as to man,] accord. to the authorities there cited; (TA;) and to every ruminant, as syn. with ظِلْفٌ [i. e. a cloven hoof]: (T and M in art. ظلف :) or to a beast, or bird, that does not prey; [as well as to man;] that of such as preys being termed مِخْلَبٌ : (M:) [and in the present day applied also to the spur of a cock:] it is of the masc. gender: (Lh, M, Msb:) the pl. (of ظُفْرٌ , S, M, Msb, &c.) is أَظْفَارٌ (S, M, Msb, K, &c.) and sometimes أَظْفُرٌ , (Msb,) [both of which are pls. of pauc., but the former is used as a pl. of mult. also,]. and (of أُظْفُورٌ , M, Msb, or of أَظْفَارٌ , and therefore a pl. pl., M) أَظَافِيرُ : (M, Msb, K:) that أُظْفُورٌ is a sing. [and not like أُبْقُورٌ which is a quasi-pl. n.] is shown by the saying of a poet, 1 (K) or قِيدُ أُظْفُورِ (Msb) [i. e. What is between her first morsel, when it descends into her throat, and another that follows it, is the measure of a finger-nail]: or, as some relate it, إِذَا ٱزْدَرَدَتْ [when she swallows]; and it is thus cited [in the T and] in the “ Basáïr ” of the author of the K. (TA.) The phrase كُلَّ ذِى ظُفُرٍ in the Kur vi. 147 comprises camels and ostriches; (so in the T and TS and L; but in the K, الأَنْعَام is erroneously put for النَّعَام ; TA;) because their مَنَاسِم are like أَظْفَار to them: (T, K, TA:) I'Ab says that it comprises camels; and also ostriches, because they have nails like camels: or any bird that has a مِخْلَب , and any beast that has a solid hoof: or, accord. to Mujáhid and Katádeh, every beast and bird that has not divided toes; as the camel and ostrich and goose and duck. (TA.) مَا بَيْنَ لُقْمَتِهَا الأُولَى إِذَا ٱنْحَدَرَتْ | وَبَيْنَ أُخْرَى تَلِيهَا قِيسُ أُظْفُورِ [Hence,] الأَظْفَارُ is the name of Certain small stars; (S;) certain stars before النَّسْر [meaning النَّسْر الوَاقِع i. e. the star a of Lyra: app. because regarded as the talons of the نسر ]: (K:) or a certain dim star in الشَّلْيَاق [q. v., i. e. the constellation Lyra]. (Kzw.) [Hence also,] إِنَّهُ لَكَلِيلُ الظُّفْرِ , (T,) or إِنَّهُ لَمَقْلُومُ الظُّفْرِ , (TA,) Verily he is one who does not slay or wound an enemy: (T, TA:) and إِنَّهُ مَقْلُومُ الظُّفْرِ عَنْ أَذَى النَّاسِ Verily he is one who does little hurt to mankind. (T, A, TA.) And هُوَ كَلِيلُ الظُّفْرِ He is weak, or abject, or despicable; (T, S, K, TA;) said of a man; (K, TA;) or so مُقَلَّمُ الظُّفْرِ : (K: [in the TA, as from the K, مُقَلَّمُ الأَظْفَارِ :]) or he is sick, or diseased. (A.) And بِهِ ظُفْرٌ مِنْ مَرَضٍ [app. meaning In him is an evil result of a disease, that has clung to him]. (A, TA. [In the A, this immediately follows what here next precedes it; and is immediately followed by the words وَذُبَابٌ ظَفِرَ مِنْهُ , which seem to be added by way of explanation; thus in my copy; but I think that ظَفِرَ مِنْهُ here is a mistake for ظَفَّرَ فِيهِ , and have assumed this to be the case in rendering the phrase.]) And قَرَّحْتُهُ مِنْ ظُفْرِهِ إِلَى شُفْرِهِ [lit. I wounded him much, from his nail to the edge of his eyelid; but mentioned as tropical; app. meaning from toe to head]; like as one says, مِنْ قَرْنِهِ . (A.) And مَا بَالدَّارِ ظُفْرٌ , (K,) or ما بالدار ظُفْرٌ وَلَا شُفْرٌ , (A, O,) There is not in the house any one. (A, O, K.) And مَا تَرَكَتِ السَّنَةُ ظُفْرًا وَلَا شُفْرًا The year of drought left not anything: and sometimes they said شَفْرًا , with fet-h, and in this case they said ظَفْرًا , for assimilation. (A in art. شفر .) And رَأَيْتُهُ بِظُفْرِهِ I saw him himself. (O, K, TA.) ظُفْرُ النَّسْرِ is the name of A certain plant, (K, TA,) resembling what is [properly] thus termed [i. e. the talon of the vulture]. (TA.) And ظُفْرُ القِطِّ is the name of Another plant. (K, TA.) And الظُّفْرُ , (M,) or الأَظْفَارُ , (T, M, A, Mgh, O, K, &c.,) for this word in the sense here following has no sing. (T, M, O, K) accord. to the author of the 'Eyn, (M,) but sometimes one said أَظْفَارَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ , which is not allowable by rule, and made the pl. of this to be أَظَافِيرُ , (T, O, K, * [mentioned in the M as a pl. of الظُّفْرُ ,]) though, if they formed a sing. from it, it should be ظُفْرٌ , (T, O, K,) signifies A certain odoriferous substance, (T, Mgh, O, K,) or a sort thereof, (M,) [i. e. unguis odoratus, (called in the present day ظُفْرُ الطِّيبِ and ظُفْرُ العِفْرِيتِ ,) or ungues odorati,] black, (T, M, O,) resembling a ظُفْر [or nail] (T, M, Mgh, O, K) of a man (M) pulled out (in the M and O and K مُقْتُلَف , and in the T مُقَلَّف ,) from the root thereof, (T, M, O, K, [but in the M, the words which I have rendered “ pulled out ” &c. immediately follow the words ضَرْبٌ مِنَ العِطْرِ أَسْوَدُ ,]) or resembling the أَظْفَار [or finger-nails], (A,) and put into دُخْتَة [or incense]: (T, M, O:) and, accord. to the K, ظَفَارٌ , sometimes imperfectly decl., i. e. ظَفَارُ , signifies the same; but this is very strange, for [SM says] I have referred to the M and T and O and other lexicons without finding them to have mentioned in this sense any term but الأَظْفَارُ or الظُّفْرُ : accord. to the “ Minháj, ” أَظْفَارُ الطِّيبِ are pieces of an odoriferous substance resembling the أَظْفَار [properly so called]; they are said by [the Arabic translator of] Dioscorides to be of the nature of the shards of shells, [so I render مِنْ جِنْسِ أَخْزَافِ الصَّدَفِ , supposing اخزاف to be here used tropically,] found in an island of the Sea of India where is the سُنْبُل [or spikenard], a sort whereof is [called] قُلْزُمِىّ [i. e. of El-Kulzum], and another which is [called] بَابِلِىّ [i. e. of Bábil], black and small, and the best is that which inclines to whiteness, which drifts to El-Yemen and El-Bahreyn. (TA.) [Forskål, in his “ Descr. Animalium ” &c., mentions what here follows, among the animal substances of the materia medica of Cairo, in page 143: “ Unguis odoratus. (Opercula Cochl.) Dofr el afrît, ضفر العفريت i. e. unguis dæmonis. E Mochha per Sués. Arabes etiam afferunt. Nigritis fumigatorium est. ” ( ضفر is here written, agreeably with the usual vulgar pronunciation, for ظُفْر .) See also قُسْطٌ ,] أَظْفَارٌ signifies also Large قِرْدَان [or ticks]. (S, O, K.) And The creased parts of a skin. (M, TA.) And the ظُفْر of a bow is The part in the curved end that is beyond the place where the string is tied, to the extremity: (As, T, S, M, * O, K: *) or the end of the bow: (K:) or each end of the bow, beyond the place where the string is tied: (A:) pl. ظِفَرَةٌ . (M, TA.) See also ظَفَرَةٌ .
Nounظِفْرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a nail; a talon, or clawgenerated

1

See the preceding entry.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounظَفَرٌ3 senses

Core sense — the quality of having long nails; low ground that produces herbagegenerated

1

In a man: the quality of having long nails.

[Apparently, in this sense, a maṣdar whose verb is ظَفِرَ, as it is in other senses: see form 1.]

2

See also ظَفَرَةٌ.

3

Also low, or depressed, ground that produces plants, or herbage.

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, in a man, The quality of having long nails. (ISk, S, O.) [App., in this sense, an inf. n. of which the verb is ظَفِرَ ; as it is in other senses: see 1.] See also ظَفَرَةٌ . Also Low, or depressed, ground, (S, O, K,) that produces plants, or herbage. (S, O.)
Nounظَفِرٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — having sharp nails; successful, victorious; having a pellicle on the eyegenerated

1

Sharp in the nail [or having sharp nails].

1.1

A man having upon his eye what is called a ظَفَرَة.

And so مَظْفُورٌ.

1.2an eye having what is called a ظَفَرَةعَيْنٌ ظَفِرَةٌ

As also مَظْفُورَةٌ.

2figurative · مجاز

Also successful; victorious; applied to a man.

And so ظَافِرٌ, or ظَفِرٌ, and ظَفِيرٌ, and ظِفِّيرٌ — which IDrd says is not of established authority — and مُظَفَّرٌ and مِظْفَارٌ: all meaning a man very, or often, successful or victorious; or one who does not strive after a thing without attaining it.

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Sharp in the nail [or having sharp nails]. (A.) And A man having upon his eye what is termed a ظَفَرَة ; (A;) and so مَظْفُورٌ . (T, A, Mgh, K.) And عَيْنٌ ظَفِرَةٌ An eye having what is termed a ظَفَرَة ; (T, M, A, K;) as also مَظْفُورَةٌ . (A.) Also [Successful;] victorious; applied to a man; (S;) and so ظَافِرٌ : (Msb, TA:) or ظَفِرٌ (IDrd, M, A, K) and ظَفِيرٌ (IDrd, M, K) and ظِفِّيرٌ , (IDrd, Sgh, K) but this is said by IDrd to be not of established authority, (TA,) and مُظَفَّرٌ (IDrd, M, A, K) and مِظْفَارٌ , (IDrd, O, K,) all signify a man very, or often, successful or victorious: (IDrd, O, TA:) or one who does not endeavour after a thing without attaining it. (M, A, K.)
Nounظُفُرٌ1 sense

Core sense — a nail; a talon, or clawgenerated

1

And ظِفِرٌ: see ظُفْرٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences ظُفُر
6:146
وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا كُلَّ ذِى ظُفُرٍ ۖ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ وَٱلْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَهُمَآ إِلَّا مَا حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُمَآ أَوِ ٱلْحَوَايَآ أَوْ مَا ٱخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَـٰهُم بِبَغْيِهِمْ ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ

For those who followed the Jewish Law, We forbade every (animal) with undivided hoof, and We forbade them that fat of the ox and the sheep, except what adheres to their backs or their entrails, or is mixed up with a bone: this in recompense for their wilful disobedience: for We are true (in Our ordinances).

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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and ظِفِرٌ : see ظُفْرٌ .
Nounظُفْرَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a plant biting to the tongue, good for foul ulcers and wartsgenerated

1

A certain plant, burning, or biting, to the tongue, resembling the ظُفْر [or nail] as it comes forth, which has a beneficial effect upon foul ulcers and warts.

1.1the rounded head of prickles of the [thistle called] حَسَكظُفْرَةُ العَجُوزِ
1.2

See also the following entry.

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A certain plant, burning, or biting, to the tongue, (K, TA,) resembling the ظُفْر [or nail] in its coming forth, (TA,) that has a beneficial effect upon foul ulcers, and warts. (K, TA.) And ظُفْرَةُ العَجُوزِ The rounded head of prickles of the [thistle called] حَسَك . (K, * TA.) See also the next paragraph.
Nounظَفَرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a pellicle that grows over the eyegenerated

1

A pellicle that comes over the eye, growing from the side next the nose, upon the white of the eye and extending to the black. Sometimes it is cut off; if left, it covers the eye and obscures the sight.

Or a certain disease in the eye which makes a covering like a nail come over it; or a piece of flesh that grows at the inner corner of the eye, extending to the black, and sometimes encroaching upon the black.

A 'Obeyd calls it ظُفْرٌ; it is also called ظُفْرَةٌ, these two terms being applied to it by the physicians, and ظَفَرٌ and ظِفَارَةٌ, so in a copy of the T on the authority of Ibn-Buzurj, or ظَفَارَةٌ.

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A pellicle that comes over the eye, (T, S, Mgh, O, K,) growing from the side next the nose, (T, S, O,) upon the white of the eye, (S, Mgh, O,) extending to the black: (S, O:) sometimes it is cut off: if left, it covers the eye, and obscures the sight: (T:) or a certain disease in the eye, which causes a tegument like the nail to come over it: or a piece of flesh that grows at the inner angle of the eye, extending to the black, and sometimes encroaching upon the black: (M:) it is also called ظُفْرٌ (A 'Obeyd, T, S, M, Mgh, O, K) and ظُفْرَةٌ , (T, Mgh,) these two terms being applied to it by the physicians, (Mgh,) and ظَفَرٌ (TA) and ظِفَارَةٌ , (so in a copy of the T, as on the authority of Ibn-Buzurj,) or ظَفَارَةٌ . (So in the O.)
Nounظَفَارٌ2 senses

Core sense — Dhafár, a city in El-Yemen; land that can withstand invadersgenerated

1

And ظَفَارُ: see ظُفْرٌ.

2a well-known city in El-Yemenظَفَارِ

Or, according to the O, of two cities and two fortresses in El-Yemen.

According to the TA it means any land that is ذات مَعَزَّة; but this second word has been altered by an erasure over its second letter, and is perhaps incorrect. If not, it may mean, on the analogy of many words of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ, such as مَقْدَرَةٌ, مَفْلَحَةٌ, مَنْجَاةٌ and the like, one that possesses means of overcoming, or withstanding, invaders; and it may be that this is why ظَفَارِ is in two instances the name of a fortress.

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and ظَفَارُ : see ظُفْرٌ . [ ظَفَارِ is well known as the name of a city in El-Yemen; or, accord. to the O, of two cities and two fortresses in El-Yemen. And accord. to the TA, it signifies Any land that is ذات مَعَزَّة : but the latter of these two words has been altered by an erasure over the second letter, and is perhaps incorrect: if not, it may mean, agreeably with the analogy of many words of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ , as مَقْدَرَةٌ and مَفْلَحَةٌ and مَنْجَاةٌ &c., such as possesses means of overcoming, or withstanding, invaders: and it may be that hence ظَفَارِ is in two instances the name of a fortress.]
Nounظَفُورٌ1 sense

Core sense — victorious, often successful; one of the names of the Prophetgenerated

1

[Apparently synonymous with ظَفِرٌ and ظَفِيرٌ.]

One of the appellations of the Prophet.

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[app. syn. with ظَفِرٌ and ظَفِيرٌ ] is one of the appellations of the Prophet. (MF, TA.)
Nounظَفِيرٌ1 sense

Core sense — victorious, often successfulgenerated

1

See ظَفِرٌ.

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: see ظَفِرٌ .
Nounظَفَارَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a pellicle that grows over the eyegenerated

1

Or ظِفَارَةٌ: see ظَفَرَةٌ.

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or ظِفَارَةٌ : see ظَفَرَةٌ .
Nounجَزْعٌ ظَفَارِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — onyx of Dhafár, a city of El-Yemengenerated

1aloes-wood of Dhafárعُودٌ ظَفَارِىٌّ

Onyx of Dhafár, so called in relation to ظَفَارِ, a city of El-Yemen near صَنْعَآء, two days' journey from it.

That is, the عود with which one fumigates; or قُسْط, which means the same. These are called [قُسْطُ ظَفَارِ and قُسْطٌ ظَفَارِىٌّ] in relation to ظَفَارِ, another city of El-Yemen near مِرْبَاط, described by Yákoot as in the furthest part of El-Yemen, on the shore of the Sea of India, near الشَّحْر, because it is brought there from India.

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[onyx of Dhafári] is so called in relation to ظَفَارِ , a city of El-Yemen, (T, S, Mgh, O, K,) near صَنْعَآء , (K,) two days' journey from the latter. (O.) And in like manner, عُودٌ ظَفَارِىٌّ [Aloes-wood of Dhafári]: i. e. the عود with which one fumigates: (S:) or قُسْط , (O, K, TA,) which means the same, (TA, [but see this word,]) is called [ قُسْطُ ظَفَارِ and قُسْطٌ ظَفَارِىٌّ ] in relation to ظَفَارِ , another city of El-Yemen, near مِرْبَاط , (O, K, TA,) described by Yákoot as in the furthest part of El-Yemen, on the shore of the Sea of India, near الشَّحْر ; (TA;) because it is brought thither from India. (O, K, TA.)
Nounظِفِّيرٌ1 sense

Core sense — victorious, often successfulgenerated

1

See ظَفِرٌ.

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: see ظَفِرٌ .
Nounظَافِرٌ1 sense

Core sense — victorious, successfulgenerated

1

See ظَفِرٌ.

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: see ظَفِرٌ .
Nounأَظْفَرُ1 sense

Core sense — a man having long, or long and broad, nailsgenerated

1

A man having long nails; or having long and broad nails.

Applied in the same way to a مَنْسِم [or foot of a camel].

ظَفْرَآءُ [the regular feminine] has not been heard.

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A man having long nails: (ISk, S, A:) or having long and broad nails: (M, K:) and in like manner applied to a مَنْسِم [or foot of a camel]: ظَفْرَآءُ [the reg. fem.] has not been heard. (M.)
Nounأُظْفُورٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a nail, a talon; the tendril that twines on a grape-vine branchgenerated

1

See ظُفْرٌ, in two places.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also the slender thing [or tendril] that twines upon the branch of a grape-vine.

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: see ظُفْرٌ , in two places. Also The slender thing [or tendril] that twines upon the branch of a grape-vine. (K.)
Nounأَظْفَارَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a pellicle that grows over the eyegenerated

1

See ظُفْرٌ, latter half.

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: see ظُفْرٌ , latter half.
Nounمُظَفَّرٌ2 senses

Core sense — victorious; a bow having its two ends cut shortgenerated

1

See ظَفِرٌ.

2figurative · مجاز — inferreda bow having something cut off from each of its two endsقَوْسٌ مُظَفَّرَةٌ

These ends are called its ظُفْرَانِ.

In the CK, فَرَسٌ is wrongly put for قَوْسٌ.

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: see ظَفِرٌ . قَوْسٌ مُظَفَّرَةٌ A bow having somewhat cut off from each of its two ends [which are called its ظُفْرَانِ ]. (O, K, TA. [In the CK, فَرَسٌ is erroneously put for قَوْسٌ .])
Nounمِظْفَارٌ2 senses

Core sense — one who is often victorious; also a certain instrumentgenerated

1

See ظَفِرٌ.

2

Also the instrument called مِنْقَاش.

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: see ظَفِرٌ . Also The [instrument called] مِنْقَاش [q. v.]. (Fr, O, K.)
Nounمَظْفُورٌ2 senses

Core sense — overcome, conqueredgenerated

1

And its feminine: see ظَفِرٌ.

2overcome, or conquered; applied to a manمَظْفُورٌ بِهِ

[As also مَظْفُورٌ عَلَيْهِ and مَظْفُورٌ alone; see form 1.]

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; and its fem.: see ظَفِرٌ . مَظْفُورٌ بِهِ Overcome, or conquered; [as also مَظْفُورٌ عَلَيْهِ , and مَظْفُورٌ alone; (see 1;)] applied to a man. (TA.)