عجف

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Form 1عَجِفَ5 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarعَجَفٌ عَجْفٌ

Core sense — he became lean, or emaciated; he withheld himself from foodgenerated

1.1he, said of a horse, or they, said of cattle, became lean, or emaciated—مَال

maṣdar عَجَفٌ and عَجُفَ.

This form is given by Fr.

The meaning is: he, or they, lost fatness or plumpness; or became weak. See also عَجَفٌ below.

1.2

عَجَفَهُ or عَجَفَ الدَّابَّةَ: see form 4.

1.2.1he withheld himself from the food, though desiring it, so that one who was hungry might have it—عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ

maṣdar عَجْفٌ and عُجُوفٌ.

he left the food, though desiring it, so that the one eating with him might be satisfied—عجّف

Maṣdar تَعْجِيفٌ.

[He restrained himself for such a one]—عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ

That is, he chose that such a one should have the food in preference to himself.

عُجُوفٌ also means leaving food while still desiring it; and from this, apparently, withholding oneself from evil acts or dispositions.

1.2.2he constrained himself to be forbearing—عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ

he bore, or endured, what proceeded from such a one, and did not punish him—عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ

[and apparently عُجُوفٌ also].

he constrained himself to be patient with the sick man, tending him in his sickness—عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى المَرِيضِ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above; أَعْجَفَ بِنَفْسِهِ عَلَيْهِ means the same.

1.2.3he withdrew himself, or kept aloof, from such a one—عَجَفَ عَنْ فُلَانٍ

نَفْسَهُ appears to be understood.

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, (Fr, S, O, Msb, K,) aor. عَجَفَ , inf. n. عَجَفٌ ; (S, * O, * Msb, K; *) and عَجُفَ ; (Fr, S, O, Msb, K;) He, i. e. [a beast, or] a horse, (Msb,) or they, i. e. cattle, ( مَال , Fr, S, O,) became lean, meagre, or emaciated; (S;) lost his, or their, fatness or plumpness: (O, K:) or became weak. (Msb.) [See also عَجَفٌ , below.] عَجَفَهُ , or عَجَفَ الدَّابَّةَ , see 4. عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ , aor. عَجِفَ , inf. n. عَجْفٌ and عُجُوفٌ , He withheld himself from the food, though desiring it, preferring that one who was hungry should have it; (O, K;) or (K) he left the food, though desiring it, (O,) in order that he who was eating with him might become satisfied in stomach; (O, K;) as also عجّف , inf. n. تَعْجِيفٌ . (K.) And عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ [He restrained himself for such a one] means he chose that such a one should have the food in preference to himself. (S.) عُجُوفٌ also signifies The leaving, or relinquishing, food, (IAar, O, K, TA,) with desire for it. (TA.) And [hence, app.,] The withholding oneself from evil acts or dispositions. (TA.) And عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ , (L, K,) aor. عَجِفَ , inf. n. عَجْفٌ , (L, TA,) He constrained himself to be forbearing. (L, K, TA.) You say, عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ , (O, K,) aor. عَجِفَ , inf. n. عَجْفٌ [and app. عُجُوفٌ also], (O,) He bore, or endured, what proceeded from such a one, and did not punish him. (O, K.) And عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى المَرِيضِ , (O, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (O,) He constrained himself to exercise patience toward the sick man in tending him in his sickness; as also أَعْجَفَ بِنَفْسِهِ عَلَيْهِ . (O, K.) And عَجَفَ عَنْ فُلَانٍ [ نَفْسَهُ being app. understood] He withdrew himself, or became aloof, from such a one. (K.)

Form 2عَجَّفَ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he ate less than would satisfy him; he gave his food to anothergenerated

2.1

See form 1.

2.1.1eating less than would satisfy the stomach—التَّعْجِيفُ

2.1.2

Also: transferring one's food to another before satisfying one's own stomach, because of drought or dearth.

2.1.3

Also: feeding on bad food, and being lean, or emaciated.

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see 1. التَّعْجِيفُ also signifies The eating less than what would satisfy the stomach. (S, O, K.) And One's transferring his food to another before satisfying his stomach, by reason of drought, or dearth. (IAar, TA.) And The feeding on bad food, and being lean, meagre, or emaciated. (TA.)

Form 4اعجفهُ3 senses · 1 main

maṣdarعَجْفٌ

Core sense — he made it lean, or emaciated, or weakgenerated

4.1he rendered the horse, or the beast, lean, or emaciated, or weak—اعجف الدَّابَّةَ

Also عَجَفَهُ, or عَجَفَ الدَّابَّةَ.

Muḍāriʿ عَجُفَ and عَجِفَ.

4.1.1they came to be in the condition of having their cattle lean, or emaciated—اعجفوا

Also: they confined their cattle because of hardness and straitness [of circumstances].

4.1.2

See also form 1, in its next-to-last sense.

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, (S, O, Msb,) or اعجف الدَّابَّةَ ; (O, K;) and عَجَفَهُ , (O, Msb,) or عَجَفَ الدَّابَّةَ , (O, K,) aor. عَجُفَ (O, Msb, K) and عَجِفَ , (O, K,) inf. n. عَجْفٌ ; (O, Msb;) He rendered him, (S, O, Msb,) i. e. a horse, (Msb,) or he rendered the beast, (O, K,) lean, meagre, or emaciated, (S, O, K,) or weak. (Msb.) اعجفوا They became in the state, or condition, of having their cattle lean, meagre, or emaciated. (O, K.) And They confined their cattle, by reason of hardness and straitness [of circumstances]. (TA.) See also 1, last sentence but one.

Form 5تَعَجُّفٌ1 sense

Core sense — being in a difficult and hard conditiongenerated

5.1

Being in a difficult and hard state or condition.

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The being in a difficult and hard state or condition. (TA.)

Derived nouns 10

Nounعَجَفٌ1 sense

Core sense — leanness, emaciation, loss of fatnessgenerated

Leanness, meagreness, or emaciation; loss of fatness or plumpness.

Also thickness, or roughness, and leanness of the bones. See form 1, first sense.

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Leanness, meagreness, or emaciation; (S;) loss of fatness or plumpness: (O, K:) and thickness, or roughness, and leanness ( عَرَآء ), of the bones. (TA.) [See 1, first sentence.]

Nounعَجِفٌ1 sense

Core sense — lean, meagre, or emaciatedgenerated

See أَعْجَفُ, in three places.

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: see أَعْجَفُ , in three places.

Nounعُجَافٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sort of datesgenerated

A sort of dates; in form like غُرَابٌ. According to Lth the word is عِجَافٌ.

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, like غُرَابٌ , A sort of dates: (L, K:) or so عِجَافٌ , accord. to Lth. (O.)

Nounعِجَافٌ5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — lean, emaciated animals; the colocynth, or its grains; a name of Timegenerated

Plural of أَعْجَفُ, and of its synonym عَجِفٌ.

Ibn-ʿAbbād: the colocynth; or the grains of the colocynth.

2.1grain, or grains, not increasing—حَبٌّ عِجَافٌ

2.2

See also عُجَافٌ.

3one of the names of Time, or fortune—العِجَافُ

So Ibn-ʿAbbād.

Qur’ānic occurrences عِجَاف

12:43

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ سَبْعَ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ ۖ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ أَفْتُونِى فِى رُءْيَـٰىَ إِن كُنتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ

The king (of Egypt) said: "I do see (in a vision) seven fat kine, whom seven lean ones devour, and seven green ears of corn, and seven (others) withered. O ye chiefs! Expound to me my vision if it be that ye can interpret visions."

12:46

يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِى سَبْعِ بَقَرَٰتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَـٰتٍ لَّعَلِّىٓ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

"O Joseph!" (he said) "O man of truth! Expound to us (the dream) of seven fat kine whom seven lean ones devour, and of seven green ears of corn and (seven) others withered: that I may return to the people, and that they may understand."

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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pl. of أَعْجَفُ [q. v.], (S, O, Msb, K,) and of its syn. عَجِفٌ . (TA.) Also The colocynth: (K:) or the grains of the colocynth. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, TA.) And حَبٌّ عِجَافٌ Grain, or grains, not increasing. (A, TA.) See also عُجَافٌ . And العِجَافُ is one of the names of Time, or fortune. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K. *)

Nounعَجِيفٌ1 sense

Core sense — lean, meagre, or emaciatedgenerated

See أَعْجَفُ, in two places.

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: see أَعْجَفُ , in two places.

Nounعَنْجَفٌ1 sense

Core sense — dry, or tough, from leanness; short and compactgenerated

1dry, or tough, by reason of leanness, or emaciation, or of disease—عُنْجُفٌ

Explained thus by AA; IDrd and Az mention these words among the quadriliteral-radical words.

The first word is in form like جَنْدَلٌ; the second is like قُنْفُذٌ and عُنْجُوفٌ. So AA, and so in art. عنجف.

So also in art. عنجف.

Also short, and compact, or contracted in make or body; sometimes applied as an adjective to an old woman: so IDrd explains it.

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, like جَنْدَلٌ , (K in the present art.,) or عُنْجُفٌ , (AA, O and K in art. عنجف ,) like قُنْفُذٌ , (K in the latter art.,) and عُنْجُوفٌ , Dry, or tough, by reason of leanness, meagreness, or emaciation, (AA, K in this art., and O and K in art. عنجف ,) or of disease: thus expl. by AA, and mentioned by IDrd and Az among quadriliteral-radical words. (TA.) And Short, and compact, or contracted [in make or body]: and sometimes applied as an epithet to an old woman: (K:) thus the latter word is expl. by IDrd. (TA.)

Nounعُنْجُوفٌ1 sense

Core sense — dry, or tough, from leanness; short and compactgenerated

See the entry immediately before this one.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.

Nounأَعْجَفُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — lean, or emaciated; weak; having little flesh; land yielding no goodgenerated

1lean, or emaciated, applied to a man and to a woman—عَجِفٌ

lean, meagre, or emaciated—عَجِيفٌ

lean, or emaciated, said of a camel—مَعْجُوفٌ

Lean, meagre, or emaciated; having lost fatness or plumpness: or weak.

Synonymous with أَعْجَفُ; also مُنْعَجِفٌ, which in some copies of the K is wrongly written مُتَعَجِّفٌ.

The feminine of أَعْجَفُ is عَجْفَآءُ, and the plural is عِجَافٌ, which is irregular, taking this form to match سِمَانٌ or its like ضِعَافٌ; it is applied to males and to females.

The plural of عَجِفٌ is عِجَافٌ; and the plural of عَجِيفٌ, if that word is of established authority, may be عَجْفَى, as analogy requires.

a face having little flesh—وَجْهٌ أَعْجَفُ

a face having little flesh—عَجِفٌ

a gum having little flesh—لِثَةٌ عَجْفَآءُ

two thin lips—شَفَتَانِ عَجْفَاوَانِ

1.1a thin, or slender, arrow-head—نَصْلٌ أَعْجَفُ

Plural نِصَالٌ عِجَافٌ.

1.2land in which there is no good—أَرْضٌ عَجْفَآءُ

lands not rained upon—أَرَضُونَ عِجَاف

عِجَافٌ is sometimes used alone for lands affected by drought.

A poet says, describing clouds:

shāhid

لَقِحَ العِجَافُ لَهُ لِسَابِعِ سَبْعَةٍ

— meaning that the lands affected by drought produced herbage from them seven days after the rain.

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Lean, meagre, or emaciated; (S;) having lost his fatness or plumpness: (O, K:) or weak: (Msb:) and عَجِفٌ signifies the same, applied to a man and to a woman: and عَجِيفٌ also signifies lean, meagre, or emaciated: (TA:) and مَعْجُوفٌ [likewise] is syn. with أَعْجَفُ , applied to a camel; (O, K;) as also مُنْعَجِفٌ , (K, TA,) in some copies of the K erroneously written مُتَعَجِّفٌ : (TA:) the fem. of أَعْجَفُ is عَجْفَآءُ : and the pl. is عِجَافٌ , which is irreg., having this form to assimilate it to سِمَانٌ , (S, O, Msb, K,) or to its like ضِعَافٌ , (Msb,) and which is applied to males and to females: (O, TA:) the pl. of عَجِفٌ , also, is عِجَافٌ : (TA:) and the pl. of عَجِيفٌ , if this be of established authority, may be عَجْفَى , agreeably with analogy. (MF, TA.) [Hence,] وَجْهٌ أَعْجَفُ and عَجِفٌ A face having little flesh. (TA.) And لِثَةٌ عَجْفَآءُ A gum having little flesh. (TA.) And شَفَتَانِ عَجْفَاوَانِ Two thin lips. (Ks, O, K.) And نَصْلٌ أَعْجَفُ A thin, or slender, arrow-head: (S, O, K:) pl. نِصَالٌ عِجَافٌ . (O, K.) And أَرْضٌ عَجْفَآءُ Land in which is no good. (O, K.) And أَرَضُونَ عِجَاف Lands not rained upon. (O.) And عِجَافٌ is sometimes used [alone] as signifying Lands affected by drought: a poet says, describing clouds ( سَحَاب ), 1 meaning The lands affected by drought produced herbage by reason thereof at a period of seven days after the rain. (L, TA.) لَقِحَ العِجَافُ لَهُ لِسَابِعِ سَبْعَةٍ

Nounمَعْجُوفٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — made lean, or emaciated; a rusty, unpolished swordgenerated

See أَعْجَفُ.

1.1

Also: a rusty, unpolished sword; or one sullied by remaining long unpolished.

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: see أَعْجَفُ . Also A rusty, unpolished, sword; or one sullied by remaining long unpolished. (O, K.)

Nounمُنْعَجِفٌ1 sense

Core sense — lean, meagre, or emaciatedgenerated

See أَعْجَفُ.

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: see أَعْجَفُ .