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Form 1عَصَفَتِ الرِّيحُ6 senses · 3 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُتَعْصِفُ بِهِمْmaṣdarعَصْفٌ

Core sense — the wind blew violently; he, or it, was swift; he clipped unripe corngenerated

1.1the wind blew violently—اعصفت

maṣdar عَصْفٌ and عُصُوفٌ. This is the sense of the verb itself: the wind blew violently.

Of the dialect of Benoo Asad.

1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredbeing quick, or swift—عَصْفٌ

Hence this meaning; and so too [إِعْصَافٌ and] تَعَصُّفٌ, used in relation to anything.

he, or it, was quick, or swift—عَصَفَ
she goes quickly with her rider—تَعْصِفُ بِرَاكِبِهَا
she became quick, or swift, in going along—اعصفت فِى السَّيْرِ
he went, or passed, along quickly—اعصف

Said of a she-camel, likening her to the wind in the swiftness of her course.

Said of a camel.

Said of a horse; said to be a dialectal variant of احصف.

1.1.2figurative · مجازwar, or the war, carried off and destroyed the people—عَصَفَتِ الحَرْبُ بِالقَوْمِ

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Also اعصفت بهم, which is said to be the more correct.

1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredit (a thing) inclined, or declined—عَصَفَ

[See عَاصِفٌ, last sentence.]

1.2he gained, or earned, or he sought sustenance, for his household—عَصَفَ عِيَالَهُ

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he gained, or earned, or he sought sustenance, for his household—لِعِيَالِهِ

Both forms, and this meaning, from Ibn-'Abbād.

اعتصف لِعِيَالِهِ has the same meaning, as one says صَرَفَ and اصطرف.

Some add, in explaining عَصَفَ عِيَالَهُ: and he sought for his household, and used skill for them in the management of affairs.

1.3he cut, or clipped, the corn before it reached maturity—عَصَفَ الزَّرْعَ

That is, he cut off the leaves that were inclining in its lower part, in order to lighten it; for if he did not, it would lean. Or he cut it from its stalks.

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, aor. عَصِفَ , (S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. عَصْفٌ and عُصُوفٌ , (O, Msb, K,) The wind blew violently, or vehemently; as also اعصفت ; (S, O, Msb, K;) the latter of the dial. of BenooAsad. (S, O.) Hence, (TA,) عَصْفٌ signifies also The being quick, or swift; (Lth, O, TA;) and so [ إِعْصَافٌ and] تَعَصُّفٌ : (TA:) and is used in relation to anything: (Lth, O:) عَصَفَ signifying He, or it, was quick, or swift. (K.) One says, of a she-camel, تَعْصِفُ بِرَاكِبِهَا She goes quickly, or swiftly, with her rider; (Sh, S, Z, O, TA;) likening her to the wind in the swiftness of her course. (Z, TA.) And اعصفت فِى السَّيْرِ She (a camel) was, or became, quick, or swift, in going along: (TA:) and اعصف said of a horse, he went, or passed, along quickly, or swiftly; (S, O, K;) like احصف , (O,) of which it is [said to be] a dial. var. (S.) [Hence, also,] عَصَفَتِ الحَرْبُ بِالقَوْمِ , (O, K, * TA,) aor. تَعْصِفُ بِهِمْ , (S, O, TA,) War, or the war, carried off, and destroyed, the people, or party; (S, O, K, TA;) as also اعصفت بهم , (O, K,) which is [said to be] the more correct. (O, TA.) And عَصَفَ signifies It (a thing) inclined, or declined. (K.) [See عَاصِفٌ , last sentence.] عَصَفَ عِيَالَهُ , (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K, TA,) and لِعِيَالِهِ , (Ibn-'Abbád, O,) aor. عَصِفَ , (K,) inf. n. عَصْفٌ , (S, O,) He gained, or earned, or he sought sustenance, (Ibn-Abbád, S, O, K, TA,) for his household, or family; (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K, TA;) and so اعتصف لِعِيَالِهِ ; (Lh, S, * O, * TA;) like as one says صَرَفَ and اصطرف : and some add, in explaining عَصَفَ عِيَالَهُ , and he sought for his household, or family; and exercised for them art, or skill, in the management of affairs. (TA.) عَصَفَ الزَّرْعَ , (S, O, K, TA,) aor. عَصِفَ , inf. n. عَصْفٌ , (TA,) He cut, or clipped, the corn before its attaining to maturity; (S, O, K, TA;) i. e. he cut off its leaves that were inclining in its lower part, in order to lighten it; for if he did not thus, it would lean: or he cut it from its stalks. (TA.)
Form 4أَعْصَفَ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the wind blew violently; he died, or perished; the corn put forth its leavesgenerated

4.1

See form 1, in five places.

4.1.1he died, or perished—اعصف

Said of a man.

4.1.2

Also: he (a man) deviated, declined, or wandered, from the road, or way.

4.1.3the camels went round about the well, eager for the water—اعصفت الإِبِلُ

En-Nadr: raising the dust and spreading it around.

4.2the corn, or seed-produce, put forth its عَصْف—اعصف الزَّرْعُ

Or its عَصْف became long; or it reached the time for being cut, or clipped. [See 1, last sentence.]

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see 1, in five places. اعصف (said of a man, S, O) He died, or perished. (S, O, K.) And He (a man) deviated, declined, or wandered, from the road, or way. (TA.) اعصفت الإِبِلُ The camels went round about the well, eager for the water, raising the the dust, (En-Nadr, O, K,) and spreading it, around. (En-Nadr, O.) اعصف الزَّرْعُ The corn, or seed-produce, put forth its عَصْف [q. v.]: (S, * O, K:) or its عَصْف became long: or it attained to the time for its being cut, or clipped. (TA. [See 1, last sentence.])
Form 5تَعَصَّفَ1 sense

Core sense — it was quick, or swiftgenerated

5.1

See form 1, second sentence.

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see 1, second sentence.
Form 8إِعْتَصَفَ1 sense

Core sense — he gained, or earned, sustenance for his householdgenerated

8.1

See form 1, last sentence but one.

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see 1, last sentence but one.
Form 10استعصف الزَّرْعُ1 sense

Core sense — the corn produced its culm, or jointed stalkgenerated

10.1

The corn, or seed-produce, produced its culm, or jointed stalk.

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The corn, or seed-produce: produced its culm, or jointed stalk. (TA.)

Derived nouns 9

Nounعَصْفٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the leaves, or blades, of corn; straw; handfuls of reaped corn; winesgenerated

1the herb, and the leaves or blades, of corn, or seed-produce—عُصُوفٌ

The herb is بَقْل. Each of these is a plural of عَصْفَةٌ. [Or rather عَصْفٌ is a collective noun of which عُصُوفٌ is the plural and عَصْفَةٌ is the ism waḥda.]

the leaves on the stalk of corn that dry up and crumble—عَصْفَةٌ

عَصِيفَةٌ and عُصَافَةٌ have the same meaning; or the word means the leaves of corn, and the parts of it that are not eaten.

In these three different senses it is explained as used in the Qur'ān 55:11.

Fr: there it means the stalk, or stem, of corn; see رَيْحَانٌ.

straw—عَصِيفُ الزَّرْعِ

So under تِبْنٌ.

straw—عَصِيفَةُ الزَّرْعِ

So in copies of the K, under تِبْنٌ.

straws—عُصُوفٌ
dry leaves, like straw—عَصْفٌ
corn, or barley, cut while green, for fodder—قَصِيلٌ
the leaves of the ears of corn—عَصِيفَةٌ
what is cut of those leaves—عَصِيفٌ

En-Nadr. Or leaves of corn that are cut and eaten while fresh.

Or both words mean the leaves of corn that incline in its lower part, and which one cuts off so that it may be lightened; or the first means the ears themselves of corn.

The plural is عُصُوفٌ.

like corn of which the grain has been eaten and the straw remains—كَعَصْفٍ مَأْكُولٍ

In the Qur'ān 105, last verse. El-Hasan El-Basree. Or like leaves of which the contents have been taken and which remain with no grain in them; or like عَصْف, leaves which the beasts have eaten; or, as Sa'eed Ibn-Jubeyr is related to have said, like barley growing forth [that has been eaten].

Qur’ān 55:11 approximate — somewhere between 55:1 and 55:26 Lane cites “Kur lv. 11”
Lane cites “Bd in lv. 11” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Qur’ān 55:12 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ

Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-smelling plants.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1handfuls of reaped corn—عُصُوفٌ

IAar says this of the plural, with damma to the ع [in the CK, wrongly, عَصُوف].

Synonym كَدَرٌ [a collective noun of which the ism waḥda is كَدَرَةٌ].

In the copies of the K, كُدْرَة; in the L, كد.

2wines—عُصُوفٌ

According to IAar; synonym خُمُورٌ.

In the CK خَمْرَة, and in the TA, as from the K, خمر.

Qur’ānic occurrences عَصْف
55:12
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ

Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-smelling plants.

105:5
فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

Then did He make them like an empty field of stalks and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up.

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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The herb ( بَقْل ) of corn, or seed-produce: (Fr, S, O, K:) and (TA) the leaves, or blades, of corn, or seed-produce; (MA, * Mgh, TA;) as also عُصُوفٌ ; each a pl. of عَصْفَةٌ : (MA: [or rather عَصْفٌ is a coll. gen. n. of which عُصُوفٌ is the pl. and عَصْفَةٌ is the n. un.:]) or the leaves, or blades, that are upon the stalk of corn, or seedproduce, and that dry up and crumble; as also عَصْفَةٌ and عَصِيفَةٌ and عُصَافَةٌ : or the leaves, and what is not eaten, thereof: in these three different senses it is expl. as used in the Kur lv. 11: (TA:) or it there means the stalk, or stem, of corn: (Fr, S voce رَيْحَانٌ :) or straw; (Jel, TA;) and so عَصِيفُ الزَّرْعِ ; (M voce تِبْنٌ ;) or عَصِيفَةُ الزَّرْعِ : (so in copies of the K voce تِبْنٌ :) and عُصُوفٌ signifies straws: (IAar, TA:) or عَصْفٌ signifies dry leaves, like straw: (Bd in lv. 11:) or corn, or seed-produce, or barley, cut while green, for fodder; syn. قَصِيلٌ : (En-Nadr, TA:) or leaves of corn, or seed-produce, that are cut, and eaten while fresh: or the leaves of the ears of corn; as also عَصِيفَةٌ : or what are cut thereof; as also عَصِيفٌ : or both signify the leaves, of corn, that incline in its lower part, and which one cuts off, in order that it may become lightened: or the former signifies the ears, themselves, of corn: and the pl. is عُصُوفٌ . (TA.) كَعَصْفٍ مَأْكُولٍ , in the Kur [cv. last verse], means Like corn of which the grain has been eaten and the straw thereof remains: (El- Hasan El-Basree, S, O, K:) or like leaves of which the contents have been taken and which remain without any grain therein: (O, K:) or like عَصْف , (O,) or leaves, (K,) which the beasts have eaten: (O, K:) or, as Sa'eed Ibn-Jubeyr is related to have said, like barley growing or growing forth [that has been eaten]. (TA.) And IAar says, (O, TA,) [the pl.] عُصُوفٌ , (O, K, TA,) with damm to the ع , (TA,) [in the CK, erroneously, عَصُوف ,] signifies Handfuls of reaped corn; syn. كَدَرٌ [a coll. gen. n. of which the n. un. is كَدَرَةٌ ]: (O, TA:) in the copies of the K, كُدْرَة ; and in the L, كد . (TA.) And accord. to IAar, (O,) عُصُوفٌ signifies also Wines; syn. خُمُورٌ . (O, L, K. [In the CK خَمْرَة ; and in the TA, as from the K, خمر .])
Nounعَصْفَةٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a gust, or strong puff, of wind; the fragrance of winegenerated

1

As a maṣdar in the form of an ism waḥda of form 1: a gust, or strong puff, of wind.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Hence: the odour, or fragrance, of wine, or its exhaled odour; likened to the عَصْفَة of wind.

2

See also عَصْفٌ, in three places.

Qur’ānic occurrences عَصْف2
77:2
فَٱلْعَـٰصِفَـٰتِ عَصْفًا

Which then blow violently in tempestuous Gusts,

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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[as an inf. n. un. of 1 signifies A gust, or strong puff, of wind. And hence,] The odour, (K,) or fragrance ( فَغْمَة ) of odour, (Z, TA,) or exhaled odour, (IF, O,) of wine: (IF, Z, O, K, TA:) likened to the عَصْفَة of wind. (Z, TA.) See also عَصْفٌ , in three places.
Nounعَصْفَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — a seller of strawgenerated

1

A seller of تِبْن [i. e. straw, or straw that has been trodden, or thrashed, and cut].

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A seller of تِبْن [i. e. straw, or straw that has been trodden, or thrashed, and cut]. (IAar, O, TA.)
Nounعَصُوفٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — swift, said of a she-ostrich or a she-camelgenerated

1

See عَاصِفٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازswift, said of a she-camel—عَاصِفٌ

Hence: swift; applied to a she-ostrich, and to a she-camel that goes swiftly with her rider, likened to the wind in the swiftness of her course. Plural عُصُفٌ.

swift, said of a she-camel—مُعْصِفَةٌ
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: see عَاصِفٌ . Hence, (Z, TA,) Swift; applied to a she-ostrich, and to a she-camel (S, O, K, TA) that goes swiftly with her rider; (S, O, TA;) likened to the wind in the swiftness of her course: (Z, TA:) pl. عُصُفٌ : (TA:) and عَاصِفٌ is applied in like manner to a she-camel as meaning swift; (Sh, TA;) and so too is مُعْصِفَةٌ . (TA.)
Nounعَصِيفٌ2 senses

Core sense — the leaves, or blades, of corngenerated

1

See عَاصِفٌ.

2

And see also عَصْفٌ, in two places.

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: see عَاصِفٌ : and see also عَصْفٌ , in two places.
Nounعُصَافَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — what has fallen from the ears of corn; what the wind has carried awaygenerated

1

What has fallen from the ears of corn, [apparently when they are trodden, or thrashed, consisting] of the straw and the like.

In the CK التنِّيْن is put in the place of التِّبْن.

See also عَصْفٌ.

Also: what the wind has carried away.

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What has fallen from the ears of corn, [app. when they are trodden, or thrashed, consisting] of the straw, (S, O, K, [but in the CK التنِّيْن is put in the place of التِّبْن ,]) and the like. (S.) See also عَصْفٌ . Also What the wind has carried away. (TA.)
Nounعَصِيفَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the combined leaves enclosing the ears of corngenerated

1

The combined leaves in which are the ears of corn; or the leaves that open from around the fruit; or the heads of the ears of wheat.

See also عَصْفٌ, in three places.

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The combined leaves in which are the ears of corn: (S, O, K, TA:) or the leaves that open from around the fruit: or the heads of the ears of wheat. (TA.) See also عَصْفٌ , in three places.
Nounرِيحٌ عَاصِف4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — wind blowing violently; a day of violent wind; an arrow declining from the targetgenerated

1wind blowing violently—عَاصِفَةٌ
wind blowing violently—عَصُوفٌ

This one apparently has a more intensive meaning.

[And عَصِيفٌ, as used in “Fákihet el-Khulafà”, page 196, line 18, but I have not found it in this sense in any lexicon.]

wind blowing violently—مُعْصِفٌ
wind blowing violently—مُعْصِفَةٌ

Plural of the first عَوَاصِفُ; of the second عَاصِفَاتٌ; of the last two مَعَاصِفُ and مَعَاصِيفُ and مُعْصِفَاتٌ [plural of مُعْصِفَةٌ], which means winds that raise the clouds and the winds.

1.1a day in which the wind blows violently—يَوْمٌ عَاصِفٌ

So called because of the violent blowing of the wind in it; عَاصِفٌ here is an instance of فَاعِلٌ in the sense of مَفْعُولٌ فِيهِ, as one says يَوْمٌ بَارِدٌ, or like لَيْلٌ نَائِمٌ.

This is the meaning in the phrase فِى يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ in the Qur'ān 14:21; or that phrase may mean فِى يَوْمٍ عَاصِفِ الرِّيحِ [in a day violent, or vehement, in respect of the wind], because the wind is mentioned in the earlier part of the sentence.

1.2

See also عَصُوفٌ.

1.3figurative · مجازan arrow turning aside, or declining, from the butt—عَاصِفٌ

El-Mufaddal: also anything inclining, or declining.

El-Mufaddal; plural عُصَّفٌ. A figurative meaning.

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(S, O, Msb, K) and عَاصِفَةٌ (O, Msb, K) and عَصُوفٌ [but this app. has a more intensive meaning] (S, O, K) [and عَصِيفٌ as used in “ Fákihet el-Khulafà ” p. 196 line 18 but not found by me in this sense in any lexicon] and مُعْصِفٌ (S, O, K) and مُعْصِفَةٌ (S, O, Msb, K) Wind blowing violently, or vehemently: (S, O, Msb, K:) pl. of the first عَوَاصِفُ , and of the second عَاصِفَاتٌ ; (Msb;) and of the last two مَعَاصِفُ and مَعَاصِيفُ ; and مُعْصِفَاتٌ [pl. of مُعْصِفَةٌ ] which signifies winds that raise the clouds and the winds. (TA.) One says also يَوْمٌ عَاصِفٌ , (Fr, S, O, Msb,) because of the violent blowing of the wind therein, (Fr, O, Msb,) عَاصِفٌ in this case being an instance of فَاعِلٌ in the sense of مَفْعُولٌ فِيهِ , (S, O,) like as one says يَوْمٌ بَارِدٌ , (Fr, O,) or like لَيْلٌ نَائِمٌ ; the meaning being, A day in which the wind blows violently, or vehemently: (S, O:) this is the meaning in the phrase فِى يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ (Fr, O, K) in the Kur [xiv. 21]: or this phrase may mean فِى يَوْمٍ عَاصِفِ الرِّيحِ [in a day violent, or vehement, in respect of the wind], because the wind is mentioned in the former part of the sentence. (Fr, O.) See also عَصُوفٌ . عَاصِفٌ also signifies An arrow turning aside, or declining, from the butt; (El-Mufaddal, O, K, TA;) pl. عُصَّفٌ ; a tropical meaning: (TA:) and anything inclining, or declining. (El-Mufaddal, O, K.)
Nounمُعْصِفٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — blowing violently, said of wind; a place abounding with corn, or strawgenerated

1

This word, its feminine, and its plurals: see عَاصِفٌ, in five places.

1.1

And for the feminine, see also عَصُوفٌ.

2a place abounding with corn, or seed-produce, or with straw—مَكَانٌ مُعْصِفٌ
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, and the fem., and pls.: see عَاصِفٌ , in five places: and for the fem., see also عَصُوفٌ . مَكَانٌ مُعْصِفٌ A place abounding with corn, or seed-produce: (Lh, S, L:) or with straw. (Lh, L.)