Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

دَغْفَلٌ The young one of an elephant: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or of a wolf. (Ḳ.)

عَيْشٌ دَغْفَلٌ An ample, or easy, and a plentiful, life; (Aṣ, Ṣ, Ḳ;) [as alsoدَغْفَلِىٌّ↓.] A poet says,

*وَفَارَقَ مِنْهَاعِيشَةٌ دَغْفَلِيَّةٌ↓ *

* وَلَمْ تَخْشَ يَوْمًا يَزُولَ سَرِيرُهاَ *

[And an ample, or a plentiful, state of life, that was hers, passed away: and she feared not one day that her ease, or affluence, would depart]. (Ṣ in art. سر.)

You say also عَامٌ دَغْفَلٌ A plentiful, or fruitful, year: so says IAạr: and he cites the saying of El-ʼAjjáj,

*وَإِذْ زَمَانُ النَّاسِ دَغْفَلِىٌّ↓ *

[And when the time of men, or of the people, is, or was, plentiful, or fruitful]. (Ṣ.)

And رِيشٌ دَغْفَلٌ Abundant feathers or plumage. (Ḳ.)