Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

غَافَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) aor. تَغِيفُ, (O, Ḳ,) inf. n. غَيَفَانٌ; (Ṣ, O, Ḳ;) andتغيّفت↓, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ,*) in the copies of the Ḳ erroneously تغيّف; (TA;) as alsoأَغْيَفَت↓, inf. n. إِغْيَافٌ; (TA;) The tree inclined, (Ṣ,) or had its branches inclining, (O, Ḳ,) to the right and left. (Ṣ, O, Ḳ.)

غيّف, (O, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَغْيِيفٌ, (Ḳ,) He fled, or turned away and fled; and drew back, or drew back in fear; (O, Ḳ;) and was cowardly. (Ḳ.) You say, حَمَلَ فُلَانٌ فِى الحَرْبِ فَغَيَّفَ i. e. [Such a one charged, in war, or battle, and] was cowardly; or retreated, and was cowardly. (Ṣ.)

See also 5.

see 1.

اغاف الشَّجَرَةَ, (O, Ḳ,*) inf. n. إِغَافَةٌ, (TA,) He made the tree to bend, or incline, (O, Ḳ,* TA,*) by reason of softness, or tenderness. (TA.)

see 1.

تغيّف said of a horse, He inclined, or bent, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA,) towards one side, (Ṣ, O, TA,) in running. (TA.) And He [app. a man] walked with an elegant and a proud and selfconceited gait, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side, and in the manner of the tall: or he passed along easily and quickly: or, accord. to AHeyth, he affected an inclining of the body from side to side, by reason of width of step, and gentleness of pace: accord. to El-Mufaddal, he was proud, or haughty, in his gait. (TA.) The phrase مَرَّ البَعِيرُ يَتَغَيَّفُ, mentioned by Aṣ, but not expl. by him, is said by Sh to mean [The camel passed along] going quickly. (TA.)

One says also, تغيّف عَنِ الأَمْرِ, meaning He refrained, or drew back, from the affair, in fear; as alsoغيّف↓; this latter mentioned by Th. (TA.)

And تَغَيُّفٌ signifies also The being, or becoming, creased, or wrinkled: like تَغَضُّفٌ. (TA in art. عضف.)

غَافٌ A species of trees, (AḤn, Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) growing in the sands, and becoming large, the leaves of which are smaller than those of the apple, which it resembles in character, or form, (AḤn, O,) having a very sweet fruit, (AḤn, O, Ḳ,) of the kind termed عُلَّف, like the pods (قُرُون) of the bean, and its wood is white; so, says AḤn, I have been informed by some of the Arabs of 'Omán, which is the place of its origin: n. un. with ة {غَافَةٌ}: (O:) accord. to some of the Arabs, the species of trees called يَنْبُوت, [see this word, of which one description agrees exactly with that given above,] (O, Ḳ,* TA,*) which is found in 'Omán: (TA:) accord. to AZ, it is of the [trees called] عِضَاه, and is a tree like the قَرَظ [q. v.], thorny, of the region of El-Ḥijáz, growing in the [high, or high and rugged, grounds called] قِفَاف [pl. of قُفٌّ]. (TA.)

غَيْفٌ A flock of birds. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, O, Ḳ.)

غَيْفَانٌ andغَيَّفَانٌ↓, (O, Ḳ, TA,) the latter like هَيَّبَانٌ, (Ḳ, TA, in the CK هَيِّبان,) i. q. مَرَحٌ; (O, TA;) in the Tekmileh مَرِح, like كَتِف; and in the copies of the Ḳ مَرْخ; but the first of these is the right; meaning [A proud and self-conceited carriage, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side,] in pace, or [manner of] going. (TA.)

غَيَّافٌ One whose beard is long, (O, Ḳ, TA,) and wide on every side, (O, TA,) and very large. (Ḳ, TA.)

أَغْيَفُ Having a bending of the neck, (like أَغْيَدُ,) but without drowsiness. (O, Ḳ.)

And, applied to trees (شَجَرٌ), quivering, or playing loosely, succulent, or sappy, soft, tender, or supple; as alsoغَيْفَانِىٌّ↓; and so غَيْفَآءُ [the fem. of the former] applied to a tree (شَجَرَةٌ). (TA.)

And عَيْشٌ أَغْيَفُ A soft, or an easy, and a a plentiful, life; (Ibn-ʼAbbád, O, Ḳ;) like أَغْضَفُ. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, O.)