عسل

1 عَسَلَ الطَّعَامَ, aor. ـُ and عَسِلَ, (S, O, K,) inf. n. عَسْلٌ, (TA,) He made, or prepared, the food with عَسَل [i. e. honey]: (S, O:) or, as also ↓ عسّلهُ, (K, TA,) inf. n. تَعْسِيلٌ, (TA,) he mixed the food with honey, (K, TA,) and made it pleasant and sweet. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] عَسَلَهُ (tropical:) He made him an object of eulogy. (IAar, K, TA.) And (tropical:) He (i. e. God) made him an object of love to men. (K, TA.) Accord. to an explanation by the Prophet, of a saying of his in which it occurs, (tropical:) He (i. e. God) granted him, or permitted him, (O, TA,) i. e. disposed him, (TA,) to do a good deed, before his death, so that those around him were pleased with him, and eulogized him; the good deed being likened to honey. (O, TA.) b3: And He fed him with honey. (TA.) See also 2. b4: The inf. n. عَسْلٌ also signifies The extracting honey from a bee-hive. (KL.) b5: And عَسَلَ المَرْأَةَ, aor. ـِ (K, TA,) inf. n. عَسْلٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He compressed the woman: (K, TA:) the verb in this sense may be derived from a phrase mentioned voce عُسَيْلَةٌ, or it may be a word independently coined: ISd says, “In my opinion it is derived. ” (TA.) b6: عَسَلَ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ, inf. n. عَسَلٌ, [in form] like حَلَبَ, inf. n. حَلَبٌ, He tasted his food. (AA, O, K.) A2: عَسَلَ, said of a spear, aor. ـِ inf. n. عَسَلَانٌ (S, O, K) and عَسْلٌ [correctly عَسَلٌ] and عُسُولٌ, (K,) It quivered: (S, K:) or quivered much. (K. [In the CK, عَسْلًا and عَسْلانًا are put for عَسَلًا and عَسَلَانًا.]) b2: And عَسَلَ said of water, inf. n. عَسَلٌ and عَسَلَانٌ, (K, TA,) both with fet-h to the س, (TA, [but the former in the CK is with the س quiescent,]) It became agitated (K, TA) and rippled, (TA,) being put in a state of commotion by the wind. (K, TA.) b3: And عَسَلَ said of a wolf, (S, O, K,) or of a horse, (K,) or of a fox, (TA,) inf. n. عَسَلٌ and عَسَلَانٌ, (S, O, K, TA, [but both in the CK with the س quiescent,]) He went the pace termed عَنَق, or خَبَب, [i. e., with wide steps,] and quickly: and in like manner said of a man: (S, O:) or he was in a state of agitation in his running, and shook his head, (K, TA,) going along quickly: (TA:) or عَسَلَانٌ signifies the shaking of the limbs in running; and is mostly used in relation to the wolf: (Er-Rághib, TA:) and, as some say, عَسَلُ الفَرَسِ and عَسَلَانُهُ signify the horse's being vehement, or ardent, (أَنْ يَضْطَرِمَ,) in his running, bending down his head, and having his back even: and عَسَلَ الطَّرِيقَ, said of a fox, occurs in a verse of Sá'ideh Ibn-Ju-eiyeh, for عَسَلَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ [app. a mistranscription for عسل فِى الطريق], like the phrase دَخَلْتُ البَيْتَ [ for دخلت فِى البَيْتِ]. (TA. [See what next follows.]) One says also, of a guide, عَسَلَ بِالْمَفَازَةِ, (K, TA,) or فِى الطَّرِيقِ, (Ham p. 353,) He went quickly, (K,) or went with wide steps, like the wolf, (TA,) [in the desert, or waterless desert, or in the way].

كَذَبَ عَلَيْكَ العَسَلُ (S, K) and العَسَلَ, (K,) occurring in a trad., means Keep thou to going along quickly; (S, K, TA;) from العَسَلَانُ signifying the going along of the wolf and the quivering of the spear: or, as some say, by العَسَلُ is here meant عَسَلُ النَّحْلِ [the honey of bees]. (TA. See also art. كذب.) A3: عَسِلَ بِالشَّىْءِ, (O, TA,) with kesr [to the س], (O,) like عَلِمَ, (TA,) or عَسَلَ بالشّىء, (so in two copies of the S, [in one of my copies of the S omitted,]) inf. n. عَسَلٌ, with fet-h to the س, (O,) or عُسُولٌ (S, TA) and عَسْلٌ, (TA,) He kept, or clave, to the thing. (S, O, TA.) 2 عسّل الطَّعَامَ, inf. n. تَعْسِيلٌ: see 1, first sentence. b2: عَسَّلْتُهُمْ, (S, O, K,) inf. n. as above, (S, O,) I furnished them with عَسَل [i. e. honey] for travelling-provision; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ عَسَلْتُهُمْ. (K.) b3: And عسّل الرَّجُلَ, inf. n. as above, He made the man's condiment to be عَسَل [or honey]. (TA.) b4: And the Arabs say, عَسِّلُوا ضَيْفَكُمْ, meaning Divert ye your guest with something [whereby to allay the craving of his stomach] before the [morning-meal called] غَدَآء; like لَمِّجُوهُ and لَهِّجُوهُ &c. (El-Umawee, TA in art. لهج.) b5: And عَسَّلَتِ النَّحْلُ The bees made honey. (TA.) b6: [And, accord. to Freytag, عسّل signifies He collected honey: but for this he names no authority.]10 استعسلوا They sought, or demanded, or asked for, عَسَل [i. e. honey], (S, O, K,) as a gift. (K.) عَسْلٌ: see عَنْسَلٌ, below.

A2: عَسْلًا لَهُ meansتَعْسًا لَهُ [i. e. May he stumble and fall; &c.; (see art. تعس;) عَسْلًا being app. an inf. n., of which, in this sense, the verb is not mentioned]: (O, K:) [or may he be reviled; for] it is said that العَسْلُ signifies the reviling in blaming. (TA.) عِسْلُ مَالٍ (O, K) and مَالٍ ↓ عَسِيلُ (O) i. q. إِزَاؤُهُ, (O, K, TA,) i. e. A good manager and pastor of cattle, or camels &c.: the pl. of عِسْلٌ is أَعْسَالٌ. (TA.) b2: And هٰذَا عِسْلُ هٰذَا means This is the like of this: and so عِسْنُهُ. (O.) عَسَلٌ [Honey;] the fluid that is discharged from the mouths of bees, (K, TA,) when they have eaten, of the flowers and the leaves, what fills their bellies, these substances being then converted by God, within their bellies, into عَسَل, which they eject from their mouths: (TA: [in which, and in the K, several other explanations are added, too fanciful to deserve notice:]) the word is mase. and fem.; (S, O, Msb, K;) in most instances fem.: (S, O, Msb:) عَسَلَةٌ signifies a portion, or somewhat, thereof; (S, Mgh, O, TA;) being the n. un.: (TA:) the dim. is ↓ عُسَيْلَةٌ, with ة, because عَسَلٌ is mostly fem., or as meaning عَسَلَةٌ; (S, O, Msb;) or it is the dim. of عَسَلَةٌ: (Mgh:) the pl. of عَسَلٌ is أَعْسَالٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and عُسُلٌ and عُسْلٌ and عُسُولٌ and عُسْلَانٌ; (AHn, K;) and these pls. are used when one means sorts of عَسَل. (AHn, TA.) b2: [It is also used tropically for نَوْرٌ, i. e. (assumed tropical:) Flowers, or blossoms; because honey is made therefrom. (See جَرَسَ.) b3: And it is applied also to (assumed tropical:) The sweet, thick, inspissated, or melligenous, juice of fruit:] and it signifies [particularly] (assumed tropical:) the juice that flows from fresh ripe dates; (O, K, * TA;) because of its sweetness. (O.) [See also دِبْسٌ.] b4: Also (assumed tropical:) The gum of the [species of mimosa called] عُرْفُط [q. v.]; (O, K;) because of its sweetness. (O.) And عَسَلُ اللُّبْنَى is (assumed tropical:) The gum that flows from the species of tree called اللُّبْنَى, having no sweetness; (O;) a thing [or substance], (M, TA,) or a certain odoriferous substance, (K,) that exudes from the species of tree above mentioned, (M, K, * TA,) i. e. المَيْعَةُ [generally applied to storax, or styrax], (TA in art. لبن,) used for fumigation, and called by the vulgar حَصَى لُبَانٍ. (K. [See art. حصو and حصى.]) And عَسَلُ الرِّمْثِ is A white thing [or substance, a species of manna,] that comes forth from the [shrub called] رِمْث, [q. v.], resembling جُمَان [i. e. pearls, or silver beads like pearls]. (K, * TA.) b5: Also (assumed tropical:) A good, or righteous, deed, the eulogy for which is deemed sweet. (Az, O.) See عَاسِلٌ.

A2: And The حَبَاب [app. as meaning ripples] of running water, (IAar, O, K,) [arising] from the blowing of the wind. (IAar, O.) b2: [In one place in the CK, العَسَلُ is erroneously put for العَسْلُ: see عَنْسَلٌ, below.]

عَسِلٌ, (S, O, TA,) in the K erroneously said to be like أَمِيرٌ, i. e. ↓ عَسِيلٌ, (TA,) applied to a man, (K,) Vehement in beating, (S, O, K,) quick in the raising, (سَرِيعُ رَفْعِ, O, and so in copies of the S,) or in the falling, (وَقْعِ, so in a copy of the S,) or in the returning, (رَجْعِ, so in the K,) of the hand, or arm, (S, O, K,) with the beating. (TA.) أَبُو عِسْلَةَ: see عَاسِلٌ.

عَسَلَةٌ n. un. of عَسَلٌ [q. v.]. b2: [مَضْرِبُ عَسَلَةٍ is a euphemism for (assumed tropical:) The place of injection of sperma: and hence it means (assumed tropical:) the source from which one springs; origin; ancestry, or parentage; &c.] One says, مَا لِفُلَانٍ مَضْرِبُ عَسَلَةٍ i. e. (assumed tropical:) [Such a one has no source] of kindred (نَسَب), (S, O,) nor of cattle or property (مَال). (S in art. ضرب.) And مَا أَعْرِفُ لَهُ مَضْرِبَ عَسَلَةٍ meaning أَعْرَاقَهُ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) I know not the sources (or the source) from which he has sprung; or his ancestry, or parentage]: (S, O, * K:) or (tropical:) his origin, and any wife from whom he has sprung. (A, TA.) and مَا تَرَكَ لَهُ مَضْرِبَ عَسَلَةٍ (tropical:) He reviled him so that he demolished his parentage, and denied his origin, or rank or quality. (Z, TA.) And كُلُّ ضَرْبَةٍ

لَهَا مِنْ عَسَلَةٍ, said respecting his mother by an Arab of the desert, meaning (tropical:) Every child that she has brought forth is from a manly sire. (A, TA.) And عَلِمَ فُلَانٌ عَسَلَةَ بَنِى فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) Such a one knew the whole company, and case, or condition, [or origin,] of the sons of such a one. (O.) عَسَلِىٌّ A thing of the colour of عَسَل [i. e. honey]. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] عَسَلِىُّ اليَهُودِ The distinctive mark, or sign, [which has sometimes been a honey-coloured turban, at other times a girdle, or some other article of attire, of the same colour,] of the Jews. (S, Mgh, O, K.) عَسُولٌ: see عَاسِلٌ: A2: and see also عَسَّالٌ.

عَسِيلٌ The broom, or implement for sweeping, of the seller of perfumes, (S, O, K, * TA, كَمِكْنَسَةِ in the K being a mistake for مِكْنَسَةُ, TA,) with which he gathers together the perfume; (S, O, TA;) it is a hair-broom, with which he sweeps up the perfume from his paved floor: (TA:) or a feather with which [the compound of perfumes called] غَالِيَة is detached, or displaced: (Fr, IAar, O, K:) pl. عُسُلٌ. (TA.) A poet says, فَرِشْنِى بِخَيْرٍ لَا أَكُونَنْ وَمِدْحَتِى

كَنَاحِتِ يَوْمًا صَخْرَةٍ بِعَسِيلِ [Then amend thou my condition by means of wealth: I will assuredly not be, with my mode of praising, like a hewer, one day, of a rock with a hair-broom, or a feather, of a seller of perfumes]: he means, كَنَاحِتِ صَخْرَةٍ يَوْمًا, this last word intervening between the prefixed noun and its complement because the noun of time is held by them to be like what is redundant. (S, O, TA. [One of my copies of the S has أَكُونًا; the O, اَكُونَا: and each of my copies of the S has صَخْرَةً; and one of them, يَوْمٍ.]) b2: And The pizzle of an elephant, (S, O, K,) and of a camel: pl. as above. (K.) b3: See also عِسْلُ مَالٍ. b4: And see عَسِلٌ.

عُسَيْلَةٌ dim. of عَسَلٌ, q. v.: or of its n. un. b2: [Hence,] (tropical:) i. q. نُطْفَةٌ [i. e. The sperma of a man and of a woman]: or the مَآء [meaning sperma] of a man. (K, TA.) b3: And (tropical:) The deliciousness, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, TA,) or sweetness, (Mgh, K, TA,) of جِمَاع; as being likened to عَسَل [i. e. honey]. (S, O, Msb, K, TA.) Thus, (Mgh, O, Msb, TA,) or as expl. in the next preceding sentence, (TA,) in the saying of the Prophet to a woman who desired to be divorced from a husband in order that she might return to a former husband, لَا حَتَّى تَذُوقِى عُسَيْلَتَهُ وَيَذُوقَ عُسَيْلَتَكِ. (Mgh, O, Msb, TA. [See 1 in art. ذوقَ.]) b4: And العُسَيْلَتَانِ signifies العُضْوَانِ [meaning The male and female genital organs]; because means of experiencing delight. (Z, TA.) عَسَّالٌ: see عَاسِلٌ.

A2: Also, (S, O, Msb, K,) and ↓ عَاسِلٌ, (Msb, K,) and ↓ عَسُولٌ, (K,) A spear that quivers, (S, O, Msb,) by reason of pliableness: (Msb:) or [so the second, but the first and last,] a spear that quivers much. (K.) And رِمَاحٌ عَسَّالَةٌ [Spears that quiver much]. (A in art. زعب.) b2: See, again, عَاسِلٌ.

عَسَّالَةٌ [as a subst.] Bees. (S, O, K.) b2: and The شُورَة of bees; (K, TA;) i. e. the thing, such as a رَاقُود [q. v.] &c., in which bees make honey. (TA.) [See also مَعْسَلَةٌ.]

عَاسِلٌ A gatherer of honey (S, O, K) from the hive (S, O) or from its place; as also ↓ عَسَّالٌ. (K.) [And نَحْلٌ عَوَاسِلُ Bees occupied in gathering honey: see a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb cited in art. خلف, conj. 3.] b2: Also, as a possessive epithet, A place in which is honey. (TA.) One says خَلِيَّةٌ عَاسِلَةٌ (S, O, TA) A hive containing honey. (TA.) b3: Also an epithet applied to a man, (O, K,) said by Az to be as though it were for ↓ ذُو عَسَلٍ, (O,) meaning (assumed tropical:) Having a good, or righteous, deed attributable to him, for which the eulogy of him is deemed sweet: (Az, O, K:) and (O, K) accord. to IAar, (O,) a good, or righteous, man; as also ↓ عَسُولٌ; (O, K;) the former said by him to be an instance of the measure فَاعِلٌ in the sense of مَفْعُولٌ بِهِ [as meaning (assumed tropical:) made an object of eulogy: see 1, second sentence]: (O:) pl. of both عُسُلٌ, (O, K,) accord. to him. (O.) A2: See also عَسَّالٌ. b2: العَاسِلُ also signifies The wolf; [because of his manner of running; (see 1, latter half;)] (S, O, K;) and so ↓ العَسَّالُ; (TA;) and ↓ أَبُو عِسْلَةَ (O, K) and ابو غِسْلَةَ, with ع and غ: (O:) pl. of the first عُسَّلٌ and عَوَاسِلُ (S, O, K) [and عَاسِلَاتٌ is mentioned by Freytag as signifying wolves from the Deewán of the Hudhalees].

عَنْسَلٌ A swift she-camel; (S, K;) as also ↓ عَسْلٌ: (K, TA: [العَسَلُ in the CK, as syn. with العَنْسَلُ, is a mistranscription:]) the ن in the former is augmentative; (IJ, S, TA;) for, as Sb says, the word is of the measure فَنْعَلٌ from [the inf. n.] العَسَلَانُ; not, as Mohammad Ibn-Habeeb asserts it to be, syn. with عَنْسٌ, and of the measure فَعْلَلٌ, with the ل augmentative. (IJ, TA.) أَعْسَال i. q. [آسَال and] آسَان: so in the saying هُوَ عَلَى أَعْسَالٍ مِنْ أَبِيهِ [He is of a semblance and of characteristics and natural dispositions which are those of his father]. O, K.) تَعْسِيلَةٌ A light sleep: but this is a vulgar [postclassical] word. (TA.) مَعْسَلَةٌ i. q. خَلِيَّةٌ [q. v., i. e. The habitation of bees, whether it be a manufactured hive or a hollow in the trunk of a tree or in a rock, in which they deposit their honey]. (K.) [See also عَسَّالَةٌ.]

مُعَسَّلٌ Made [or preserved] with عَسَل [i. e. honey]: applied as an epithet in this sense to رَنْجَبِيل [or ginger]. (S, TA.) حَدِيثٌ مَعْسُولٌ (assumed tropical:) Sweet [or (as we say) honeyed] talk or discourse. (TA.) And جَارِيَةٌ مَعْسُولَةُ الكَلَامِ (assumed tropical:) A girl, or young woman, sweet in speech, beautiful in expression, pleasing in the modulation of the voice. (TA.) And مَعْسُولُ المَوَاعِيدِ (assumed tropical:) Veracious, or faithful, in promises. (TA.)

وفض

1 وَفَضَ, (A, Mgh, K.) aor. ـِ (K,) inf. n. وَفْضٌ (A, K) and وَفَضٌ; (IDrd, K;) and ↓ اوفض, (S, Mgh, K,) and ↓ استوفض; (S, K;) He ran: (A, Mgh, K:) he hastened, or went quickly. (S, A, Mgh, K.) Hence, in the Kur. [lxx. 43,] ↓ كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَى نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ, or نَصْبٍ, As though they were hastening, or going quickly, to a thing set up for worship. (Fr, S, TA.) Yousay also وَفَضَتِ الإِبَلُ The camels hastened, or went quickly: (M:) or went the pace termed خَبَب. (Khaleefeh El-Hoseynee.) And The camels became dispersed: (AA:) and ↓ استوفضت they became dispersed (K, TA) in their pasturing. (TA.) 4 اوفض: see 1, in two places.

A2: Also, He made a she-camel to go the pace termed خَبَب; as also اوضف. (Khaleefeh El-Hoseynee.) and He dispersed camels. (The same, and K.) See also 10.

A3: اوفض لَهُ He spread for him a carpet, or the like, by which to preserve himself from the ground; (K, TA;) as also اوضم. (TA) 10 استوفض: see 1, in two places.

A2: Also, He required, or commanded, another to hasten, or be quick, or he hastened, hurried, or urged, him. (S, M, A, K, [but in the M; it seems to relate to camels, or an ostrich.]) b2: He drove away (S, M, K) camels, or an ostrich; as also ↓ اوفض: (M:) he drove away, or expelled, another from his country: (M:) he banished him. (Mgh, K.) وَفْضٌ (S, M, K,) and ↓ وَفَضٌ (M, K) Haste: (S, M, K:) [like وَفْزٌ and وَفَزٌ:] pl. أَوْفَاضٌ. (K.) You say, جَآءَ عَلَى وَفْضٍ, and ↓ وَفَضٍ, and أَوْفَاضٍ, He came in haste. (M.) And لَقِيتُهُ عَلَى أَوْفَاضٍ

I found him in a state of haste: (S, K:) like

أَوْفَازٍ. (S.) وَفَضٌ: see وَفْضٌ, in two places.

وَفْضَةٌ A pastor's [bag of the kind called] خَرِيطَة, for his implements and provisions, (M, K,) which he carries therein. (M.) b2: And hence, as being likened thereto, (M,) A [quiver of the kind called]

جَعْبَة, (M, K,) or a thing like the جَعْبَة. (S,) for arrows, (M,) of skins, or hides, (S, M, K,) in which is no wood: (S, M:) or [a quiver] smaller than the جعبة, having its upper and lower parts of equal size: the جعبة is round and wide, and has a cover on the top, over its mouth: [see the latter word:] (ISh:) pl. وِفَاضٌ (S, M, A, K) and وَفَضَاتٌ. (A, TA.) b3: Also, A thing like a quiver (كِنَانَة), (Fr, M,) of small size, (Fr,) in which a man of the class called أَوْفَاض puts his food. (Fr, M.) b4: Also, The small depression between the two mustaches, beneath the nose, (K, TA,) of a man. (TA.) أَوْفَاضٌ Parties of men: (A'Obeyd, S, K:) a mixed multitude: (A'Obeyd, M, K:) from وَفَضَتِ الإِبَلُ meaning “ the camels became dispersed: ” (AA:) or poor, weak, defenceless people: (L:) or an assemblage, (K,) or a mixed multitude or collection, (S,) from various tribes, such as the أَصْحَابُ الصُّفَّةِ: (A'Obeyd, S, K:) or a company of whom every one has a وَفْضَة for his food, (Fr, M, K,) i. e. a thing resembling a كِنَانَة, (Fr, M,) of small size, (Fr,) in which he puts his food; (Fr, M;) but this explanation is disapproved by A'Obeyd (TA) [and by ISd]: or الأَوْفَاضُ applies to the persons called أَهْلُ الصُّفَّةِ, (M,) who were a mixed multitude (A'Obeyd, M) from various tribes, (A'Obeyd,) consisting of ninety-three men. (TA.) [See صُفَّةٌ.]

مِيفَاضٌ Going quickly, or swiftly; applied to a she-camel, (S, M, K,) and to an ostrich. (S, M.) مُسْتَوُفِضٌ Going quickly, or hastening, by reason of fright; (As;) or running away by reason of fright; as though desiring his وَفْض, or running: (Sgh:) or frightened. (TA.)

زف

1 زَفَّ العَرُوسَ, (K,) or زَفَفْتُهَا, (S,) or زَفَّتْهَا النِّسَآءُ, (Msb,) aor. ـُ (Msb, K,) inf. n. زَفٌّ (S, Msb, K) and زِفَافٌ, (S, K,) or the latter is a simple subst.; (Msb;) and ↓ ازفّها, (K,) or ازففتها, (S,) or ازفّتها النسآء; (Msb;) and ↓ ازدفّها, (K,) or ازدففتها, (S,) [or ازدفّتها النسآء;] إِلَى زَوْجِهَا; all signify the same; (S, Msb, * K;) i. e. He, [or I,] or the women, sent [or conducted] the bride [with festive parade or pageantry, and generally with music,] to her husband: (Msb, K:) accord. to Er-Rághib, زفّ العروس is a metaphorical phrase, from زَفْزَفَةُ النَّعَامِ; because she is conducted with joyous alacrity. (TA.) A2: زَفَّ, aor. ـِ inf. n. زَفِيفٌ (S, K) and زَفٌّ and زُفُوفٌ, (K,) or زَفِيفٌ is a simple subst., (Msb,) said of an ostrich, (S, K,) and of a camel, (S,) &c., (K,) He hastened, or was quick; (S, K;) as also ↓ ازفّ: (IAar, K:) accord. to Lh, said of a man and of others; and ↓ ازفّ, he says, is the more unusual of the two: (TA:) or زَفَّ, aor. ـِ is said, in this sense, of a man: and, accord. to the Mj, said of an ostrich, inf. n. زَفِيفٌ, it means he hastened, or was quick, so that a [sound such as is termed] زَفِيف was heard to be produced by his wings: (Msb:) or زَفٌّ and ↓ إِزْفَافٌ are like ذَمِيلٌ [which signifies the going a gentle pace; or a pace above that which is termed العَنَقُ, and above that which is termed التَّزَيُّدُ]: (K, * TA: [in the CK, الزَّمِيل is put for الذَّمِيل:]) or the first running of the ostrich: (K:) or زَفِيفٌ has this last meaning: (TA:) or signifies the going quickly and with short steps: (Lh, TA:) or the going quickly, with short steps, and quietly. (TA.) You say, زَفَّ القَوْمُ فِى مَشْيِهِمْ The people, or party, hastened, or were quick, in their walking, or marching, or going along: and hence, in the Kur [xxxvii. 92], فَأَقْبلُوا إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ, (S,) i. e. [And they advanced towards him] hastening, or going quickly. (Fr, TA. [But there are other readings, for which see Bd.]) [Hence also,] one says زَفَّ رَأْلُهُ, meaning (tropical:) He was, or became, light of intellect, lightwitted, or irresolute. (S, Z, TA. [See also art. رأل]) b2: زَفَّ, inf. n. زَفِيفٌ (O, K) and زَفٌّ, (K,) said of a bird, (O, K,) in his flight, (O,) He cast himself: ('Eyn, O, K:) or he spread his wings: and so ↓ زَفْزَفَ [app. in either sense]: (K:) and the latter, he moved [or flapped] his wings in running. (TA.) b3: زَفَّتِ الرِّيحُ, (S, K,) aor. ـِ (S,) inf. n. زَفِيفٌ and زُفُوفٌ, (TA,) The wind blew along, (S, K,) not violently: (S:) or blew gently and continually: (TA:) and ↓ زَفْزَفَت signifies the same: (K, TA:) or the latter, inf. n. زَفْزَفَةٌ, signifies it blew violently: so in the T: or it blew gently: (TA:) or زَفْزَفَةٌ signifies the moaning (حَنِين) of the wind, and its sounding among the trees. (S.) b4: زَفَّ, (O, K,) inf. n. زَفِيفٌ, (TA,) said of lightning, It shone, or gleamed. (O, K, TA.) 4 ازفّ, inf. n. إِزْفَافٌ, intrans.: see 1, in three places.

A2: ازفّ العَرُوسَ: see 1, first sentence. b2: ازفّهُ He made him to hasten, or go quickly; (S, L, K;) namely, a camel, (S, L,) and an ostrich. (S.) b3: [And accord. to Freytag, it occurs in the Deewán el-Hudhaleeyeen as meaning He led him to do light, vain, things.]8 ازدفّ العَرُوسَ: see 1, first sentence. b2: ازدفّ الحِمْلَ He carried, took up and carried, or raised upon his back, the load. (Ibn-' Abbád, K.) 10 استزفّهُ السَّيْلُ, (Ibn-' Abbád, A, O, TA,) thus correctly, but in the copies of the K السَّيْرُ, (TA,) The torrent found it light to carry (اِسْتَخَفَّهُ, Ibn-' Abbád, A, O, K), and took it away. (Ibn-' Abbád, A, O, TA.) R. Q. 1 زَفْزَفَ, [inf. n. زَفْزَفَةٌ,] said of a man, He walked in a comely manner. (TA.) b2: زَفْزَفَةٌ also signifies The running vehemently. (K.) b3: And A certain manner, or rate, of going, of camels, said to be beyond, or above, what is termed الــخَبَبُ. (TA.) b4: Said of a bird: see 1, latter part. b5: And زَفْزَفَت said of the wind: see, again, 1, latter part. The inf. n. signifies The wind's putting in motion the dry herbage, and making a sound therein: (K, TA:) you say, of the dry herbage, زَفْزَفَتْهُ الرِّيحُ [The wind put it in motion, &c.]. (TA.) b6: The inf. n. signifies also The noising, or noise-making, of a procession, or company of men riding or walking along. (IDrd, K.) b7: And The sounding of an arrow when it is twirled round upon the nail [of the left thumb: see دَرَّ السَّهْمُ, in art. در]. (TA.) b8: It is related in a trad., that the Prophet said to a woman, مَا لَكِ تُزَفْزَفِينَ, (O, K, TA, in some copies of the K تُزَفْزِفِينَ,) with damm to the first letter; (K) to which she replied “ The fever, may God not bless it; ” and he said “ Revile not thou the fever, for it does away with the sins of the sons of Adam like as the blacksmith's skin with which he blows his fire does away with the dross of the iron: ” (O, TA:) the meaning is, [What aileth thee] that thou art made to tremble, or quake? (تُرْعَدِينَ: O, K, TA: in some copies of the K تُرْعِدِينَ:) [see also مَزْفُوفٌ:] or it is with fet-h to the ت, (O, K, TA,) i. e. تَزَفْزَفِينَ [for تَتَزَفْزَفينَ, from ↓ تَزَفْزَفَتْ], (O,) meaning, that thou tremblest, or quakest? (O, K:) or it is with kesr to the [latter] ز, [تُزَفْزِفِينَ,] meaning, that thou moanest, as does he who is sick: (TA:) or, as some relate it, it is with ر [in the place of the ز, i. e. تُزَفْرِفِينَ, having the second of the meanings expl. above in this sentence, or nearly so]. (K.) R. Q. 1 تَزَفْرَفَتْ: see the next preceding paragraph, last sentence.

زِفٌّ Small feathers of the ostrich, (S, K,) and (S, in the K “ or ”) of a bird (S, K) of any kind: (K:) or small feathers, like down, beneath the thickset feathers: (IDrd, O, TA:) accord. to some, only of the ostrich: (O, TA:) [pl., app., زِفَافٌ: see زَفَازِفُ.] One says أَلْيَنُ مِنْ زِفِّ النَّعَامِ [More soft than the small feathers of the ostrich]. (TA.) زَفَّةٌ (tropical:) A time; one time; syn. مَرَّةٌ: (K:) one says, جِئْتُهُ زَفَّةً, or زَفَّتَيْنِ, (tropical:) I came to him once, or twice. (TA.) A single act of زَفِيف [i. e. hastening, or going quickly]. (TA. [This seems to be the primary signification.]) زُفَّةٌ A company, or congregated body, of men. (O, K.) Hence the saying of the Prophet to Bilál, on the occasion of the marriage of Fátimeh, أَدْخِلِ النَّاسَ عَلَىَّ زُفَّةً زُفَّةً, meaning Bring thou in the people to me company after company. (O, TA.) زَفَفٌ, in a male ostrich, The quality of having abundant and dense زِفّ, i. e. small feathers. (S, K.) زَفُوفٌ: see زَفْزَفٌ. b2: Hence it is applied to a she-camel, as being likened to an ostrich in her quickness; (TA;) meaning [Quick: or] good in pace, and quick. (Ham p. 750.) And الزَّفُوفُ is the name of a certain horse that belonged to Noamán Ibn-El-Mundhir. (O.) b3: Also A twanging bow. (TA.) زَفِيفٌ (S, K) and ↓ أَزَفُّ and ↓ زِفَّانِىٌّ, (Ibn-'Abbád, K,) or ↓ زِفَّانٌ, without ى, (L, TA,) Quick, (Ibn-'Abbád, S, L, K,) like ذَفِيفٌ, (S,) and light. (L, TA. [In the CK the explanation is omitted.]) A2: It is also an inf. n.: (S, K, &c.:) or a simple subst. (Msb.) [See 1, in several places.) زِفَّانٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

زِفَّانِىُّ: see the next preceding paragraph.

زَفْزَفٌ and ↓ زَفْزَافٌ [the latter of which is omitted in the CK] A wind that blows violently, with continuance; as also ↓ زَفْزَافَةٌ, (K, TA,) or زَفْزَفَةٌ: (CK:) or ↓ زَفْزَافَةٌ and زَفْزَفٌ a wind making a moaning (حَنِين), and sounding among the trees: (S:) or زَفْزَفٌ a quick, or swift, wind: or زَفْزَفَةٌ and ↓ زَفْزَافَةٌ and ↓ زَفْزَافٌ a violent wind, having a زَفْزَفَة, i. e. sounding: the pl. of زَفْزَفٌ is زَفَازِفُ. (TA.) b2: Also, (i. e. the first and second words,) Light [in motion or action]. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) b3: And The ostrich; (K;) so called because of his lightness of pace; or because of his زَفْزَفَة, meaning his moving [or flapping] of his wings when running; (TA;) and so ↓ زَفُوفٌ. (K.) زَفْزَافٌ, and with ة: see the next preceding paragraph, in five places.

زَفَازِفُ pl. of زَفْزَفٌ. b2: It is also used by a Hudhalee poet [app. referring to birds] as meaning ذَوَاتُ زِفَافٍ [i. e., supposing زِفَاف to be pl. of زِفٌّ, agreeably with analogy, Having small, downy, feathers]. (TA.) زَافٌّ act. part. n. of زَفَّ in the phrase زَفَّ العَرُوسَ: fem. with ة: pl. of the latter زَوَافُّ.

Hence,] زَحَفَتْ زَوَافُّهَا, a phrase mentioned by Lh, meaning اللَّوَاتِىزَفَفْنَهَا [i. e. The women who conducted her to her husband walked along gently]. (TA.) أَزَفُّ A male ostrich having abundant and dense زِفّ, i. e. small feathers. (S, K.) b2: See also زَفِيفٌ.

مِزَفَّةٌ A [vehicle of the kind called] مِحَفَّةٌ in which, or upon which, the bride is sent [or conducted] to her husband. (Kh, S, K.) مَزْفُوفٌ pass. part. n. of زَفَّ in a sense not mentioned, and perhaps not used. Hence,] بَاتَ مَزْفُوفًا a phrase meaning بات تُزَفْزِفُهُ الرِّيحُ [i. e. He passed the night made to tremble, or quake, by the wind]. (TA.)

شِبْدَازُ:
بكسر أوّله، وسكون ثانيه ثمّ دال مهملة، وآخره زاي، ويقال شبديز، بالياء المثناة من تحت:
موضعان أحدهما قصر عظيم من أبنية المتوكّل بسرّ من رأى، والآخر منزل بين حلوان وقرميسين في لحف جبل بيستون سمي باسم فرس كان لكسرى، عن نصر، وقال مسعر بن المهلهل: وصورة شبديز على فرسخ من مدينة قرميسين، وهو رجل على فرس من حجر عليه درع لا يخرم كأنّه من الحديد يبين زرده والمسامير المسمرة في الزرد لا شك من نظر إليه يظن أنّه متحرّك، وهذه الصورة صورة أبرويز على فرسه شبديز وليس في الأرض صورة تشبهها، وفي الطاق الذي فيه هذه الصورة عدة صور من رجال ونساء ورجّالة وفرسان وبين يديه رجل في زيّ فاعل على رأسه قلنسوة وهو مشدود الوسط بيده بيل كأنّه يحفر به الأرض والماء يخرج من تحت رجليه، وقال أحمد بن محمد الهمذاني: ومن عجائب قرميسين وهي إحدى عجائب الدنيا صورة شبديز وهي في قرية يقال لها خاتان ومصوره قنطوس بن سنمّار، وسنمار هو الذي بنى الخورنق بالكوفة، وكان سبب صورته في هذه القرية أنّه كان أزكى الدواب وأعظمها خلقة وأظهرها خلقا وأصبرها على طول الركض، وكان ملك الهند أهداه إلى الملك أبرويز فكان لا يبول ولا يروث ما دام عليه سرجه ولجامه ولا ينخر ولا يزبد، وكانت استدارة حافره ستة أشبار، فاتفق أن شبديز اشتكى وزادت شكواه وعرف أبرويز ذلك وقال: لئن أخبرني أحد بموته لأقتلنه، فلمّا مات شبديز خاف صاحب خيله أن يسأله عنه فلا يجد بدّا من إخباره بموته فيقتله، فجاء إلى البهلبند مغنيه، ولم يكن فيما تقدّم من الأزمان ولا ما تأخر أحذق منه بالضرب بالعود والغناء، قالوا: كان لأبرويز ثلاث خصائص لم تكن لأحد من قبله:
فرسه شبديز وسريته شيرين ومغنيه بهلبند، وقال: اعلم أن شبديز قد نفق ومات وقد عرفت ما أوعد به الملك من أخبره بموته فاحتل لي حيلة ولك كذا وكذا، فوعده الحيلة، فلمّا حضر بين يدي الملك غناه غناء ورّى فيه عن القصة إلى أن فطن الملك وقال له:
ويحك مات شبديز! فقال: الملك يقوله، فقال له:
زه ما أحسن ما تخلصت وخلّصت غيرك! وجزع عليه جزعا عظيما فأمر قنطوس بن سنمّار بتصويره فصوّره على أحسن وأتمّ تمثال حتى لا يكاد يفرق بينهما إلّا بإدارة الروح في جسدهما، وجاء الملك ورآه فاستعبر باكيا عند تأمّله إيّاه وقال: لشدّ ما نعى إلينا أنفسنا هذا التمثال وذكّرنا ما نصير إليه من فساد حالنا، ولئن كان في الظاهر أمر من أمور الدنيا يدلّ على أمور الآخرة إن فيه لدليلا على الإقرار بموت جسدنا وانهدام بدننا وطموس صورتنا ودروس أثرنا للبلى الذي لا بدّ منه مع الإقرار بالتأثير الذي لا سبيل إليه أن يبقى من جمال صورتنا، وقد أحدث لنا وقوفنا على هذا التمثال ذكرا لما تصير إليه حالنا وتوهمنا وقوف الواقفين عليه بعدنا حتى كأننا بعضهم ومشاهدون لهم، قال: ومن عجائب هذا التمثال أنّه لم ير مثل صورته صورة ولم يقف عليه أحد منذ صوّر من أهل الفكر اللطيف والنظر الدقيق إلّا استراب بصورته وعجب منها، حتى لقد سمعت كثيرا من هذا الصنف يحلفون أو يقاربون اليمين أنّها ليست من صنعة العباد وأن لله تعالى خبيئة سوف يظهرها يوما، قال: وسمعت بعض فقهاء المعتزلة يقول لو أن رجلا خرج من فرغانة القصوى وآخر من سوس الأبعد قاصدين النظر إلى صورة شبديز ما عنفا على ذلك، قال: وأنت إذا فكّرت في أمر صورة
شبديز وجدتها كما ذكر هذا المعتزلي، فإن كان من صنعة الآدميين فقد أعطي هذا المصوّر ما لم يعط أحد من العالمين، فأي شيء أعجب أو أظرف أو أشد امتناعا من أنه سخرت له الحجارة كما يريد، ففي الموضع الذي يحتاج أن يكون أسود اسودّ وفي الموضع الذي يحتاج أن يكون أحمر احمرّ وكذلك سائر الألوان، والذي يظهر لي أن الأصباغ التي فيه معالجة بصنف من المعالجات، ثمّ صوّر شيرين جارية أبرويز أيضا قريبة من شبديز وصوّر نفسه أيضا راكبا فرسا لبيقا، وقد ذكر هذه القصة خالد الفيّاض في شعر قاله وهو:
والملك كسرى شهنشاه تقنّصه ... سهم بريش جناح الموت مقطوب
إذ كان لذّته شبديز يركبه، ... وغنج شيرين والدّيباج والطّيب
بالنّار آلى يمينا شدّ ما غلظت ... أن من بدا فنعى الشبديز مصلوب
حتى إذا أصبح الشبديز منجدلا، ... وكان ما مثله في الخيل مركوب
ناحت عليه من الأوتار أربعة ... بالفارسيّة نوحا فيه تطريب
ورنّم البهلبند الوتر فالتهبت ... من سحر راحته اليمنى شآبيب
فقال: مات! فقالوا: أنت فهت به ... فأصبح الحنث عنه وهو مجذوب
لولا البهلبند والأوتار تندبه ... لم يستطع نعي شبديز المرازيب
أخنى الزّمان عليهم فاجرهدّ بهم، ... فما يرى منهم إلّا الملاعيب
وقال أبو عمران الكسروي يذكره:
وهم نقروا شبديز في الصّخر عبرة، ... وراكبه برويز كالبدر طالع
عليه بهاء الملك والوفد عكّف ... يخال به فجر من الأفق ساطع
تلاحظه شيرين واللّحظ فاتن، ... وتعطو بكفّ حسّنتها الأشاجع
يدوم على كرّ الجديدين شخصه، ... ويلفى قويم الجسم واللون ناصع
واجتاز بعض الملوك هناك ونزل وشرب وأعجبه الموضع فاستدعى خلوقا وزعفرانا فخلّق وجه شبديز وشيرين والملك، فقال بعض الشعراء:
كاد شبديز أن يحمحم لمّا ... خلّق الوجه منه بالزّعفران
وكأنّ الهمام كسرى وشيري ... ن مع الشيخ موبذ الموبذان
من خلوق قد ضمّخوهم جميعا ... أصبحوا في مطارف الأرجوان
وقال ابن الفقيه: أنشدني أبو محمد العبدي الهمذاني لنفسه في صورة شبديز:
من ناظر معتبر أبصرت ... مقلته صورة شبديز
تأمّل الدّنيا وآثارها ... في ملك الدّنيا أبرويز
يوقن أنّ الدّهر لا يأتلي ... يلحق موطوءا بمهزوز
أبعد كسرى اعتاض من ملكه ... مخطّ رسم ثمّ مرموز
يغبط ذو ملك على عيشة ... رنق يعانيها بتوفيز
وقال آخر يذكر شبديز وأبرويز:
شبديز منحوت صخر بعد بهجته ... للناظرين، فلا جري ولا خبب
عليه برويز مثل البدر منتصبا ... للنّاظرين، فلا يجدي ولا يهب
وربّما فاض للعافين من يده ... سحائب، ودقها المرجان والذّهب
فلا تزال مدى الأيّام صورته ... تحنّ شوقا إليها العجم والعرب
قلت: وعندي أشعار وأراجيز اكتفيت منها بهذا القدر تجنّبا للإطالة.