عفص

1 عَفَصَ الشَّىْءَ, aor. ـِ (K,) inf. n. عَفْصٌ, (TK,) He doubled, folded, or bent, the thing. (K.) Hence عِفَاصُ القَارُورَةِ. (TA.) b2: عَفَصَ القَارُورَةَ, (Fr, S, A, O, Msb, K,) aor. ـِ (Msb, K,) inf. n. عَفْصٌ, (Msb,) He tied, or bound, the عِفَاص (q. v.) upon the flask, or bottle; (S, A, * O, K;) as also ↓ اعفصــها: (K:) or he put the عفاص upon the head of the bottle; and so, accord. to some, ↓ the latter also: (Msb:) or ↓ the latter signifies he made for it, or put to it, (جَعَلَ لَهَا,) an عفاص; (Fr, S, O, Msb;) and so, (Fr, O, Msb,) accord. to some, (Msb,) the former also; (Fr, O, Msb;) each having two meanings: (Msb:) and the former, also, he stopped the bottle with a stopper. (A) b3: عَفَصَــهُ, aor. ـِ He pulled it out or forth. (K.) And عَفَصْــتُ أُذُنَيْهِ I pulled towards me its ears; namely, the ears of a head that I was eating. (Ibn-'Abbád, O.) And IAar allows this verb with س as well as with ص. (TA.) b4: See also 8. b5: عَفَصَ يَدَهُ He twisted his arm, or hand. (O, K.) b6: عَفَصَــهُ, (O, K,) aor. ـِ inf. n. عَفْصٌ, (TA,) He weakened, or enervated, him, (أَثْخَنَهُ,) in wrestling. (O, K.) b7: And عَفَصَــهَا He compressed her, (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K,) namely, a woman, (Ibn-'Abbád, O,) or his young woman. (K.) 2 عَفَّصَ [عفّص الثَّوْبَ He dyed the garment, or piece of cloth, with عَفْص, or galls. See the pass. part. n., below.]4 اعفص القَارُورَةَ: see 1, in three places.

A2: اعفص الحِبْرَ He put عَفْص [or galls] into the ink. (TA.) 8 اعتفص مِنْهُ حَقَّهُ He took from him his right, or due; (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K;) as also ↓ عَفَصَ. (O, K. *) عَفْصٌ [Galls: and the trees which bear them:] a certain thing well known, (Msb, K,) of which ink is made, (S, O, TA,) and with which one tans; (Msb;) the produce of the tree called بَلُّوط [or oak]: (L, TA:) or applied to the trees [which bear it] and to the fruit [thereof]: (K:) or a certain tree of the kind called بَلُّوط, which [is also the name of a produce of that tree, i. e., of the acorn, (both of which applications are agreeable with modern usage,) like as عَفْصٌ is also the name of another produce thereof, i. e., the gall, or gallnut; for it is said that this tree] bears one year بَلُّوط, and another year عَفْص, (Lth, O, K,) of which ink is made: (CK:) it is not of the growth of the land of the Arabs: (IB, TA:) it is astringent; drying; having the quality of repelling effluent matters; and strengthening flaccid and weak members; (K, TA;) and especially the teeth; (TA;) and when steeped in vinegar, it blackens the hair: (K:) the word is post-classical; (S, O, K;) not of the language of the people of the desert: (S, IF, O, Msb:) or it is Arabic; (AHn, O, K;) and from it is derived ↓ عُفُوصَةٌ, signifying “ a taste in which is astringency and bitterness; ” as also the epithet ↓ عَفِصٌ, applied to a taste. (AHn, O.) عَفَصٌ A twisting in the nose: (O, K:) so they say. (O.) عَفِصٌ A taste (AHn, S, O, Msb) having an astringent quality, (AHn, S, O, Msb, K,) and bitterness, (AHn, O, K,) which render swallowing difficult; (TA;) disagreeable and choking; or disagreeable, with dryness and bitterness; or rough; syn. بَشِعٌ. (TA.) See عَفْصٌ.

عَفْصِــىٌّ [app. A seller of عَفْص, or galls. Five relaters of traditions of whom each bore this appellation are mentioned in the TA.]

عِفَاصٌ The receptacle in which is put money or the like that one expends, (A'Obeyd, Az, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) or, as some say, in which is the pastor's money or the like that he expends, (TA,) made of skin, or of a piece of rag, or other material. (A'Obeyd, Az, A, * Mgh, O, Msb, K. *) b2: And hence, (A'Obeyd, O, Az, &c.,) The skin with which the head of a flask, or bottle, is covered: (A 'Obeyd, Az, S, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K:) it is said to be its صِمَام [or stopper]; (Az, Mgh, O, Msb;) by Lth; (Az, O, Msb;) but the right explanation is that given by A 'Obeyd: (Az, Msb:) that which enters into its mouth is the صِمَام: (S:) or it has this latter signification also: (A:) or it signifies accord. to El-Ghooree, (Mgh,) or signifies also, (A, K,) the case (غِلَاف [which has app. been misunderstood as meaning the skin cover of the head of a flask or bottle, before mentioned.]) of a flask, or bottle: (A, Mgh, O, K:) but the first is the explanation that is preferred. (Mgh.) [See 1, first signification.) عُفُوصَةٌ in taste, (S,) Astringency (S, K) and bitterness, (K,) which render swallowing difficult: (TA:) a taste in which is astringency and bitterness: derived from عَفْصٌ, q. v. (AHn, O.) [See also عَفِصٌ.]

مُــعَفَّصٌ A garment, or piece of cloth, dyed with عَفْص [or galls]. (O, K.) مِعْفَاصٌ A young woman extremely evil in disposition: but the مِعْقَاص (with ق) is more evil than she. (IAar, O, K.)

عصف

1 عَصَفَتِ الرِّيحُ, aor. ـِ (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.) b2: Hence, (TA,) عَصْفٌ signifies also (tropical:) 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 (assumed tropical:) He, or it, was quick, or swift. (K.) One says, of a she-camel, تَعْصِفُ بِرَاكِبِهَا (tropical:) 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 (assumed tropical:) 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.) b3: [Hence, also,] عَصَفَتِ الحَرْبُ بِالقَوْمِ, (O, K, * TA,) aor. ـْ بِهِمْ, (S, O, TA,) (tropical:) War, or the war, carried off, and destroyed, the people, or party; (S, O, K, TA;) as also بهم ↓ اعصفت, (O, K,) which is [said to be] the more correct. (O, TA.) b4: And عَصَفَ signifies (assumed tropical:) It (a thing) inclined, or declined. (K.) [See عَاصِفٌ, last sentence.]

A2: عَصَفَ عِيَالَهُ, (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K, TA,) and لِعِيَالِهِ, (Ibn-'Abbád, O,) aor. ـِ (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 لِعِيَالِهِ ↓ اعتصف; (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.) A3: عَصَفَ الزَّرْعَ, (S, O, K, TA,) aor. ـِ 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.) 4 أَعْصَفَ see 1, in five places. b2: اعصف (said of a man, S, O) He died, or perished. (S, O, K.) b3: And He (a man) deviated, declined, or wandered, from the road, or way. (TA.) b4: 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.) A2: 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.]) 5 تَعَصَّفَ see 1, second sentence.8 إِعْتَصَفَ see 1, last sentence but one.10 استعصف الزَّرْعُ The corn, or seed-produce: produced its culm, or jointed stalk. (TA.) عَصْفٌ 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 الزَّرْعِ ↓ عَصِيفُ; (M voce تِبْنٌ;) or الزَّرْعِ ↓ عَصِيفَةُ: (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.) b2: 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.) A2: 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.]) عَصْفَةٌ [as an inf. n. un. of 1 signifies A gust, or strong puff, of wind. b2: And hence,] (assumed tropical:) 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.) A2: See also عَصْفٌ, in three places.

عَصْفَانٌ A seller of تِبْن [i. e. straw, or straw that has been trodden, or thrashed, and cut]. (IAar, O, TA.) عَصُوفٌ: see عَاصِفٌ. b2: Hence, (Z, TA,) (tropical:) 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.) عَصِيفٌ: see عَاصِفٌ: A2: and see also عَصْفٌ, in two places.

عُصَافَةٌ 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.) عَصِيفَةٌ 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.

رِيحٌ عَاصِف (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.) b2: 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.) b3: See also عَصُوفٌ. b4: عَاصِفٌ also signifies (tropical:) 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.) مُعْصِفٌ, and the fem., and pls.: see عَاصِفٌ, in five places: b2: and for the fem., see also عَصُوفٌ.

A2: مَكَانٌ مُعْصِفٌ A place abounding with corn, or seed-produce: (Lh, S, L:) or with straw. (Lh, L.)