حط

1 حَطَّهُ, (S, Msb, TA,) aor. ـُ (Msb, TA,) inf. n. حَطٌّ, (Msb, K, TA,) He put it down, syn. وَضَعَهُ, (K, * TA,) and أَنْزَلَهُ, (Msb, TA,) from a high to a lower place; (Msb;) namely a load, or any other thing from a back; (TA;) a camel's saddle, (S, Msb, TA,) or other thing; (Msb;) a horse's saddle; and a bow; (S, TA;) as also ↓ احتطّهُ. (K, * TA.) You say, حَطَّ الأَحْمَالَ عَنِ الدَّوَابِّ He put down the loads from the beasts. (L.) And حَطَّ عَنْهُ وِزْرَهُ [He put down from him his heavy burden: or (tropical:) his heavy burden of sin]: (S, * K, * TA:) if a real load be intended, this is proper; but if an ideal thing, it is tropical; (TA;) [as when you say,] حُطَّ عَنَّا ذُنُوبَنَا [(tropical:) Put Thou down from us the burden of our sins]. (K.) and حَطَّ رَحْلَهُ [lit. He put down his camel's saddle;] meaning (tropical:) he stayed, or abode. (TA.) And حَطَّ alone, [elliptically,] (assumed tropical:) He alighted; or alighted and abode; (S, TA;) فِى مَكَانٍ in a place. (TA.) b2: He threw it down; namely a thing. (TA.) [He paid it down; namely money.] b3: He made it to descend, or to go down, or downwards, or down a declivity, (S, K, * TA,) from above to below. (K, TA.) Imra-el-Keys says, [describing a horse in motion,] كَجُلْمُودِ صَخْرٍ حَطَّهُ السَّيْلُ مِنْ عَلِ [Like a mass of rock which the torrent has made to descend from above]. (TA.) b4: [(assumed tropical:) He lowered him, or degraded him.] b5: حَطَّ مِنَ الثَّمَنِ كَذَا (tropical:) He abated of the price so much; syn. أَسْقَطَ; (Mgh, Msb;) لَهُ to him. (Msb.) And حَطَّ مِنْهُ حَطِيطَةً وَافِيَةً (tropical:) [He made a large abatement of it]. (TA.) [See حَطِيطَةٌ.] And حَطَطْتُ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ (tropical:) I abated [somewhat] of the debt. (Msb.) [See also 10.] b6: حَطَّهُ is also syn. with حَتَّهُ: as in a trad. where it is said of Mohammad, that he sat by a dry branch of a tree, فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ وَ حَطَّ وَرَقَهَا [And he made a sign with his hand, and removed its leaves]; meaning, scattered its leaves. (AA, TA.) And so in the phrase, الزُّبْدُ يُحَطُّ عَنِ اللَّبَنِ [The froth is removed, or skimmed off, from the milk]. (TA.) A2: حَطَّ السِّعْرُ, aor. ـِ (L, TA, [but I think it more probable that the aor. is حَطِّ, agreeably with analogy, like as some say of قَطَّ, which, accord. to Sh, signifies the same, or nearly so, but accord. to others, the contr. of حَطَّ,] inf. n. حَطٌّ and حُطُوطٌ, (L, K,) (tropical:) The price was, or became, low, or cheap; (L, K, TA;) it abated; (Fr, TA in art. قط;) and so ↓ انحطّ. (Fr ubi suprà, S, * TA.) A3: حَطَّ البَعِيرُ, (S, K,) فِى السَيْرِ, (S,) inf. n. حِطَاطٌ, (S, K,) (tropical:) The camel bore upon his nose-rein (S, K) towards one side, (K,) in going; (S;) as also ↓ انحطّ: (K:) or, accord. to AA, انحطّت النَّاقَةُ فِى سَيْرِهَا signifies (assumed tropical:) the she-camel was quick in her pace; (S, TA;) and so حَطَّت: (TA:) and حِطَاطٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) vehement running. (TA.) [From what next follows, it seems that the verb in this sense is of the measure فَعِلَ, aor. ـَ b2: The poet 'Amr-Ibn-El-Ahtam uses the phrase, حَطِّى فِى هَوَاىَ, meaning (assumed tropical:) Rest thou upon my love, and incline my way. (TA.) And it is said in a trad., فَحَطَّتْ إِلَى الشَّابِّ (assumed tropical:) and she inclined with her heart towards the youth. (TA.) b3: حَطَّ فِى عِرْضِ فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) He launched forth into, or pressed on in, the reviling of such a one. (TA.) b4: حَطَّ فِى الطَّعَامِ (tropical:) He ate the food; (K, TA;) as also ↓ حطّط, (Sgh, K,) inf. n. تَحْطِيطٌ: (TA:) or he ate much of the food. (A, TA.) A4: حَطَّ الجِلْدَ, inf. n. حَطٌّ, He polished, or smoothed, the skin; and figured, or decorated, it; (K, TA;) and ruled it, or made lines upon it; (TA;) with the مِحَطّ. (K, TA.) 2 حَطَّّ see 1; last sentence but one.7 انحطّ, quasi-pass. of حَطَّهُ; It was, or became, put down; (S, * TA;) said of [a load, or any other thing from a back;] a camel's saddle; a horse's saddle; (TA;) [&c.] b2: He, or it, descended; went down, or downwards, or down a declivity; from above to below. (S, * TA.) Yousay, انحطّ فِى حَدَرٍ [He descended a declivity]. (S and TA in art. حدر, from a trad.) b3: [(assumed tropical:) He became lowered, or degraded.] b4: Said of a price: see 1. b5: Said of a camel: see 1. b6: Also (assumed tropical:) He, or it, went back, or backward: went away: perished. (TA.) b7: See also R. Q. 1.8 إِحْتَطَ3َ see 1; first signification.10 استحطّهُ وِزْرَهُ He asked him to put down from him [his heavy burden: or (tropical:) his heavy burden of sin]: (K, TA:) if a real load be intended, this is proper; but if an ideal thing, it is tropical. (TA.) b2: اِسْتَحَطَّنِى مِنَ الثَّمَنِ, (S, Msb,) or مِنْ ثَمَنِهِ (K,) شَيْئًا, (S, K,) or كَذَا, (Msb,) (tropical:) He asked, demanded, or desired, of me an abatement, a lowering, a diminution, or a lessening, of somewhat, or so much, of the price. (S, * Msb, K.) A2: استحطّ (assumed tropical:) He deserved to be lowered, or degraded. (Har p. 258.) R. Q. 1 حَطْحَطَ i. q. ↓ انحطّ [but in what sense is not pointed out]: (Ibn-' Abbád, K:) said of a thing. (Ibn-' Abbád, TA.) b2: He was, or became, quick, (IDrd, K,) in his walk, or going, and in his work. (IDrd, TA.) حِطَّةٌ [A petition for the putting down of a heavy burden from one: or, (tropical:) of the heavy burden of sin: or merely a putting down thereof:] a subst. from استحطّهُ وِزْرَهُ, explained above; as also ↓ حِطِّيطَى. (K.) It is said in the Kur [ii. 55, and vii. 161], وَ قُولُوا حِطَّةٌ; i. e. they were told to say حِطَّةٌ for the purpose of asking thereby for the putting down of their heavy burdens from them, and they should be put down from them: (Ibn-Isráeel, TA:) the meaning is, And say ye, Put Thou down from us our heavy burdens, (S, TA,) or (tropical:) our sins: (Ibn-' Arafeh, K:) or [and say ye,] Our petition is حِطَّةٌ; i. e. that Thou wouldest put down from us our sins: (Aboo-Is- hák, K:) or, accord. to some, حِطَّة is a word which the children of Israel were commanded to say; and if they said it, their heavy burdens, or sins, were put down: (S, TA:) accord. to IAar, it is the saying لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ: (TA:) or it means forgiveness: (I' Ab:) or our affair is an alighting and abiding in this town: (Bd in ii. 55:) and there is another reading, وَ قُولُوا حِطَّةً, which is explained in two ways; either by making the verb to govern the noun, as though he had said, and say ye a saying which shall put down from you your heavy burdens, or (tropical:) sins; or by making the noun to be in the accus. case as an inf. n. meaning supplicating and petitioning [that God may put down from you your heavy burdens, or (tropical:) sins]; i. e. اُحْطُطِ اللَّهُمَّ أَوْزَارَنَا حِطَّةً: (TA:) but they changed this saying, (Fr, Sgh, K,) using for it a Nabathean expression; (Fr, TA;) saying هِطِّى سُمْهَاثًا, i. e. ” red wheat, “(Sgh, K,) accord. to Es-Suddee and Mujáhid; or, accord. to IAar, حِنْطَةً شُمْقَايَا, i. e. ” good wheat. “ (Sgh, TA.) You say also, ↓ سَأَلَهُ الحِطِّيطَى, i. e. الحِطَّةَ [He asked of him the putting down of his heavy burden from him: or (tropical:) his sin]. (TA.) And it is said in a trad., that when God tries a person with a trial in his body, هُوَ لَهُ حِطَّةٌ, i. e. It is to him a mode of putting down from him his sins. (TA.) الحِطَّةُ is also A name of the month of Ramadán, in the Gospel, or some other book: (Az, K, * TA:) because it puts down somewhat of the sin of him who observes the fast thereof. (Az, TA.) b2: Also (tropical:) A decrease, or state of diminution, in respect of rank, or station: (TA:) [or low, or the lowest, rank, or station: for] ↓ الحُطُطُ, (K, TA,) which is its pl., (TA,) is explained as signifying, (K, TA,) on the authority of IAar, (TA,) مَرَاكِبُ السِّفَلِ, or correctly مَرَاتِبُ السِّفَلِ: (K, TA:) the latter [meaning (tropical:) the ranks, or stations, of the lowest, or meanest, of mankind,] is the right reading, as verified by Az. (TA.) حُطُطٌ: see حِطَّةٌ, last sentence.

A2: Also (tropical:) Smooth, or sleek, bodies; (IAar, K, TA;) as though polished with the مِحَطَّة. (TA.) حَطُوطٌ A declivity, or declivous place; a place of descent, or by which one descends: (S, TA:) a hill (أَكَمَةٌ) that is difficult of descent: or, accord. to IDrd, a difficult أَكَمَة. (TA.) A2: (assumed tropical:) An excellent, swift she-camel; (S, K;) as also ↓ مُنْحَطَّةٌ. (TA.) كَعْبٌ حَطِيطٌ (tropical:) An ankle-bone covered with flesh and fat so that it is not apparent. (TA.) حَطِيطَةٌ (tropical:) What is abated, or diminished, of a price: (Mgh, Msb, K, TA:) pl. حَطَائِطُ. (TA.) You say, الحَطِيطَةُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا مِنَ الثَّمَنِ (tropical:) [The portion that is abated is so much and so much of the price]. (S.) And طَلَبَ مِنِّى حَطِيطَةً (tropical:) [He sought, or demanded, of me an abatement of price]. (TA.) حِطِّيطَى: see حِطَّةٌ; first sentence; and again, in the latter half of the paragraph.

سِعْرٌ حَاطِطٌ (tropical:) A low, or cheap, price; as also ↓ مَحْطُوطٌ. (TA.) أَحَطُّ (assumed tropical:) Smooth in the مَتْنَانِ [or two portions of flesh and sinew next the back-bone, on each side]. (IAar, K.) [See also مَحْطُوطٌ.]

مَحَطٌّ [A place where loads, &c., are put down. b2: And hence,] (assumed tropical:) A place where one alights, or alights and abides; (S, TA;) as also ↓ مَحَطَّاتٌ: pl. [of either] مَحَاطُّ and [of the latter] مَحَطَّاتٌ. (TA.) b3: [Hence also,] مَحَطُّ سُفُنٍ [A place for unloading of ships]. (S and K in art. فرض.) b4: [Hence also,] هٰذَا مَحَطُّ الكَلَامِ (tropical:) [This is the meaning, or intent, of the saying, or sentence: used in this sense in the present day]. (TA.) مِحَطٌّ (S, O, K) and ↓ مِحَطَّةٌ (K) An instrument of iron, (O, K,) or of wood, prepared (K, in some copies of which, for مُعَدَّةٌ, we find مُعَدِّلَةٌ, which is a mistake, TA,) for the polishing, or smoothing, of skins, (O, K,) to make them soft and beautiful; (O;) and for figuring, or decorating, them; (K;) [and for ruling them, or making lines upon them: see 1; last sentence:] or an instrument with which tattooing is performed: or an iron instrument used by sewers of boots &c., with which they figure, or decorate, the leather: (S:) or an instrument (T, A, TA) with a pointed extremity, (T, TA,) used by binders of books, (T, A, TA,) and by others. (A, TA.) مَحَطَّةٌ: see مَحَطٌّ.

مِحَطَّةٌ: see مِحَطٌّ.

مَحْطُوطٌ [originally, Put down; applied to a load, &c. See 1. b2: And hence,] applied to a price: see حَاطِطٌ.

A2: Leather polished, or made smooth [&c.: see 1; last sentence]. (TA.) b2: (tropical:) A sword made thin. (TA.) b3: أَلْيَةٌ مَحْطُوطَةٌ (tropical:) [A rump] without مَأْكَمَة [or protuberant buttocks]; (K, TA;) as though it were smoothed (حُطَّتْ) with the مِحَطّ. (TA.) And جَارِيَةٌ مَحْطُوطَةُ المَتْنَيْنِ (tropical:) A girl having the مَتْنَانِ [or two portions of flesh and sinew next the backbone, on each side,] extended [or long]; as though they were smoothed with the مِحَطّ: (TA:) or having them extended [or long] and even (S, TA) and beautiful. (Az, TA.) And مَحْطُوطّةُ الكَشْحِ may mean (assumed tropical:) A woman whose flank is as though it were smoothed with the مِحَطّ: but it is better explained as meaning elevated, or protuberant, in the posteriors, and depressed in the flank. (Ham p. 141.) [See also أَحَطُّ.]

مُنْحَطٌّ (tropical:) A shoulder-joint (K, TA) neither high nor low, (TA,) of the most beautiful kind. (K, TA.) A2: See also حَطُوطٌ.

فيظ

1 فَاظَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. فَيْظٌ (ISk, T, S, M, K) and فُيُوظٌ and فَيَظَانٌ (S, M, K) and فَيْظَانٌ (Lh, TA) and فَيْظُوظَةٌ, (Lth, M, K,) He (a man, S) died; (ISk, T, S, M, K;) as also, (sometimes, S) ↓ فَاظَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. فَوْظٌ (ISk, T, S, M, K) and فَوَاظٌ; (S, K, TA; but in the CK, فُوَاظٌ, and there said to be with damm;) or, accord. to IJ, only the inf. n., فَوْظٌ, of the latter verb is used, though the verb itself is allowable on the ground of analogy. (M.) You say also, حَانَ فَيْظُهُ and ↓ فَوْظُهُ, [in the CK فُوْظُهُ,] The time came for his dying. (M, K.) In like manner, (S,) you say also, فَاظَتْ نَفْسُهُ His soul departed, or went forth; Lth, T, S, M;) on the authority of AO and Ks; and the like is related on the authority of Az; (S;) aor. ـِ (M,) inf. n. فَيْظٌ (Lth, T, M) and فَيْظُوظَةٌ; (Lth, T;) and [accord. to some,] فَاظَتْ نَفْسُهُ, inf. n. فَوْظٌ: (M:) or, when the نفس is mentioned, you say, فَاضَتْ, with ض: (K:) As says, I heard Aboo-'Amr Ibn-El-'Alà say that one should not say فَاظَتْ نَفْسُهُ, (T, * S, M, *) but فاظ, (S, M,) meaning “ he died; ” and not فَاضَ, with ض, decidedly; (S;) or not فَاضَتْ: (T:) [but what was said by As respecting these two verbs has been stated more fully, and variously, in art. فيض, q. v.:] AO says that فاظت نَفْسُهُ is of the dial. of Keys; and فاضت, of the dial. of Temeem: Fr says that the people of El-Hijáz and Teiyi say the former; and Kudá'ah and Temeem and Keys say the latter: AHát says, I heard Az say that Benoo-Dabbeh alone say the latter; and ElMázinee relates the like on the authority of Az. (TA.) b2: You say also, فَاظَ نَفْسَهُ, (Ks, S, M, K,) aor. ـِ (Ks, T,) He vomited forth his soul: (Ks, S, M, K:) the verb being trans. as well as intrans. (Ks, S.) 4 افاظهُ He (God) caused him to die. (K, TA.) And you say also, ضَرَبْتُهُ حَتَّى أَفَظْتُ نَفْسَهُ [I beat him, or smote him, until I made his soul to depart, or go forth]. (S.) And لَأُفِيظَنَّ نَفْسَكَ [I will assuredly cause thy soul to depart, or go forth] (M.) And افاظهُ اللّٰهُ نَفْسَهُ [God caused him to vomit forth his soul]. (Ks, T, S, M.) تفيّظوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ They constrained themselves to vomit forth their souls. (S, TA.) [But in one copy of the S, I find يُفِيظُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ, expl. as meaning They cause to vomit forth their souls; which suggests that the right reading may perhaps be يُفِيظُوا: or it may be يَفِيظُوا, from فَاظَ نَفْسَهُ.]

نجح

1 نَجَحَتِ الحَاجَةُ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. ـَ and ↓ انجحت, (Msb, K,) inf. n. إِنْجَاحٌ; (Msb;) The want, or thing wanted, became attained, or accomplished. (S, Msb, K.) b2: نَجَحَ, aor. ـَ (Msb;) and ↓ انجح, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِنْجَاحٌ; (Msb;) He succeeded; he attained, or accomplished, his want, or wants, or the thing, or things, that he wanted. (S, Msb, K.) b3: [You say,] ↓ مَا أَفْلَحَ فُلَانٌ وَلَا أَنْجَحَ Such a one did not prosper, or succeed, nor attain, or accomplish, his want, or wants. (S.) b4: نَجَحَ

أَمْرُهُ His affair became easy. (S, K.) 4 أَنْجَحَ See 1. b2: أَنْجَحْتُ حَاجَتَهُ, (S,) and أَنْجَحْتُهَا لَهُ, (TA,) I accomplished for him his want. (S, TA.) أَنْجَحَ اللّٰهُ حَاجَتَهُ God accomplished for him his want: (K:) or, helped him to attain, or accomplish, it. (TA.) b3: [So, أَنْجَحَ اللّٰهُ سَعْيَهُ God made, or may God make, his work to succeed, prosper, or have a good issue or result.] b4: أنجح بِهِ He, or it, overcame him. (K.) Ex. إِذَا رُمْتَ البَاطِلَ أَنْجَحَ بِكَ (tropical:) If thou seek what is vain, it will overcome thee. (A.) 5 تنجّح الحَاجَةَ, and ↓ استنجحها, He sought, asked, or demanded, the accomplishment of the want, or thing needed, from him who had promised him; syn. تَنَجَّزَهَا. (S, K.) b2: ↓ استنجح اللّٰهَ [He sought, or begged, of God, success, or the accomplishment of his want]. (A.) See an ex. voce عَمَلٌ.6 تَنَاجَحَتْ أَحْلَامُهُ, (S, A, K,) تناجحت عَلَيْهِ احلامه (ISd) (tropical:) His dreams followed one another with truth: (S, K:) or the truth of his dreams was continuous: (ISd:) or he had consecutive true dreams. (A, L.) 10 إِسْتَنْجَحَ see 5.

نُجْحٌ and ↓ نَجَاحٌ, (S, Msb, K,) two substs., the former from نَجَحَ and the latter from أَنْجَحَ, (Msb,) Success; or the attainment, or accomplishment, of one's wants, (S, Msb,) or, of a thing. (K.) [See an ex. voce سَرَاحٌ.]

نَجَاحٌ: see نُجْحٌ.

رَأْىٌ نَجِيحٌ Right counsel, advice, or opinion. (S, K.) b2: سَيْرٌ نَجِيحٌ, (S, K,) and ↓ نَاجِحٌ, (K,) (tropical:) A vehement pace: (K:) a quick pace. (S.) b3: مَكَانٌ نَجِيحٌ, and ↓ نَاجِحٌ, (assumed tropical:) A near place; syn. وَشِيكٌ. (L.) b4: نَهْضٌ نَجِيحٌ (tropical:) An energetic rising, or raising of one's self. (L.) [You say,] نَهَضَ فِى هٰذَا الأَمْر نَهْضًا نَجِيحًا (tropical:) He rose quickly to employ himself in this affair. (A.) b5: See مُنْجِحٌ.

نَجَاحَةٌ Patience. (K.) نَفْسٌ نَجِيحَةٌ A patient mind. (K.) b2: مَا نَفْسِى عَنْهُ بِنَجِيحَةٍ My mind does not patiently refrain from it. (L.) أَمْرٌ نَاجِحٌ An easy affair. (S, K.) b2: See نَجِيحٌ.

مُنْجِحٌ A man who attains, or accomplishes, his want, or wants; pl. مَنَاجِحُ and مَنَاجِيحُ: (S, K:) as also ↓ نَجِيحٌ. (L, K.) مَنَاجِحُ [a pl. of which the sing. is app. مَنْجَحَةٌ, meaning, acc. to analogy, A cause of success, or of the attainment, or accomplishment, of one's wants, or of a thing: see an ex. voce مَبَاجِحُ.] (A, TA, art. بجح.)

خف

1 خَفَّ, aor. ـِ inf. n. خِفَّةٌ (JK, S, Msb, K, &c.) and خَفٌّ (Msb, K) and خَفَّةٌ and تَخَوُّفٌ, but this last belongs to art. خوف, (K,) contr. of ثَقُلَ [both properly and tropically]; (Msb;) properly, (TA,) It (a thing, S, Msb) was, or became, خَفِيف [i. e. light] (JK, S, Msb, K, TA) of weight, (JK,) in body, or material substance. (TA.) Hence the saying of 'Atà, in a trad., خِفُّوا عَلَى الأَرْضِ, meaning [Be ye, or bear ye, lightly upon the ground] in prostration: (A'Obeyd, TA:) or, as some relate it, ↓ خَفِّفُوا: i. e. prostrate yourselves [lightly upon the ground;] not heavily, so as to make marks, or impressions, upon your foreheads: and in another trad. it is said, ↓ إِذَا سَجَدْتَ فَتَخَافَّ When thou prostratest thyself, put thy forehead upon the ground lightly: but A 'Obeyd says that some say فَتُجَافِ, [i. e.

فَتُجَافِ عَضُدَيْكَ عَنْ جَنْبَيْكَ,] with ج. (TA [See 3 in art. جفو.]) [Hence also,] خَفَّ المِيزَانُ The balance had one of its two scales light, so that it rose. (TA.) b2: [Used tropically, it means (assumed tropical:) It, or he, was, or became, light in estimation, lightly esteemed, or of little account.] b3: and (tropical:) He was, or became, خَفِيف [i. e. light as meaning active, agile, &c.,] in work: (TA:) he was, or became, brisk, lively, sprightly, active, agile, prompt, and quick; syn. نَشِطَ. (Msb and TA in art. نشط.) You say, خَفَّ فِى عَمَلِهِ وَخِدْمَتِهِ (tropical:) He was, or became, [brisk, &c., or] obedient and submissive, in his work and his service: (TA:) and خَفَّ لَهُ فِى الخِدْمَةِ (tropical:) [He was, or became, brisk, &c., to him in service], aor. ـِ inf. n. خِفَّةٌ: (S:) and in like manner, خَفَّ لِفُلَانٍ (tropical:) He was, or became, [promptly] obedient and submissive, to such a one. (TA.) [Hence,] خَفَفْتُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) [I was, or became, brisk, lively, or sprightly, in behaviour to such a one]. (S in art. هش.) and خَفَّتِ الأُنْثَى لِلْفَحْلِ (tropical:) The female was, or became, submissive to the male. (A, TA.) And خَفَّتِ الأُتُنُ لِعَيْرِهَا (tropical:) The she-asses obeyed their he-ass. (K, TA.) And خُفَّ إِلَى العَدُوِّ, inf. n. خُفُوفٌ, (assumed tropical:) He hastened to the enemy. (Msb.) And خَفَّ القَوْمُ عَنْ وَطَنِهِمْ, (K, * TA,) inf. n. خُفُوفٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) The people, or party, removed, or departed, or journeyed, quickly from their home: or, as some say, simply removed, or departed, or journeyed, from it. (TA.) b4: (tropical:) He was, or became, خَفِيف [or light] in intellect, or understanding: (TA:) [and in conduct, or behaviour: generally meaning] (assumed tropical:) he was, or became, light, inconstant, unsteady, irresolute, or fickle; or light of intellect; lightwitted; syn. طَاشَ: (Msb:) the inf. n. of the verb in this sense is خِفَّةٌ. (Msb and K &c. in art. طيش, and TA in the present art.) [But sometimes, when relating to the intellect, or understanding, it means, (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, quick, acute, or sharp; and clever, or ingenious: see خَفِيفٌ.] And you say of him whose hearing is good, فِى أُذُنِهِ خِفَّةٌ (tropical:) [In his ear is quickness, acuteness, or sharpness, of hearing]. (TA in art. ثقل.) b5: [(assumed tropical:) He was, or became, flurried, agitated, or excited, by reason of fear, and by anger, or the like: see 10. b6: (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, lighthearted, or cheerful; one whose company, or converse, was acceptable and cheering.] You say, خَفَّ فُلَانٌ عَلَى المَلِكِ (assumed tropical:) Such a one was, or became, acceptable and cheering to the king. (TA.) b7: [(assumed tropical:) It (an action, or an affair, and a case, or the like,) was, or became, light, or easy: and it become alleviated.] You say, خَفَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الحَرَكَةُ (assumed tropical:) [Motion, or moving, was, or became, easy to him]; opposed to ثَقُلَتْ. (TA.) And خَفَّتْ حَالُهُ: see 4. b8: [(assumed tropical:) It (a word) was light, or easy, of utterance: and in like manner said of a sound, (assumed tropical:) it was, or became, light to the ear; or slight. b9: (assumed tropical:) It (food) was, or became, light to the stomach; easy of digestion. b10: Said of the hair of the head, and of the beard, (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, light, thin, or scanty.] b11: Said of a people, or company of men, (قَوْمٌ,) inf. n. خُفُوفٌ, it means قَلُّوا وَقَدْ خَفَّتْ زَحْمَتُهُمْ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) They became few in number, their crowding having diminished]. (S.) b12: Said of rain, [&c.,] (assumed tropical:) It diminished; decreased; or was, or became, [light, or] deficient. (TA.) b13: [Said of a blow, a disease, an affection of the mind, &c., It was, or became, light, slight, or inconsiderable.] b14: خَفَّتْ مَنَازِلُهُمْ مِنْهُمْ وَمَضَوْا (assumed tropical:) [means Their abodes became clear of them, and they went away]. (K * and TA in art. شول.) 2 خفّفهُ He made it, or rendered it, خَفِيف [i. e. light, both properly and tropically: the tropical significations are shown by the preceding paragraph, and by explanations of خَفِيفٌ; and some by what here follows]: (Msb:) تَخْفِيفٌ is the contr. of تَثْقِيلٌ. (S, K.) b2: Hence, in the Kur [ii. 174], ذٰلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ (assumed tropical:) [That is an alleviation from your Lord]. (TA.) Hence also, in a trad. [respecting the estimates to be made by the collectors of the poor-rate], خَفِّفُوا الخَرْصَ (assumed tropical:) [Make ye the conjectural computation of the quantity of the fruit upon palm-trees &c. light to the owners, or moderate;] go not to the utmost length in the خرص. (TA.) [And خفّف عَنْهُ (assumed tropical:) He made light, or alleviated, his burden, suffering, distress, uneasiness, or the like, by removing from him somewhat thereof; he alleviated him; he relieved him: see Kur iv. 32 and viii. 67 &c.] And خَفِّفُوا عَلَى الأَرْضِ: see 1; second sentence. [And خفّف فِى عَمَلِهِ (assumed tropical:) He relaxed, or remitted, in his work.] b3: [تَخْفِيفٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) The making a word light, or easy, of utterance, by the suppression of hemzeh, or by its conversion into ا or ى or تَثْقِيلٌ; opposed to تَحْقِيقٌ and تَحْقِيقٌ: and by making a double consonant single; opposed to تَثْقِيلٌ and تَشْدِيدٌ: and by making a movent consonant quiescent; opposed to تَثْقِيلٌ and تَحْرِيكٌ: each of these changes in a word is said to be لِلتَّخْفِيفِ for the purpose of alleviating the utterance. Also, in like manner, (assumed tropical:) The making a sound light to the ear, or slight; opposed to تَثْقِيلٌ. And (assumed tropical:) The suppressing of hemzeh; opposed to تَحْقِيقٌ.]4 احفّ He made an arrow light, by scraping or paring it. (L in art. حوذ.) b2: See also 10.

A2: He was, or became, unburdened, or unencumbered, or without anything that burdened him heavily: (Msb:) or he was, or became, little burdened or encumbered, in journeying, (JK, TA,) or in his residence at home. (TA.) b2: And i. q. حَالُهُ ↓ خَفَّتْ [i. e. (tropical:) His state, or condition, was, or became, light, little encumbered, easy, or alleviated: or it was, or became, that of one having a small family to maintain: or that of having little property: or that of having little property and a small family to maintain]: (JK, S, K, TA: [see حَالٌ:]) and, as some add, رَقَّتْ [i. e., (assumed tropical:) it was, or became, narrow in its circumstances, or evil: it is used in contr. senses: though رَقَّتْ seems to be here intended as explanatory of خَفَّتْ]. (TA.) b3: اخفّ القَوْمُ (assumed tropical:) The people's beasts were, or became, خِفَاف [i. e. light as meaning active, agile, or brisk]: (Az, S:) or the people had such beasts. (K.) 5 تخفّف [He lightened his clothing; or clad himself lightly: but for this I know no other authority than modern usage]. b2: تخفّف مِنْهُ: see 10.

A2: Also He put on, or wore, a خُفّ [i. e. boot], or خِفَاف [i. e. boots]: (K, accord. to different copies:) or تخفّف بِالخُفِّ, (JK,) or تخفّف الخُفَّ, (TA,) he put on, or wore, the خُفّ (JK, TA) on the foot. (TA.) 6 تخافّ He pressed, or bore, lightly [upon a thing]; contr. of تثاقل. (K, * TA.) Hence the saying, in a trad., إِذَا سَجَدْتَ فَتَخَافَّ explained above: see 1, second sentence. (TA.) 10 استخفّهُ contr. of اِسْتَثْقَلَهُ; (S, K, TA;) He deemed it, or him, خَفِيف [i. e. light, properly and tropically]. (TA.) He found it light, or easy, to carry, (Bd in xvi. 82, and TA,) and to remove. (Bd ibid.) b2: استخفّ بِهِ (assumed tropical:) He held him, or it, (namely, a man's right, or due, or just claim, Msb, TA,) in light, or little, estimation or account, or in contempt; he contemned, or despised, him, or it. (S, Msb, TA.) b3: استخفّ الهَمْزَةَ (assumed tropical:) [He deemed the hemzeh light, or easy, of utterance]. (TA.) b4: استخفّهُ also signifies (assumed tropical:) He demanded, or desired, his خِفَّة [i. e. briskness, or promptness]; as also مِنْهُ ↓ تَخَفَّفَ: (TA:) and (assumed tropical:) it (a thing) incited him, or excited him, to briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness; syn. اِسْتَهَشَّهُ; (JK and K and TA in art. هش;) and أَطْرَبَهُ: (Har p. 139:) and (assumed tropical:) he incited him, or excited him, to lightness, levity, or unsteadiness, so as to induce him to follow him in his error: (TA:) [and simply] (tropical:) he excited him to lightness, levity, or unsteadiness; (Ksh and Bd and Jel in the Kur xxx. last verse;) flurried him, or disquieted him: (Ksh and Bd ibid.:) and (tropical:) it flurried him, so that he became unsteady; said of impatience; and of a lively emotion of the heart or mind; (TA;) and of fear; (MA;) and of anger: (T in art. حمل:) and ↓ اخفّهُ (assumed tropical:) he angered him, (TA,) and deprived him of his forbearance, moderation, patience, staidness, or calmness, and incited him, or excited him, to levity, or unsteadiness. (K, * TA.) فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ, in the Kur xliii. 54, means (assumed tropical:) And he demanded, or desired, of his people, briskness, or promptness, in obeying him: or فاستخفّ أَحْلَامَهُمْ [and he held in light estimation their qualities of forbearance, moderation, patience, or staidness]: (Bd:) or he incited, or excited, his people to be promptly obedient and submissive (أَنْ يَخِفُّوا) to him and to that which he desired of them; like اِسْتَفَزَّ: (Ksh:) or he incited, or excited, his people to levity, or unsteadiness, (الخِفَّة,) and ignorance, foolishness, or wrong conduct. (Msb.) And you say, استخفّ فُلَانًا عَنْ رَأْيِهِ (assumed tropical:) He incited, or excited, such a one to ignorance, foolishness, or wrong conduct, and levity, or unsteadiness, so as to make him swerve from his right sentiment, opinion, or judgment; (Az, K, TA;) as also استفزّهُ عن رأيه. (Az, TA.) خُفٌّ A boot; (KL, PS, &c.;) a certain thing that is worn (JK, S, Msb, K, TA) upon the foot: (TA:) pl. خِفَافٌ (S, L, Msb, K) and أَخْفَافٌ [which is a pl. of pauc.]. (L, TA.) Hence, رَجَعَ بِخُفَّىْ حُنَيْنٍ [He returned with the two boots of Honeyn]; a saying which originated thus: (A 'Obeyd, TA:) an Arab of the desert bargained with Honeyn the إِسْكَاف [or maker of shoes and boots], (K,) who was of the people of El-Heereh, (TA,) for a pair of boots, until he angered him, (K,) and Honeyn desired to anger the Arab: (TA:) so when the Arab of the desert departed, Honeyn took one of his two boots and threw it down in the way, and then he threw down the other in another place; and when the Arab passed by one of them, he said, “How like is this to the boot of Honeyn ! and if the other were with it, I would take it: ” and he went on: and when he came to the other, he repented of having left the former: and Honeyn had lain in wait for him: therefore when the Arab went away in search of the former [boot], Honeyn betook himself to the camel that he rode, and what was upon it, and went away therewith; and the Arab came, having with him nothing but a pair of boots; and it was said, (K,) i. e. his people said to him, (TA,) “ What hast thou brought from thy journey? ” and he answered, جِئْتُكُمْ بِخُفَّىْ حُنَيْنٍ [“ I have brought you the two boots of Honeyn ”]: and this became a prov., applied on the occasion of one's despairing of an object of want, and returning disappointed: (K:) thus the case is related by A 'Obeyd, and by most others after him. (TA.) Accord. to ISk, Honeyn was a strong man, who asserted his relationship to Asad Ibn-Háshim Ibn-'Abd-Menáf, and came to 'Abd-El-Muttalib, wearing a pair of red boots, [formerly distinctive of kings and men of high rank,] and said, “O my paternal uncle, I am the son of Asad the son of Háshim the son of 'Abd-Menáf: ” but 'Abd-El-Muttalib said, “ No, by the garments of my father Háshim, I know not in thee the natural qualities of Háshim; therefore return thou: ” so he returned: and it was said, رَجَعَ حُنَيْنٌ بِخُفَّيْهِ [Honeyn returned with his pair of boots]. (O, K, &c.) As to the saying of the rájiz, يَحْمِلُ فِى سَحْقٍ مِنَ الخِفَافِ تَوَادِيًا سُوِّينَ مِنْ خِلَافِ he means thereby [He carries, in] a pastor's bag (كِنْف) made of the leg of a خُفّ [or boot, wooden implements to be tied upon the dugs of she-camels, made of different trees]. (S. See خِلَافٌ.) b2: The foot (KL, PS) of the camel; (S, Msb, KL, PS;) the whole (مَجْمَع) of the فِرْسِن of the camel; (JK, K, TA;) of the male and of the female; corresponding to the حَافِر [or hoof] of the horse: (TA:) and sometimes of the ostrich, (K,) because resembling that of the camel: (TA:) but of no other than these two: (K:) of the masc. gender; whereas فِرْسِنٌ [its syn.] is fem.: (TA:) pl. أَخْفَافٌ. (S, Msb, K.) b3: [and hence, by a synecdoche, for ذَوَاتُ خُفٍّ,] (tropical:) Camels; coupled with حَافِرٌ as meaning horses, [and sometimes asses or mules], (Mgh, TA, *) and ظِلْفٌ [as meaning sheep or goats or other cloven-hoofed beasts]. (TA.) You say, مَالَهُ خُفٌّ وَلَاحَافِرٌ وَلَا ظِلْفٌ (tropical:) [meaning He possesses not camels, nor horses or asses or mules, nor sheep or goats or other cloven-hoofed beasts]. (TA.) You say also, جَآءَتِ الإِبِلُ عَلَىخُفٍّ وَاحِدٍ, meaning (tropical:) The camels came following one another, the head of each [except the first] being at the tail of the next [before it], whether tied together in a file or not. (L.) b4: An aged camel: (K:) [and a weak camel:] or, as some say, a bulky camel: pl. أَخْفَافٌ. (TA.) It is said in a trad., يُحْمَى مِنَ الأَراَكِ مَا لَمْ تَنَلْهُ أَخْفَافُ الإِبِلِ [Of the trees called اراك, what the aged and weak of camels cannot reach may be prohibited]: i. e. what is near, thereof, to the place of pasturage is not to be prohibited, but is to be left for the aged and weak camels, that cannot go far in search of pasture: (As, O, Msb:) or what camels cannot reach (Msb, TA) by means of their اخفاف, (Msb,) by walking thereto, (TA,) may be prohibited: (Msb, TA:) or it means, what camels cannot reach with their heads may be prohibited [to be shaken or beaten off for them]. (Mgh.) b5: (tropical:) The sole, or part that touches the ground, of the foot of a man. (M, K, TA.) b6: (tropical:) A tract of ground (S, A, O, L) more rugged, (S, O, L,) or longer, (A,) than such as is termed نَعْلٌ: (S, A, O, L:) or a rugged piece of ground. (K.) خِفٌّ: see خَفِيفٌ, in four places.

A2: Also A company consisting of few persons. (S, K.) Yousay, خَرَجَ فُلَانٌ فِى خِفٍّ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ Such a one went forth among a company consisting of few persons of his companions. (S.) خِفَّةٌ an inf. n. of 1 [in almost all of its senses, proper and tropical; and much used as a simple subst., signifying Lightness: (assumed tropical:) levity: &c.]. (JK, S, Msb, K, &c.) خُفَافٌ: see what next follows, in four places.

خَفِيفٌ a part. n. of 1 [in all its senses, proper and tropical, signifying Light: &c.]: (JK, S, * Msb, K, * TA:) as also ↓ خِفٌّ [in the proper sense] (JK, * S, * Msb, K, * TA) and ↓ خُفَافٌ: (S, * K, * TA:) the first is applied to a thing; as also ↓ the second, (Msb,) which signifies anything light to carry, (TA,) [as also the first;] and light in weight but heavy in price, not incommoding the bearer: (Har p. 139:) and the first and ↓ third are also applied to a man: (S, TA:) but, as some say, the first means [light] in body [as well as in tropical senses]; and ↓ the third, (assumed tropical:) [light] in [the sense of possessing] quickness or acuteness or sharpness, and cleverness or ingeniousness: and [in like manner] خَفِيفُ القَلْبِ signifies (assumed tropical:) quick, acute, or sharp, in intellect; and خَفِيفُ الرُّوحِ, the same; or clever, or ingenious: the pl. of the first is خِفَافٌ and أَخْفَافٌ and أَخِفَّآءُ; the first of which three pls. is also pl. of ↓ خُفَافٌ: and hence, in the Kur [ix. 41], اِنْفِرُوا خِفَافًا وَثِقَالًا [explained in art. ثقل]. (TA.) ↓ خِفٌّ is also applied to a boy, (S, TA,) meaning Light to carry; (TA;) as in the saying of Imra-el-Keys, يَزِلُّ الغُلَامُ الخِفُّ عَنْ صَهَوَاتِهِ [The boy that is light to carry slips from the parts of his (the horse's) back whereon the rider sits]: (S: so in my copies:) or يُزِلُّ الغُلَامَ الخِفَّ [he makes the boy that is light to carry to slip]: and [it is said that] it means also (assumed tropical:) the hardy, strong, or sturdy, boy. (TA.) And خَفِيفٌ signifies also Little burdened or encumbered in journeying, or in residence at home; like ↓ خِفٌّ and ↓ مُخِفٌّ. (TA.) [Hence,] رَجُلٌ خَفِيفُ ذَاتِ اليَدِ (assumed tropical:) A poor man. (TA.) b2: [(assumed tropical:) Brisk, lively, sprightly, active, agile, prompt, and quick. Hence,] خَفِيفٌ إِلَى الخَيْرِ [(assumed tropical:) Prompt, or quick, to do good]. (TA in art. هش.) b3: [(assumed tropical:) Light, or easy, of utterance: and (assumed tropical:) light to the ear; light in sound. Hence,] النُّونُ الخَفِيفَةُ [(assumed tropical:) The lightsounding ن; as in يَفْعَلَنْ &c.]; contr. of الثَّقِيلَةُ: and also applied to the tenween. (TA.) b4: [(assumed tropical:) Light, thin, or scanty; applied to the hair of the head &c. Hence,] هُوَ خَفِيفُ العَارِضَيْنِ [(assumed tropical:) He is light, thin, or scanty,] in the hair of the two sides of the cheeks, (S and O and Msb in art. عرض,) and of the beard. (O in that art.) b5: الخَفِيفُ A certain kind of metre of verse; [namely, the eleventh;] the measure of which consists of فَاعِلَاتُنْ مُسْتَفْعِلُنْ فَاعِلَاتُنْ [in each hemistich]. (K [in which is added “ six times,” a mistake for “ six feet ”].) خَفَّافُ [A maker, or seller, of boots (خِفَافٌ, pl. of خُفٌّ).] (TA.) مُخِفٌّ: see خَفِيفٌُ.

العَوْرَةُ المُخَفَّفَةُ (assumed tropical:) The part, or parts, of the person which it is improper, but not grossly indecent, to expose: so in the law-books: see art. عور.]

دنف

1 دَنِفَ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. ـَ (Msb, K,) inf. n. دَنَفٌ; (M, Msb;) and ↓ ادنف; (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) or, accord. to Sb, one does not say دَنِفَ, though they sometimes said دَنِفٌ, for he regarded this as a possessive epithet; (M;) said of a sick man, (S, Mgh, K,) He had a constant, or chronic, disease: (Msb: [see دَنَفٌ, below:]) or he was, or became, heavy, (S, Mgh, K, TA,) by reason of disease, (Mgh, TA,) and near to death, (Mgh,) or at the point of death: (TA:) or he became emaciated by disease so as to be at the point of death. (M.) b2: And [hence,] دَنِفَتِ الشَّمْسُ, and ↓ ادنفت, (tropical:) The sun was near to setting, and became yellow. (S, K, TA.) b3: And دَنِفَ الأَمْرُ (tropical:) The thing, or event, was, or became, near (K, TA) to passing. (TA.) 4 ادنف: see 1, in two places.

A2: ادنفهُ, said of a disease, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) It rendered him constantly, or chronically, ill; or clave to him constantly: (Msb:) or it rendered him heavy [so that he was near to death, or at the point of death: see 1]: (S, Mgh, K:) or, said of God, He caused him to become emaciated by disease so as to be at the point of death. (M.) Thus the verb is trans. as well as intrans. (S, Msb.) b2: And أَدْنَفْتُ الأَمْرَ (tropical:) I caused the thing, or event, to be near, or brought it near, (K, TA,) to passing. (TA.) دَنَفٌ A constant, or chronic, disease; (S, M, K;) such as infects, or pervades, the person or the inside: or, as some say, any disease, whatever it be. (M.) A2: Also, (S, M, K,) and ↓ دَنِفٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) the latter held by Sb to be a possessive epithet, as he disallowed the verb دَنِفَ, (M,) A man having a constant, or chronic, disease; (S, M, Msb, K;) such as infects, or pervades, his person or his inside: or, accord. to some, having any disease: or emaciated by disease so as to be at the point of death: and ↓ مُدْنَفٌ and ↓ مُدْنِفٌ signify the same: (M:) or these two signify rendered heavy by disease [so as to be near to death, or at the point of death: see 1]: (S, Mgh, K:) [and Freytag adds ↓ دَانِفٌ, explained as meaning “ interitui obnoxius,” as from the Ham; in which I only find (p. 624) authority for دَنِفٌ, signifying being at the point of death or destruction:] دَنَفٌ is used alike as masc. (Fr, T, S, M, K) and fem. (S, M, K) and sing. (Fr, T, S, M, K) and dual (S, M) and pl., (Fr, T, S, M, K,) as though it were an inf. n. used as an epithet: (M:) but if you say ↓ دَنِفٌ, you vary it for the fem. and dual and pl., (T, * S, M, K,) saying اِمْرَأَةٌ دَنِفَةٌ, (S, M,) &c., (S,) i. e., saying also رَجُلَانِ دَنِفَانِ, (TA,) and قَوْمٌ أَدْنَافٌ, (M,) or رِجَالٌ أَدْنَافٌ: (TA:) and sometimes دَنَفٌ has a dual form and a pl.; (K;) [i. e.] one may say أَخَوَاكَ دَنَفَانِ and إِخْوَتُكَ أَدْنَافُ. (Fr, T.) b2: Applied to the sun, it means (tropical:) Near to setting, (M, TA,) and (TA) becoming yellow. (T, TA.) So in the saying (of El-'Ajjáj, T, TA), وَالشَّمْسُ قَدْ كَادَتْ تَكُونُ دَنَفَا (tropical:) [And the sun had almost become near to setting, and to turning yellow]. (T, M, TA.) [See Q. 2 in art. زحلف.]

دَنِفٌ: see دَنَفٌ, in two places.

دَانِفٌ: see دَنَفٌ.

مُدْنَفٌ: see دَنَفٌ.

مُدْنِفٌ: see دَنَفٌ.

نقح

1 نَقَحَ شَيْئًا, aor. ـَ (inf. n. نَقْحٌ, TA,) He peeled, or barked, a thing; peeled off, stripped off, or removed, its outer covering. (K, TA.) نَقَحَ العُودَ, (Msb,) or العَصَا, (T,) aor. ـَ inf. n. نَقْحٌ, (Msb,) He pared, or trimmed, the stick, or staff, by cutting off its knots: (T, Msb:) and in like manner you say of anything from which you pare off somewhat. (T.) b2: نَقَحَ الجِذْعَ, inf. n. نَقْحٌ; (K;) and ↓ نقّحهُ, (K,) inf. n. تَنْقِيحٌ; (S;) He pared off the knots of the palm-trunk: (K:) or he pruned, or trimmed, the trunk of the palm-tree, by cutting off the stumps of the branches, or by cutting off the superfluous branches. (S.) b3: نَقَحَ, (TA,) and ↓ انقح, (K,) He stripped off the ornaments of his sword [to sell them] in a time of dearth and poverty. (K, TA.) b4: نَقَحَ العَظْمَ, aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. نَقْحٌ; (TA;) and ↓ نقّحهُ, (inf. n. تَنْقِيحٌ, S;) and ↓ انتقحهُ; (S, K;) He extracted the marrow from the bone: (S, K:) or نقّحه has an intensive signification. (Msb.) b2: نَقَحَ شَيْئًا He separated what was good from what was bad of the thing. (Msb.) 2 نقّح الشِّعْرَ, inf. n. تَنْقِيحٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ انقحهُ, inf. n. إِنْقَاحٌ; (K;) (tropical:) He trimmed, pruned, or put into a right or proper state, poetry, or verses. (S, K.) b2: نقّح الكَلَامَ (tropical:) He scrutinized the language, and examined it well: or he put it to rights, or trimmed it, and removed its faults, or defects. (TA.) b3: See 1.4 أَنْقَحَ see 1 and 2.5 تنقّح شَحْمُهُ, (K,) or شَحْمُ النَّاقَةِ, (S,) or شَحْمُ نَاقَتِهِ, (TA, &c.,) (tropical:) His fat, (K,) or the fat of the she-camel, (S,) or the fat of his she-camel, (TA, &c.,) became little in quantity, or diminished, (S, K, &c.,) or partially went away. (A.) 8 إِنْتَقَحَ see 1.

خَيْرُ الشِّعْرِ الحَوْلِىُّ المُنَقَّحُ (tropical:) [The best of poetry is that which is a year old, and trimmed, or pruned]. (S.)

كفح

1 كَفَحَهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. كَفْحٌ; (S;) and ↓ كَافَحَهُ, inf. n. مُكَافَحَةٌ and كِفَاحٌ; (K;) [the latter form of the verb the more common;] He faced him; confronted him; encountered him; met him face to face: (S, K, TA:) or he met him, or encountered him, face to face, suddenly, or unexpectedly. (T, M.) [You say] لَقِيتُهُ

↓ كِفَاحًا, (S,) and ↓ مُكَافَحَةً, and كَفْحًا, (TA.) I met him face to face. (TA.) [And] كَلَّمَهُ اللّٰهُ

↓ كِفَاحًا God spoke to him face to face, without anything intervening between them. (TA from a trad.) b2: كَفَحَهَا, (K,) aor. ـَ (S;) and ↓ كَافَحَهَا, inf. n. as above; (K;) He kissed her suddenly, unexpectedly, or unawares: (K:) or he met her face to face, or encountered her, with a kiss: (S:) or he kissed her with full ability, and completely, without snatching the kiss: (T:) or he made his skin to meet, and come in contact with hers. (A 'Obeyd.) b3: ↓ كَافَحُوا (in war) signifies They contended together with swords face to face: (L:) or ↓ كَافَحُوهُمْ, they encountered them in war face to face, having before their faces neither shield nor anything else. (As, S.) b4: Also عَنْهُ ↓ كافح He contended for him, and defended him. (L.) b5: السَّمُومَ ↓ كَافَحْتُ (tropical:) [I faced, or encountered, the hot wind called سَمُوم]. (A.) b6: بِمَا سَآءَهُ ↓ كافحهُ (tropical:) [He encountered him with that which displeased or vexed him]. (A.) b7: ↓ كافحهُ, inf. n. مُكَافَحَةٌ, (tropical:) He refelled him by an argument, a plea, a proof, or an evidence: as though the argument &c. were likened to a sword, or other weapon. (MF.) A2: كَفَحَ لِجَامَ الدَّابَّةِ, (inf. n. كَفْحٌ, TA,) He drew, or pulled, the bridle and bit of the beast of carriage; as also ↓ أَكْفَحَهُ: (K:) or, as in the T and M, كَفَحَ الدَّابَّةَ بِالِلّجَامِ he pulled the beast of carriage by the bridle and bit. (TA.) [See also 4.]3 كَاْفَحَ See 1, throughout. b2: فُلَانٌ يُكَافِحُ الأُمُورَ (tropical:) Such a one superintends, manages, or conducts, affairs himself, or in his own person. (S, A.) 4 اكفح الدَّابَّةَ, inf. n. إِكْفَاحٌ, He put the bit to the mouth of the beast of carriage, striking the mouth with it, in order that the beast might take it into its mouth. (T, S.) b2: See also 1.5 تَكَفَّحَتِ السَّمَائِمُ (tropical:) The hot winds called سمائم met, or encountered, one another. (L.) 6 تَكَافَحُوا [They faced, confronted, or encountered, one another; or met face to face]. (A.) b2: تَكَافَحَتِ الكِبَاشُ [The rams butted one another.] (A.) b3: تَكَافَحَتِ الأَمْوَاجُ (tropical:) The waves met and dashed together.] (A.) أَصَابَهُ مِنَ السَّمُوم لَفْحٌ وَمِنَ الحَرُورِ كَفْحٌ (tropical:) [A burning gust of the hot day-wind smote him, and a blast of the hot night-wind meeting him in the face]. (A.) كَفِيحٌ A husband: (K:) so called because he beholds his wife face to face. (TA.) b2: A bedfellow, syn. ضَجِيعٌ, (A, K,) of a woman. (TA.) b3: A guest coming suddenly, or unexpectedly. (K, TA.) A2: Like; or equal; syn. كُفْءٌ, (S, K,) and نَدِيدٌ. (TA.) مُكَافِحٌ (tropical:) One who superintends, manages, or conducts, affairs himself, or in his own person. (TA.) See 3.