كفى: وفي فلاناً في مقابل ... فوّضه خسارة شيء، وهي كافأ لدى (هيلو) وعوّض (ساسي كرست 2، 135؛ ابن 85 طبعه شديوز).
كفى: كفى فلاناً مئونَته جعلها كافية له. أي قام بها دونه فأغناه عن القيام بها أو كفاه مؤونة الشيء أو الشخص أي أراحه وخلصه من شخص أزعجه أو حل محلّه في النهوض بعبء قضية كانت تقلقه. ففي كليلة ودمنة (4:45): سقط عنه النظر في أمور الأعداء بما قد كفاه ذلك بيدبا. وفي (حيان: بسام 4:3) أمن أهل البلد من مقته وكفاهم الله أمره. وفي البكري 119 أنا أكفيك خبره أي (أنا أستنفدك منه) (المارودي 144، 350، 7، بربرية، 1، 361 وفي المبني للمجهول ورد في الأغاني، 31 لو شئتَ كنتُ كُفيتُ بنفسك الطلبَ من غيرك وفي (المقري 1، 490، 15): حين ألحَّ الأمير هشام على زياد لكي يتولى منصب القضاء هرب زياد فصاح الأمير: ليت الناس كلهم كزياد حنى أُكْفيَ أهل الرغبة في الدنيا وفي رياض لبنفوس: احنجز أحد الحكام متاع أحد مسافرين فذهب هذا إلى أحد أهل الدين وطلب منه أن يدعو الله في رد متاعه فقال له، بعد أن استمع إلى شكواه، اذهب كفيت إن شاء الله تعالى أي اذهب فستنجو من همومك وقد حدث أن أعيدت إليه أمتعته وفي رواية أخرى قال رجل الدين انصرف لعل الله يكفيك أمره. وجاء في (معجم بوشر) كفاه شر الشيء؛ اكفينا شرك؛ كفاه شرّه: احترم، وفرّ، اقتصد، لم يؤذ، لم يفسد، لم يلتف.
كفى: حافظ على، وقى، تعهد، رعى، غذّى، أطعم، دام بحالة سليمة (بوشر).
كفى: جهّز (هلو).
كافأه: عن هديته (حيان 71).
كافأ: جازى، أثاب (هلو) (بدرون 228) (حيان 76: وقدمه إلى خطة الوزارة مكانه تعجيلاً لمكافأته).
تكافأ: (بدلاً من كفأ) عند الحديث عن شخصين يعملان الشيء نفسه (ألف ليلة 40:1).
إن عدِت عدنا وإن وافيتِ وافينا ... وإن هجرتِ فإنّ قد تكافينا
كوفئ: أثيب وجُزي.
انكفأ: تصحيف كفأ (ميهرن بلاغة 33).
اكتفى: أشبع، شفى غليله (فريتاج كرست 49، 7).
اكتفىب: ارتضى (بوشر).
اكتفى عن ما عادت بي حاجة إلى ... (كاترمير 1847 ص479 الذي لاحظ وجوب أن نقرأ الكلمة على هذا النحو عند كارتاس): 3، 801.
اكتفينا مئونته: وفّر علينا العناء (بوشر).
اكتفى: صدّق على، أمر (هلو). استكفاه الأمر: طلب منه لن يخلصه من أمر أقلقه (رياض النفوس: وأخذ يستعيذ بالله تعالى ويستكفيه شرّه وضرَّه وفيها وشكر الله على ما كفاه منه.
استكفاه الأمر: تخلّص منه (فريتاج 6:62) وأطلق الأسرى من الداوية الذين كانوا بحلب استكفاءً لشرهم. إن تعبير استكفاه الأمر يعني أيضاً: ألقى إليه مقاليد، فوّض أمره إلى، فوّض إليه مراقبة أو الترتيب أو تنظيم، أو تدبير أمرٍ ما (ففي أخبار مجموعة من كتب مجهولة ص2:124: وكان له قاضٍ قد استكافه أمور رعيته لفضله وزهده وورعه).
وفي مقدورنا ذكر استكفاه وحدها (عباد 1:51): إلى أن أوكل أمره إلى أحد اليهود واستكفاه. وهناك أيضاً تعبير استكفى به الأمر (ويجرز 12:30، البربرية 1، 375) وهنا أيضاً نستطيع الحذف والإيجاز ونقول استكفى به (دي ساسي كرست 13:11) ويبدو أن (فريتاج) كان له رأيه في العبارة الأخيرة حين أضاف إليها حرف الباء ب " Summum fiduciam posuit in aliquo c. p''.
عدم كفاة: نقص، تقصير (بوشر).
كفاية، أجرى له كفايته: خصص له مبلغاً كافياً من المال ينفق منه (ابن بطوطة 3، 47. معجم التنبيه).
كفاية: يسر، رخاء، العيش في بحبوحة (مقديسي 33، 1، ياقوت 3، 881) وربما قد وردت بهذا المعنى في (2، 256، 20 عند Goeje) .
فرض على الكفاية: فرض ديني ملزم لمتناولي القربان كافة (انظر لين في مادة فرض) (وانظر معجم التنبيه، والبيضاوي 1، 18، 2). قتل الفعلة بالكفاية: (قتل العمال جملةً، بكاملهم جمعهم) (معجم البلاذري 292، 2) إن تعبير بالكفاية يعني أيضاً: حساباً كاملا (أي بلا كسر) أو المجموع العام (ياقوت 3 1: 838: والخراج ثلاثة وثلاثون ألف ألف درهم بالكفاية (988:4:3) ( de Goege) .
كفاية: قدرة، ذكاء، مهارة، اختصاص، نبوغ (بوشر) ويكتبها فخري دائماً: (في الآداب السلطانية) كفاءة (ص179:10133، 2؛ 207، 2؛ 215، 7) وهي تعني: جدارة، مزية، قيمة (في معجم الطرائف ومعجم التنبيه وأخبار 119، 9 وحيان 18): وأرسل رأسه إلى ابن حفصون فأنفذه ابن حفصون إلى الأمير عبد الله بقرطبة مستحمداً إليه كفاية شأنه (أبار 142، 9 بسام 2، 12) في معرض حديثه عن شخص قد ولي منصب القضاء: فمهد لذلك جانباً من كفايته، واحتسب فيه جزءً من عمايته) (البيان 6:284:1 البربرية 1، 147، 3؛ 1: 361، 395؛ 2؛ 432؛ 8: 500 ابن الخطيب 64): فبعثه رسولاً ثقة بكايته (ألف ليلة برسل 353:12، 4؛ فالتون 33، 13 ويبدو أن هذه الكلمة تعني المعنى المتقدم نفسه على نحو عام دون أن تقتصر على الكفاية الإدارية التي هي مراد الناشر؛ هو كفاية كل شيء: قادر على كل شيء (بوشر).
كفاة: حماية:، حفظ. وهي مرادف وقاية (عباد 3، 109، 3) وأسَلُ الله أن يجعلك في حيّز الكفاية، وجانب الوقاية.
كفاية: سهر الإنسان على شرفه وعزة نفسه (معجم الطرائف).
يبدو أن تعبير: (أهل الكفاية) يدل على الناس الإمناء، الصادقين، والمستقيمين، أصحاب الشرف والنزاهة (حيان، 71): الوزراء حذّروا الأمير عبد الله، وصرفوه عن عزمه في ان يكون رأس الجيش الذي سيّره على ابن حفصون لاستغلاط شوكة الخبيث وكثرة أنصاره وللياذ من خبايا الحرب الغشوم لاسيما إن جرت من غير أهل الكفاية المغلقين لباب المعذرة.
كفاية: ذو الكفاتين يبدو إنها منصب مثل قولنا ذو الرئاستين دو الوزارتين (فاليتون 69 رقم 4).
كاف ل: كفء، جدير، خبير متخصص (بوشر، همبرت، معجم التنبيه) مَنْ نعهد إليه، كلياً، أمر التصرّف في شأنٍ ما، أو إدارة شؤون إقليم ما، أو الإدارة بصورة عامة، أو الوزارة .. الخ (بدرون ملاحظات 124، دي يونج، معجم الجغرافيا).
أكفى: أكثر قدرة، أكثر مهارة (رياض النفوس 14): ذكر لي أن أكفأ عبيدي وأقومهم بضيعتي توفي.
الأجير المكفَّى: (محيط المحيط).
قطع مكافئ: جسم مكافئ دوراني (من مصطلحات علم المساحة) (بوشر).
اكتفاء: اكتفى بالقليل، أو ربما تيسّر (بوشر).
اكتفاء: جزم، ترخيم (حذف الصوت الأخير أو المقطع الأخير من كلمة ... الخ) انظرها لمزيد ومحيط المحيط) وحين يعمد إليه الشاعر يقال: قال مكتفياً (المقري 1، 60).

تلو

1 تَلَا He followed; or went, or walked, behind, or after. (IAar, T.) You say, تَلَوْتُهُ, (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. تُلُوٌّ (S, M, Msb, K) and تَلْوٌ, (Er-Rághib, MF,) I followed him or it; or went, or walked, behind, or after, him or it; (S, M, Msb, K;) namely, a man [&c.]; (S, Msb;) immediately, or without intervention; and sometimes it means bodily [or in reality]; and sometimes, virtually, or in effect: (Er-Rághib:) and so تَلَيْتُهُ; (K;) and ↓ تَلَّيْتُهُ, (As, * T, * K,) inf. n. تَتْلِيَةٌ. (K.) The phrase, in the Kur xci. 2, وَالقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا means By the moon when its rising follows the rising thereof; i. e., the rising of the sun; at the beginning of the lunar month: (Bd:) or, when it follows in rising the setting thereof, (Bd, Jel,) on the night of the full moon: (Bd:) or, when it follows it in becoming round, and in fullness of light; (M, * Bd;) i. e., when it follows it in the way of imitation, and in respect of rank; for the moon borrows its light of the sun, and is to it in the place of a successor. (Er-Rághib.) Here, Ks pronounced تلاها with imáleh, [either because تَلَيْتُ is a dial. var. of تَلَوْتُ, or] because, although it has و for its last radical letter, it occurs with words that may be so pronounced, namely, يَغْشَاهَا and بَنَاهَا. (M.) b2: تَلَوْتُ الأِبِلَ (tropical:) I drove, or brought, or gathered, the camels together, from their several quarters: because the driver follows the driven. (A, TA.) b3: هُوَ يَتْلُو فُلَانًا He imitates such a one, and follows what he does; he follows him in action. (T.) b4: تَلَا, (T,) first Pers\. تَلَوْتُ, (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. ـُ (T,) inf. n. تِلَاوَةٌ, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) He read, or perused, or he recited, (T, M, K,) the Kur-án, (S, M, Msb, K,) or any discourse, or piece of language: (M, K:) or he followed it, (I'Ab, T, S, * M,) and did according to it; (I'Ab, Mujáhid, T;) namely, the Scripture: (I'Ab, Mujáhid, T, M:) or the inf. n. specially signifies the following God's revealed Scriptures, sometimes by reading, or perusing, or by reciting, and sometimes by conforming therewith [as well as by reading, &c., but not otherwise, for] every تِلَاوَة is قِرَآءَة, but the reverse is not the case. (Er-Rághib, TA.) [You say also, تَلَا عَلَيْهِ He recited, or related, to him a narrative &c.: see Kur v. 30, &c.] And فُلَانٌ يَتْلُو عَلَى فُلَانٍ, and يَقُولُ عَلَيْهِ, Such a one lies, or says what is false, against such a one. (TA.) وَاتَّبَعُوا مَا تَتْلُوالشَّيَاطِينُ, in the Kur ii. 96, means [And they followed] what the devils related, or rehearsed, ('Atà, T,) or spoke; (A'Obeyd, T;) or, what the devils of the Jinn, or of mankind, or of both, read, or recited, or what they followed, of the writings of enchantment: (Bd:) some here read ↓ تُتَلِّى. (T.) Hence the saying, لَا دَرَيْتَ وَلَا تَلَيْتَ: (T:) or, accord. to Yoo, it is ↓ ولا أَتْلَيْتَ: (T, S:) and others say that it is ولا ائْتَلَيْتَ, from أَلَوْتُ. (T. [See these three readings explained in the latter part of the first paragraph of art. الو.]) A2: He remained behind, or held back. (IAar, ISk, T.) You say, تَلَا بَعْدَ قَوْمِهِ He held back, or lagged behind, after his people, or company, and remained. (TA.) And تَلَوْتُهُ, (Az, A'Obeyd, T, S, M, K,) and تَلَوْتُ عَنْهُ, (Az, T, M, K,) aor. ـُ (Az, T,) inf. n. تُلُوٌّ, (Az, T, M,) I left him, and held back from going with him: (Az, T:) I held back from him, or from aiding him, and left him: (Az, A'Obeyd, T, S, M, K:) thus the verb bears two contr. significations. (K.) A3: He bought a تِلْو, meaning the young one of a mule. (IAar, T, K.) A4: تَلِيَتْ لِى مِنْ حَقِّى تَلِيَّةٌ, and تُلَاوَةٌ, aor. ـَ (ISk, S,) inf. n. تَلًا, (TA,) There remained to me, of my right, or due, a remainder. (ISk, S.) And تَلِيَتْ لِى عِنْدَهُ تَلِيَّةٌ There remained to me, with him, or there remained owing to me by him, a remainder. (As, T.) And تَلِىَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ كَذَا, (M, K,) inf. n. تَلًا, (M,) There remained, of the month, such a portion. (M, K.) 2 تَلَّوَ see 1, in two places. b2: هُوَ يُتَلَّى بَقِيَّةَ حَاجَتِهِ He demands, and seeks to obtain, the remainder of that which he wants. (T.) b3: تلّى صَلَاتَهُ, (T, M, K,) inf. n. تَتْلِيَةٌ, (K,) He made his prayer to be followed by other prayer: (T:) or he made his prescribed prayer to be followed by supererogatory prayer. (Sh, M, K.) b4: تلّىِ, inf. n. as above, [is also said to signify] He stood erect for prayer. (TA. [But see مِتَلٌّ, in art. تل.] b5: Also He accomplished, or fulfilled, his vow. (IAar, M, K.) b6: And He was at the last gasp. (Az, S, M, K.) A2: See also 4.3 تالاهُ, inf. n. مُتَالَاةٌ, i. q. رَاسَلَهُ [meaning, فِى الغِنَآءِ, i. e. He relieved him, or aided him, in singing, by taking up the strain when the latter was unable to prolong his voice sufficiently for the accomplishing of the cadence; or he did so with a high voice: see مُتَالٍ, below]. (TA.) 4 أَتْلَيْتُهُ إِيَّاهُ I made him to follow him; or, it to follow it. (M, K.) Hence, (TA,) اتلاهُ اللّٰهُ

أَطْفَالًا God made him, or may God make him, to have little children following him. (S, TA.) And أَتْلَتْ She (a camel) had her young one following her: (S, K:) whence the saying, لَا دَرَيْتَ وَلَا أَتْلَيْتَ; accord. to Yoo: (S:) but see 1, where two other readings are mentioned, with a reference to the explanations. b2: [Hence also,] أَتْلَيْتُهُ I preceded him, outwent him, outstripped him, or got before him. (S.) And مَا زِلْتُ أَتْلُوهُ حَتَّى أَتْلَيْتُهُ I ceased not to follow him until I became before him. (S.) b3: أَتْلَيْتُ حَقِّى عِنْدَهُ I left a remainder of my due with him. (S, K.) And أَتْلَيْتُ عِنْدَهُ تَليَّةً I left with him a remainder (T, M) of a thing, or of a debt, or of a needful thing. (M.) b4: أَتْلَيْتُهُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ I referred him, or turned him over, for the payment of what was owing to him, to such a one, transferring the responsibility for the debt to the latter. (T, S, * K. *) b5: اتلاهُ ذِمَّةً He gave him a bond, or an obligation, whereby he became responsible for his safety: (S, K:) and اتلاهُ alone (T, M, K) signifies the same; (T;) he gave him what is termed تَلَآء, (M, K,) i. e. ذِمَّةً, (K,) or جِوَارًا, (M, K,) and meaning also an arrow on which was written his (the giver's) name, (K, * TA,) in order that, when he went to a tribe, he might show it to them, and they would not harm him: (TA:) and اتلاهُ سَهْمًا (assumed tropical:) he gave him an arrow whereby to demand protection, (M, K, TA,) in order that he might not be harmed: and اتلاهُ نَعْلًا he gave him a sandal for that purpose: (TA:) and it means (tropical:) he made him his تِلْو [or follower], and his companion. (TA.) ↓ تلّى, also, signifies, like أَتْلَى, He gave him his bond, or obligation, by which he became responsible for his safety. (TA.) 5 تتلّى He sought repeatedly, or in a leisurely manner, or by degrees, (T, S, M, K,) to obtain his right, or due, until he received it fully, or wholly, (T, S,) or to obtain a thing. (M, K.) b2: He collected much wealth. (IAar, T.) b3: تَتَلَّيْتُ حَقِّى عِنْدَهُ I left with him, or in his possession, somewhat remaining of my right, or due. (IAar, T.) A2: Somewhat remained of his debt. (IAar, T.) 6 تَتَالَتِ الأُمُورُ The things, or events, were consecutive; they followed one another. (M, K.) And جَآءَتِ الخَيْلُ تَتَالِيًا The horses, or horsemen, came consecutively. (S.) 10 استتلاهُ الشَّىْءَ He, or it, invited him to follow the thing. (M, K.) b2: اِسْتَتْلَيْتُ فُلَانًا I made such a one to follow me. (IAar, T.) b3: And I looked for, expected, awaited, or waited for, such a one. (IAar, T.) A2: استتلى فُلَانًا also signifies (tropical:) He sought, or demanded, of such a one, the arrow of protection [called تَلَآء, q. v.]. (TA.) تَلًا: see تَلِيَّةٌ.

تِلْوٌ A thing that follows another thing: (K:) and a follower of another man. (TA.) See also تِلْوُ الشَّىْءِ تَالٍ means That which follows the thing: (S:) and هٰذَا تِلْوُ هٰذَا This is what follows this. (M.) [Hence,] تِلْوُ النَّاقَةِ The she-camel's young one that follows her: (S:) and تِلْوٌ [alone] a ewe's, or she-goat's, (M,) or she-camel's, (K,) young one when weaned, and following the mother; pl. أَتْلَآءٌ; and fem. with ة: (M, K:) and the young one of the ass; (M, K;) because he follows his mother: (M:) and the young one of a mule: (IAar, T, K:) and, accord. to En-Nadr, a kid, and a lamb, that has become large in the stomach or belly (استكرش) and in no need of his mother; fem. with ة: (T:) or the fem. signifies a she-kid that has passed beyond the limit of those that are termed أَجْفَار [pl. of جَفْرٌ, q. v.], (M, K,) until she has completed a year [from her birth] and so become a جَذَع. (M.) And a تِلْوَة of sheep or goats is One that is brought forth, or that brings forth, [the verb is تُنْتَجُ, which has both of these meanings,] before the صَفَرِيَّة [q. v.]. (S, K.) A2: Also High, or lofty. (K.) One says, إِنَّهُ لَتِلْوُ المِقْدَارِ Verily he, or it, is high, or lofty, in measure. (TA.) تَلَآءٌ A bond, or an obligation, by which one becomes responsible for the safety of another: (S, M, K:) and an arrow upon which the giver writes his name, (M, K, [in the CK, المَتْلِىْ is erroneously put for المُتْلِى,]) and which he gives to a man, who, when he goes to a tribe, and shows it to them, passes unmolested: (M:) and, accord. to IAmb, responsibility, or suretiship. (TA.) b2: Also The transfer of a debt, or of a claim, by shifting the responsibility from one person to another. (Z, TA.) تَلُوٌّ A man incessantly following: (IAar, M, K:) not mentioned by Yaakoob among the instances of this measure which he has limited; as حَسُوٌّ and فَسُوٌّ. (M.) تَلِىٌّ [accord. to the CK, erroneously, تِلْىٌ,] Using many oaths (كَثِيرُ الأَيْمَانِ): and Having much wealth. (IAar, T, K.) تَلِيَّةٌ [accord. to the CK, erroneously, تِلْيَةق,] and ↓ تُلَاوَةٌ (ISk, T, S, M, K) and ↓ تَلًا (M, TA) A remainder (ISk, T, S, M, K) of a thing, (M,) or of a right or due, (ISk, S,) or of a debt, (S, M, K,) and of a thing wanted, (ISk and T in explanation of the second word, and M,) &c. (K.) One says also, ذَهَبَتْ تَلِيَّةُ الشَّبَابِ (tropical:) The remainder of youthfulness, or youthful vigour, departed. (TA.) And فُلَانٌ تَلِيَّةُ الأَحْرَارِ (tropical:) [Such a one is the last remaining of the ingenuous]. (TA.) b2: وَقَعَ كَذَا تَلِيَّةَ كَذَا Such a thing happened after such a thing. (M.) تُلَاوَةٌ: see تَلِيَّةٌ.

تَلَوَّى A kind of boat: (M, K:) of the measure فَعَوَّلٌ, (M, TA,) or فَعَلْوَلٌ: (TA:) so called because it follows the larger vessel: mentioned by Aboo-'Alee in the Tedhkireh. (M.) تَلَّآءٌ لِلْقُرْآنِ One who reads, peruses, or recites, the Kur-án, or who follows it, or acts according to it, much, or often. (Mgh.) تَالٍ act. part. n. of تَلَا; Following; going, or walking, behind, or after; [immediately, or without intervention; either in reality, or only in effect; (see 1;)] (T, Msb;) as also ↓ تِلْوٌ. (Msb.) b2: التَّالِى The fourth of the ten horses that are started together in a race. (TA voce سُكَّيْت &c., and Ham p. 46.) b3: Also, (Sh, TA voce مِجْدَحٌ,) and تَالِى النَّجْمٍ [meaning The follower of the Pleiades], (Kzw,) the star called الدَّبَرَانُ. (Sh, Kzw.) b4: And تَالِيَاتُ النُّجُومِ The last of the stars; [app. the last that are seen in the morningtwilight;] (TA;) as also التَّوَالِى. (M, TA.) [تَالِيَاتٌ and تَوَال are both pls. of تَالِيَةٌ, fem. of تَالٍ.] b5: التَّوَالِى also signifies The last of women journeying in vehicles upon camels; (M, K;) and in like manner, of camels. (M.) b6: Also Hinder parts, posteriors, or rumps: and the hinder parts of horses: or (of a horse, M) the tail and hind legs. (M, K.) One says, إِنَّهُ لَحَثِيثُ التَّوَالِى and سَرِيعُ التَّوَالِى [app. meaning Verily he is quick in the hind legs]. (M.) And the Arabs say, لَيْسَ هَوَادِى الخَيْلِ كَالتَّوَالِى, i. e., The necks of horses are not like their hinder parts. (TA.) b7: فَالتَّالَياتِ ذِكْرًا [in the Kur xxxvii. 3] means And those angels, or angels and others, that recite the praise of God. (M.) مُتْلٍ and مُتْلِيَةٌ (T, M) A mother, (T,) or a she-camel, and a female wild animal, (M,) having her young one following her: pl. مَتَالٍ. (T, M.) b2: Also, both sings., A she-camel that brings forth in the last portion of the breeding-time: or the latter sing. signifies one that is late in bringing forth; and the former sing. has the first of the meanings explained in this paragraph: (M:) or, as some say, the latter sing. signifies one that has become heavy by pregnancy, so that the head of her fœtus has turned towards the tail and the vulva; a meaning not agreeing with the derivation: (IJ, M:) or, as some say, this word signifies [simply] pregnant: (Ham p. 688:) accord. to El-Báhilee, the pl. signifies she-camels of which some have brought forth, and others have not. (TA.) You say, إِبِلُهُمْ مَتَالٍ, meaning Their camels have not brought forth until the season called the صَيْف, (K, TA,) which is the last part of the breeding-time. (TA.) مُتَالٍ One who relieves, or aids, another, in singing, and in work, by taking up the strain, or the work, when the latter is unable to continue it: (IAar, T:) or one who so relieves, or aids, the singer, with a high voice: (S, TA:) and one who sings to camels to urge them on, or excite them. (TA.) مُسْتَتْلٍ [act. part. n. of 10, q. v. It is said in the T to have a signification derived from تَلَآءٌ in the last of the senses assigned to the latter word above; so that it seems to mean Seeking, or demanding, the transfer of a debt, or claim, or the like, by shifting the responsibility from one person to another].

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فِي أَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى «الصَّبُور» هُوَ الَّذِي لَا يُعاجل العُصَاة بالانْتِقام، وَهُوَ مِنْ أبْنِية المُبالغة، ومعناهُ قريبٌ مِنْ مَعْنَى الحَلِيم، والفرقُ بَيْنَهُمَا أنَّ المُذْنب لَا يأمَنُ العُقُوبة فِي صِفَة الصَّبُور كَمَا يأمَنُها فِي صِفَة الحَلِيم.
وَمِنْهُ الْحَدِيثُ «لَا أحدَ أَصْبَرُ عَلَى أَذًى يَسْمَعُه مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ» أَيْ أشدُّ حِلماً عَنْ فاعِل ذَلِكَ وتَرْكِ المُعاقبة عَلَيْهِ.
(س) وَفِي حَدِيثِ الصَّوْمِ «صُمْ شَهْرَ الصَّبْرِ» هُوَ شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ. وَأَصْلُ الصَّبْر: الحَبْس، فسُمِّي الصومُ صَبْراً لِمَا فِيهِ مِنْ حَبْس النَّفس عَنِ الطَّعَامِ والشَّراب والنّكاح. (هـ) وَفِيهِ «أَنَّهُ نَهى عَنْ قَتْل شَيْءٍ مِنَ الدَّواب صَبْراً» هُوَ أَنْ يُمسَك شيءٌ من ذوات الرُّوح حيَّا ثم يُرْمى بِشَيْءٍ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ.
(هـ) وَمِنْهُ الْحَدِيثُ «نَهَى عَنِ المَصْبُورة ، وَنَهَى عَنْ صَبْرِ ذِي الرُّوح» .
(هـ) وَمِنْهُ الْحَدِيثُ فِي الَّذِي أمْسَك رَجُلا وقَتَله آخَر [فَقَالَ ] «اقْتُلُوا الْقَاتِلَ واصْبِرُوا الصَّابِر» أَيِ احْبِسُوا الَّذِي حَبَسَهُ لِلْمَوْتِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ كفِعْله بِهِ. وَكُلُّ مَنْ قُتِل فِي غَيْرِ مَعْرَكَةٍ وَلَا حَرْب وَلَا خَطأ فَإِنَّهُ مَقْتُولٌ صَبْراً.
وَمِنْهُ حَدِيثُ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ صَبْرِ الرُّوح» وَهُوَ الخِصاء. والخِصاء صَبْرٌ شَدِيدٌ.
(س) وَفِيهِ «مَنْ حَلف عَلَى يمينٍ مَصْبُورةٍ كاذِباً» .
(س) وَفِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ «مَنْ حَلف عَلَى يَمِينِ صَبْرٍ» أَيْ أُلزِم بِهَا وحُبِس عَلَيْهَا، وَكَانَتْ لَازِمَةً لصاحِبها مِنْ جِهَةِ الْحُكْمِ. وَقِيلَ لَهَا مَصْبُورة وَإِنْ كَانَ صاحِبُها فِي الْحَقِيقَةِ هُوَ المَصْبُور، لِأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا صُبِرَ مِنْ أجْلِها: أَيْ حُبِسَ، فوُصِفَت بالصَّبْر، وَأُضِيفَتْ إِلَيْهِ مَجَازًا.
(س) وَفِيهِ «أَنَّ الَّنبي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَعَن إِنْسَانًا بقَضِيبٍ مُدَاعَبَةً فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَصْبِرْنِي قَالَ: اصْطَبِرْ» أَيْ أَقِدني مِنْ نَفْسِك. قَالَ: استَقِدْ. يُقَالُ صَبَرَ فلانٌ مِنْ خَصْمه واصْطَبَرَ: أَيِ اقْتَصَّ مِنْهُ. وأَصْبَرَهُ الْحَاكِمُ: أَيْ أقَصَّه مِنْ خَصْمه.
(هـ) وَمِنْهُ حَدِيثُ عُثْمَانَ حِينَ ضَرَبَ عمَّارا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، فلمَّا عُوتِبَ قَالَ: «هَذِهِ يَدِي لعمَّار فليَصْطَبِرْ» .
(س) وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ «فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَكانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْماءِ قَالَ: كَانَ يَصَعَدُ بُخَارٌ مِنَ المَاءِ إِلَى السَّماءِ، فاسْتَصْبَرَ فعادَ صَبِيراً، فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَوى إِلَى السَّماءِ وَهِيَ دُخانٌ الصَّبِير: سحابٌ أبيضٌ مُتَراكبٌ مُتَكاثِف، يَعْني تكاثَف البُخَارُ وتَرَاكَم فَصارَ سَحاَباً. (هـ) وَمِنْهُ حَدِيثُ طَهْفة «ونسْتَحْلِب الصَّبِير» .
وَحَدِيثُ ظَبْيان «وسَقَوْهم بصَبِير النَّيطَلِ» أَيْ بسَحَاب المَوت والهَلاَك.
وَفِيهِ «مَنْ فَعَل كَذَا وَكَذَا كَانَ لَهُ خَيْراً مِنْ صَبِيرٍ ذَهَبا» هُوَ اسمُ جَبَل بالْيَمَن. وَقِيلَ:
إِنَّمَا هُوَ مِثْل جَبَل صِيرٍ، بِإِسْقَاطِ الْبَاءِ الْمُوَحَّدَةِ، وَهُوَ جَبَلٌ لِطَيِّئٍ. وَهَذِهِ الكلمةُ جَاءَتْ فِي حدِيَثين لعَليّ وَمُعَاذٍ: أَمَّا حديثُ عَلِيٍّ فَهُوَ صِير، وأمَّا رِوَايةُ مُعاذ فصَبِير، كَذَا فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَعْضُهُمْ.
(هـ) وَفِي حَدِيثِ الْحَسَنِ «مَنْ أَسْلَفَ سَلَفًا فَلَا يأخُذنَّ رهْنا وَلَا صَبِيرا» الصَّبِير: الكَفِيل.
يُقَالُ صَبَرْتُ بِهِ أَصْبُرُ بالضَّم.
وَفِيهِ «أَنَّهُ مرَّ فِي السُّوق عَلَى صُبْرَة طعامٍ فأدخَل يدَه فِيهَا» الصُّبْرة: الطَّعَامُ المجْتَمِع كَالكُومَةِ، وجمعُها صُبَر. وَقَدْ تَكَرَّرَتْ فِي الْحَدِيثِ مُفْرَدة ومَجْمُوَعة.
وَمِنْهُ حَدِيثُ عُمَرَ «دَخَلَ عَلَى النبيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَإِنَّ عندَ رِجْلَيه قَرَظا مَصْبُوراً» أَيْ مَجْمُوَعا قَدْ جُعِل صُبْرَة كصُبْرَة الطعامِ.
(هـ) وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ «سِدْرَةُ المنْتَهى صُبْرُ الْجَنَّةِ» أَيْ أعْلى نَوَاحيها. وصُبْرُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أعْلاه.
وَفِي حَدِيثِ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ «قُلْتم هَذِهِ صَبَّارَةُ القُرِّ» هِيَ بِتَشْدِيدِ الرَّاءِ: شِدّة البرْد وَقُوَّتُهُ، كحَماَرَّة القَيظِ.

الف

1 أَلِفَهُ, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) aor. ـَ (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِلُفٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and أَلْفٌ (K) and إِلَافٌ and وِلَافٌ, which is anomalous, and أَلَفَانٌ, (M, TA,) He kept, or clave, to it; (A'Obeyd, T, M, Msb, * TA;) namely, a thing, (A'Obeyd, T, M, TA,) or a place; (S, Msb, TA;) as also أَلَفَهُ, aor. ـِ (TA;) and ↓ آلفهُ, (A'Obeyd, T, S, M, Msb,) aor. ـْ (S, TA,) inf. n. إِيلَافٌ; (S, Msb, TA;) and ↓ آلفهُ, aor. ـَ inf. n. مُؤَالَفَةٌ and إِلَافٌ: (S, Msb, TA:) [he frequented it, or resorted to it habitually; namely, a place:] he became familiar with it; or accustomed, or habituated, to it; namely, a thing: (Az, T:) he became familiar, sociable, companionable, friendly, or amicable, with him: (Az, T, Msb:) he loved, or affected, him; liked, approved, or took pleasure in, him. (Msb.) You say, أَلِفَتِ الطَّيْرُ الحَرَمَ [The birds kept to the sacred territory], and البُيُوتَ [the houses]: and الظِّبَآءُ الرَّمْلِ ↓ آلَفَتِ The gazelles kept to the sands. (T.) b2: There are three manners of reading the passage in the Kur [evi. 1 and 2], CCC قُرَيْشٍ إِيلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ الشِّتَآءِ وَ الصَّيْفِ ↓ لِإِيلَافِ; the second and third being لِإِلَافِ and لِإِلْفِ; the first and second of which have been adopted; (Aboo-Is-hák, T, TA;) and the third also; this being the reading of the Prophet [himself]: (TA:) [accord. to all these readings, the passage may be rendered, For the keeping of Kureysh, for their keeping to the journey of the winter and of the summer, or spring; the chapter going on to say, for this reason "let them worship the Lord of this House," &c. : or] the second and third readings are from أَلِفَ, aor. ـْ [and accord. to these readings, the passage may be rendered as above;] but accord. to the first reading, the meaning is, for the preparing and fitting out [&c.; i. e., preparing and fitting out men and beasts in the journey of the winter &c.]: so says IAmb; and Fr explains in the same manner the third reading: but IAar says that, accord. to this reading, the meaning is, the protecting [&c.]: he says that the persons who protected were four brothers, Háshim and 'Abd-Shems and El-Muttalib and Nowfal, the sons of 'Abd-Menáf: these gave protection to Kureysh in their procuring of corn: (T:) Háshim obtained a grant of security from the king of the Greeks, and Nowfal from Kisrà, and 'Abd-Shems from the Nejáshee, and ElMuttalib from the kings of Himyer; and the merchants of Kureysh used to go to and from the great towns of these kings with the grants of security of these brothers, and none opposed them: Háshim used to give protection (يُؤْلِفُ [in the copies of the K يُؤَلِّفُ]) [to those journeying] to Syria, and 'Abd-Shems to Abyssinia, and ElMuttalib to El-Yemen, and Nowfal to Persia: (T, K: *) or ↓ إِيلَاف in the Kur signifies a covenant, or an obligation; and what resembles permission, (إِجَازَة, as in some copies of the K and in the TA,) or protection, (إِجَارَة, as in the CK,) with an obligation involving responsibility for safety; first obtained by Háshim, from the kings of Syria; (K, * TA;) and the explanation is, that Kureysh were dwelling in the sacred territory, (K,) having neither seed-produce nor udders [to yield them milk], (TA,) secure in the procuring of their provisions from other parts, and in their changes of place, in winter and summer, or spring; the people around them having their property seized; whereas, when any cause of mischief occurred to them, they said, "We are people of the sacred territory," and then no one opposed them: (K:) so in the O: (TA:) or the ل is to denote wonder; and the meaning is, wonder ye at the ايلاف of Kureysh [&c.]: (K:) some say that the meaning is connected with what follows; i. e., let them worship the Lord of this House for the ايلاف [&c., agreeably with the first explanation which we have given]: others, that it is connected with what precedes; as J says; (TA;) the meaning being, I have destroyed the masters of the elephant to make Kureysh remain at Mekkeh, and for their uniting the journey of the winter and of the summer, or spring; that when they finished one, they should commence the other; (T, S;) and this is like the saying, ضَرَبْتُهُ لِكَذَا ضَرَبْتُهُ لِكَذَا لِكَذَا, with suppression of the [conjunctive] و: (S:) but Ibn-'Arafeh disapproves of this, for two reasons: first, because the phrase "In the name of God" &c. occurs between the two chapters: [Bd, however, mentions that in Ubeí's copy, the two compose one chapter:] secondly, because ايلاف signifies the covenants, or obligations, which they obtained when they went forth on mercantile expeditions, and whereby they became secure. (TA.) ↓ إِلَافٌ [in like manner] signifies A writing of security, written by the king for people, that they may be secure in his territory: and is used by Musáwir Ibn-Hind in the sense of اِيتِلَافٌ [as is also إِلْفٌ,] when he says, in satirizing Benoo-Asad, زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّ إِخْوَتَكُمْ قُرَيْشٌ لَهُمْ إِلْفٌ وَ لَيْسَ لَكُمْ إِلَافُ meaning Ye asserted [that your brothers are Kureysh; i. e.,] that ye are like Kureysh: but how should ye be like them? for they have [an alliance whereby they are protected in] the trade of El-Yemen and Syria; and ye have not that [alliance]. (Ham p. 636.) [Hence,] إِلَافُ اللّٰهِ [a phrase used in the manner of an oath,] accord. to some, signifies The safeguard, or protection, of God: or, accord. to others, an honourable station from God. (TA.) A2: أَلَفَهُ, aor. ـِ He gave him a thousand; (S, K) of articles of property, and of camels. (TA.) 2 الّف بَيْنَهُمْ, inf. n. تَأْلِيفٌ, (T, Msb, K,) He united them, or brought them together, (T, Msb, TA,) after separation; (T, TA;) and made them to love one another; (Msb;) he caused union, or companionship, (أُلْفَة,) to take place between them. (K.) And أَلَّفْتُ بَيْنَ الشَّيْئَيْنِ, inf. n. as above, [I united, or put together, the two things.] (S.) and ألّف الشَّىْءَ He united, or connected, (T,) or gathered or collected or brought together, (M,) the several parts of the thing. (T, M.) b2: Hence, تَأْلِيفُ الكُتُبِ [The composition of books]. (T, TA.) b3: تَأْلِيفٌ is The putting many things into such a state that one name becomes applicable to them, whether there be to some of the parts a relation to others by precedence and sequence, or not: so that it is a more general term than تَرْتِيبٌ: (KT:) or the collecting together, or putting together, suitable things; from الالفة [i. e. الأُلْفَةُ]; and is a more particular term than تَرْكِيبٌ, which is the putting together things, whether suitable or not, or placed in order or not. (Kull p. 118.) A2: أَلَّفُوا إِلَى كَذَا: see 5.

A3: ألّف أَلِفًا He wrote an alif; (K;) like as one says جَيَّمَ جِيمًا. (TA.) A4: See also 4, in three places.3 آلفهُ: see 1, first sentence.

A2: آلف, (M, TA,) inf. n. مُؤَالَفَةٌ, (TA,) [app., He made a covenant with another to be protected during a journey for the purpose of trade, or traffic: (see 1:) and hence,] he (a man) traded, or trafficked. (M, TA.) A3: شَاَرَةٌ مُؤَالَفَةً He made a condition with him for a thousand: (IAar, M:) like as one says, شَارَطْتُهُ مُمَا آةً, meaning, for a hundred. (IAar, M, K, in art. مأى.) 4 آلفهُ, inf. n. إِيلَافٌ: see 1, in three places.

A2: آلفهُ الشَّىْءَ, (T, M,) or المَوْضِعَ, (S,) or مَكَانَ كَذَا, (K,) inf. n. as above, (T,) He made him to keep, or cleave, to the thing, or to the place, or to such a place. (T, S, * M, K. *) b2: آلَفْتُ الشَّىْءَ I joined, conjoined or united, the thing. (T.) A3: آلَفْتُ القَوْمَ, (T, * S, K, *) inf. n. as above, (S,) I made the people, or company of men, to be a thousand complete [by adding to them myself]; (T, S, K, TA;) they being before nine hundred and ninety-nine. (T, TA.) And آلف العَدَدَ He made the number to be a thousand; as also ↓ أَلَّفَهُ: (M:) or الأَلْفَ ↓ ألّف he completed the thousand. (K.) And in like manner, (S,) آلَفْتُ الدَّرَاهِمَ I made the dirhems to be a thousand (S, K) complete. (S.) And لَهُمُ الأَعْمَارَ ↓ أَلَّفُو They said to them, May you live a thousand years. (A in art. عمر.) A4: آلَفُوا They became a thousand (T, S, M) complete. (S.) And آلَفَتِ الدَّارَهِمُ The dirhems became a thousand (S K) complete. (S.) 5 تألّف القَوْمُ, (Msb, K,) and ↓ ائْتَلَفُوا [written with the disjunctive alif اِيْتَلَفُوا], (T, K,) The people, or party, became united, or came together, (Msb, K,) [after separation, (see 2, of which each is said in the TA to be quasi-pass.,)] and loved one another: (Msb:) or the meaning of ↓ ائْتِلَافٌ [and تَأَلُّفٌ also] is the being in a state of union, alliance, agreement, congruity, or congregation: (Msb:) and the being familiar, sociable, companionable, friendly, or amicable, one with another. (TA.) And تَأَلَّفَا is said of two things; [meaning They became united, or put together; (see 2;)] as also ↓ ائتلفا. (S.) And الشَّىْءُ ↓ ائتلف signifies The several parts of the thing kept, or clave, together. (M.) And تألّف It became put together in order. (M.) b2: تألّفوا They sought, desired, or asked, [a covenant to ensure them] protection, (IAar, T, M,) إِلَى كَذَا [meaning in a journey for the purpose of trade, or traffic, to such a place, as is shown in the T by an explanation of the words of IAar, كَانَ هَاشِمٌ يُؤْلِفُ إِلَى الشَّامِ, in a passage in which the foregoing signification is assigned to تألّفوا]; (M;) as also الى كذا ↓ أَلَّفُوا. (M.) A2: تألّفهُ He treated him with gentleness or blandishment, coaxed him, or wheedled him; (K;) behaved in a sociable, friendly, or familiar, manner with him; (TA;) attracted him, or allured him; and gave him a gift, or gifts; (T, K; *) in order to incline him to him: (K:) or he affected sociableness, friendliness, or familiarity, with him. (Mgh.) You say, تَأَلَّفْتُهُ عَلَى الإِسْلَامِ [I attracted him, or allured him; and gave him a gift, or gifts, in order to incline him; to embrace ElIslám]. (S.) 8 إِاْتَلَفَ see 5, in four places.

أَلْفٌ, meaning A certain number, (S, M, K,) well known, (M,) i. e. a certain round number, (Msb,) [namely a thousand,] is of the masc. gender: (T, S, Msb, K:) you say ثَلَاثَةُ آلَافٍ

[Three thousand], not ثَلَاثَ آلَافٍ; (TA;) and هٰذَا أَلْفٌ وَاحِدٌ [This is one thousand], not وَاحِدَةٌ; (S;) and أَلْفٌ أَقْرَعُ, [A complete thousand], (T, S,) not قَرْعَآءُ: (S:) it is not allowable to make it fem.: so say IAmb and others: (Msb:) or it is allowable to make it fem. as being a pl.: (T:) or, accord. to ISK, it is allowable to say, هٰذِهِ أَلْفٌ as meaning هٰذِهِ الدَّرَاهِمُ أَلْفٌ [These dirhems are a thousand]; (S, K; *) and Fr and Zj say the like: (Msb:) the pl. is آلُفٌ, applied to three, (M,) and آلَافٌ, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) applied to a number from three to ten, inclusively, (TA,) and أُلُوفٌ, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) used to denote more than ten; (T;) and الأَافُ [in the TA الأَلَفُ] is used by poetic licence for الآلَافُ, by suppression of the [radical] ل (M.) إِلْفٌ [originally an inf. n. of أَلِفَهُ, q. v.,] He with whom one is familiar, sociable, companionable, friendly, or amicable; he to whom one keeps or cleaves; [a constant companion or associate; a mate; a fellow; a yoke-fellow; one who is familiar, &c., with another or others; (see مُؤَلَّفٌ;)] (M;) i. q. ↓ أَلِيفٌ; (T, S, M, K;) which is an act. part. n. of أَلِفَهُ; (Msb;) as is also ↓ آلِفٌ; (Msb, K;) and ↓ أَلِفٌ also is syn. with أَلِيفٌ: (K:) the female is termed إِلْفَةٌ and إِلْفٌ; (M;) both of these signifying a woman with whom thou art familiar, &c., and who is familiar, &c., with thee: (K:) and the fem. of ↓ آلِفٌ is آلِفَةٌ: (K:) the pl. of إِلْفٌ is آلَافٌ; (T, M;) which is also pl. of ↓ أَلِفٌ: (TA:) and that of ↓ أَلِيفٌ is أَلَائِفُ (S, K, TA) and أُلَفَآءُ: (M, TA:) and that of ↓ آلِفٌ is أُلَّافٌ (T, S, Msb, K) and آلَافٌ, like as أَنْصَارٌ is pl. of نَاصِرٌ, (TA,) and so, (M, TA,) in my opinion, [says ISd,] (M,) is أُلُوفٌ, like as شُهُودٌ is pl. of شَاهِدٌ, (M, TA,) though some say that it is pl. of إِلْفٌ: (M:) and the pl. of ↓ آلِفَةٌ is أَوَالِفُ and آلِفَاتٌ. (K.) You say, فثلَانٌ إِلْفِى and ↓ أَلِيفِى

[Such a one is my constant companion or associate, &c.] (T.) And حَنَّتِ الإِلْفُ إِلَى إِلْفِ [The female mate yearned towards the mate]. (S.) And نَزَعَ البَعِيرُ إِلَى آلَافِهِ [The camel yearned towards his mates]. (T.) أُلَّافٌ, (T,) or آلَافٌ (TA,) is said by IAar to mean Persons who keep to the large towns, or cities. (T, TA.) أُلُوفٌ in the Kur ii. 244 is said by some to be pl. of إِلْفٌ or of ↓ آلِفٌ: but by others, to signify "thousands." (Bd, L, TA.) الطَّيْرِ ↓ أَوَالِفُ signifies The birds that keep to Mekkeh and the sacred territory: and الحَمَامِ ↓ أَوَالِفُ Domestic pigeons. (T.) أَلِفٌ: see إِلْفٌ, in two places. b2: As some say, (O,) it also signifies A man having no wife. (O, K.) A2: One of the letters of the alphabet; (M;) the first thereof; (K;) as also ↓ أَلِيفٌ: (M:) Ks says that, accord. to the usage of the Arabs, it is fem., and so are all the other letters of the alphabet; [and hence its pl. is أَلِفَاتٌ;] but it is allowable to make it masc.: Sb says that every one of them is masc. and fem., like as is لِسَانٌ. (M.) See art. ا. b2: (tropical:) A certain vein lying in the interior of the upper arm, [extending] to the fore arm: (K, TA:) so called as being likened to an ا: (TA:) the two are called الأَلِفَانِ. (K.) b3: (assumed tropical:) One of any kind of things: (K, TA:) as being likened to the ا; for it denotes the number one. (TA.) أُلْفَةٌ A state of keeping or cleaving [to a person or thing]: (M:) a state of union, alliance, agreement, congruity, or congregation; (Msb;) a subst. from الاِئْتِلَافُ: (Msb, K, TA:) and, as such, (TA,) signifying also familiarity, sociableness, socialness, companionableness, friendliness, fellowship, companionship, friendship, and amity. (Msb, TA. *) أَلْفِىٌّ Of, or relating to, or belonging to, the number termed أَلْفٌ [a thousand]. (TA.) قَامَةٌ أَلِفِيَّةٌ A stature resembling the letter alif. Often occurring in late works.]

إِلَافٌ an inf. n. of أَلِفَهُ: and used as a subst.: see 1. b2: بَرْقٌ إِلَافٌ Lightning of which the flashes are consecutive or continuous. (TA.) أَلُوفٌ Having much أُلْفَةٌ [meaning familiarity, sociableness, &c.]: pl. أُلُفٌ. (K.) أَلِيفٌ: see إِلْفٌ, in three places: A2: and see أَلِفٌ.

آلِفٌ and آلِفَةٌ; and أَوَالِفُ, the pl. of the latter: see إِلْفٌ, in seven places.

إِيْلَافٌ an inf. n.: and used as a subst.: see 1.

مَأْلَفٌ [An accustomed place;] a place to which a man keeps or cleaves; [which he frequents, or to which he habitually resorts;] with which he is familiar, or to which he is accustomed; (Msb;) a place with which men or camels [or birds and the like] are familiar, &c. (K, * TA.) b2: and hence, Leafy trees to which animals of the chase draw near. (Az, K.) مؤلفون, with fet-h, [i. e. مُؤْلَفُونَ or ↓ مُؤَلَّفُونَ,] Possessors of thousands; or men whose camels have become, to each, a thousand. (TA.) مُؤَلَّفٌ and ↓ مَأْلُوفٌ Kept to, or clove to; applied to a thing [and to a person; and meaning when applied to the latter, with whom one is familiar, sociable, &c.]. (T.) It is said in a trad., المُؤْمِنُ

↓ إِلْفٌ مَأْلُوفٌ [The believer is one who is familiar, or sociable, &c., with others, and with whom others are familiar, &c.]. (TA.) b2: المُؤَلَّفَةُ قُلُوبُهُمْ Those whose hearts are made to incline, or are conciliated, by beneficence and love or affection: (S, * Msb:) as used in the Kur [ix. 60], it is applied to certain chief persons of the Arabs, whom the Prophet was commanded to attract, or allure, and to present with gifts, (T, K,) from the poor-rates, (TA,) in order that they might make those after them desirous of becoming Muslims, (T, K,) and lest care for things which they deemed sacred, or inviolable, together with the weakness of their intentions, should induce them to combine in hostility with the unbelievers against the Muslims; for which purpose, he gave them, on the day of Honeyn, eighty [in the TA two hundred] camels: (T:) they were certain men of eminence, of the Arabs, to whom the Prophet used to give gifts from the poor-rates; to some of them, to prevent their acting injuriously; and to some, from a desire of their becoming Muslims, (Mgh, Msb,) and their followers also; (Msb;) and to some, in order that they might remain stedfast as Muslims, because of their having recently become such; but when Aboo-Bekr became appointed to the government, he forbade this practice. (Mgh, Msb.) A2: أَلْفٌ مُؤَلَّفَةٌ [These are a thousand] made complete. (S.) b2: See also مؤلفون.

مُؤَلِّفٌ A composer of a book or books; an author.]

مَأْلُوفٌ: see مُؤَلَّفٌ, in two places.