خش

1 خَشَّ فِيهِ, (S, K,) aor. ـِ (JM,) [vulgarly, and irregularly, خَشُّ,] inf. n. خَشٌّ, (TA,) He (a man) entered into it; (S, K;) namely, a thing; (S;) as also ↓ انخشّ; (K, A, TA;) and ↓ خَشْخَشَ, (TA,) inf. n. خَشْخَشَةٌ; (K, TA;) and in like manner, into a collection of trees, and a company of people: (A, * TA:) or فِيهِ ↓ خَشْخَشَ, (IDrd,) and فيه ↓ تَخَشْخَشَ, (IDrd, K,) he entered into it, (namely, a thing, IDrd, or a collection of trees, K, and in like manner a company of men, TA,) so as to become hidden, or concealed: (IDrd, K:) and خَشَّ, he (a man) went, or went away, or advanced, [into a thing,] and penetrated. (TA.) A2: Hence, (TA,) خَشَّ البَعِيرَ (S, K,) aor. ـُ [agreeably with general rule in this case,] inf. n. خَشٌّ, (S,) He put into the camel's nose the thing termed خِشَاش; (S, K;) as also ↓ أَخَشَّ. (Zj, K.) b2: And hence the saying in a trad., خُشُّوا بَيْنَ كَلَامِكُمْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ, meaning, (assumed tropical:) Introduce ye, or insert ye, in your speech the words There is no deity but God. (TA.) And ↓ خَشْخَشَهُ likewise signifies He introduced, or inserted, him or it. (TA.) b3: Also خَشَّهُ, aor. and inf. n. as above, He pierced him, or stabbed him. (TA.) 4 أَخْشَ3َ see خَشَّ البَعِيرَ.7 إِنْخَشَ3َ see خَشَّ فِيهِ.8 اختشّ مِنَ الأَرْضِ He ate of the خِشَاش of the earth. (TA.) R. Q. 1 خَشْخَشَ: see خَشَّ فِيهِ, in two places.

A2: خَشْخَشَهُ: see 1, last signification but one.

A3: Also He caused it to make a sound such as is described below, voce خَشْخَشَةٌ. (S, TA. *) See an ex. in the next paragraph. R. Q. 2 تَخَشْخَشَ: see خَشَّ فِيهِ.

A2: Also It made a sound (S, K) such as is described below, voce خَشْخَشَةٌ. (S.) 'Alkameh Ibn-'Abadeh says, تَخَشْخَشَ أَبْدَانُ الحَدِيدِ عَلَيْهِمُ يَبْسَ الحَصَادِ جَنُوبُ ↓ كَمَا خَشْخَشَتُ [The short coats of mail of iron rustled upon them, like as when a south wind has caused to rustle the dry reaped corn]. (S.) خَشٌّ: see مَخْشُوشٌ.

خَشَاشٌ: see خِشَاشٌ; for the former, in three places.

خُشَاشٌ: see خِشَاشٌ; for the former, in three places.

خِشَاشٌ The wooden thing that is inserted in the bone of the nose of the camel, (S, A, K,) to which the nose-rein is tied, in order that he may be quickly submissive: (TA:) the بُرَة is of brass, (S, TA,) or of silver; (TA;) and the خِزَامَة is of hair: (S:) or the thing that is put in the nose; and the برة is the thing that is put in the flesh: (Lh:) or what is in the bone, when it is wood, or a stick; and the عِرَان is what is in the flesh, above the nose: (As:) a wooden thing, or stick, that is put in the bone of the nose of the camel: (Msb:) n. un. with ة: (S, Msb:) pl. أَخِشَّةٌ. (A, Msb.) [Hence the saying,] جَعَلَ الخِشَاشَ فِى

أَنْفِهِ وَقَادَهُ إِلَى الطَّاعَةِ بِعُنْفِهِ (tropical:) [He put the خشاش in his nose, and drew him to obedience by his violence]. (A, TA.) [And hence, also,] it signifies غَضَبٌ, (IAar, K,) as used in the saying, حَرَّكَ خِشَاشَهُ, [lit., He put in motion his خِشَاش: meaning, (assumed tropical:) he roused, or excited, his anger; or] he made him angry. (IAar.) A2: الخِشَاشُ, and ↓ الخَشَاشُ, (S, K,) the latter form being sometimes used, (S,) which indicates that the former is the more chaste, but, accord. to MF, several authorities say the contrary, (TA,) and ↓ الخُشَاشُ, (K,) or الأَرْضِ ↓ خَشَاشُ, (A 'Obeyd, Msb,) and خِشَاشُ الأَرْضِ, (Msb,) The creeping things of the earth: n. un. with ة, which is syn. with الحَشَرَةُ and الهَامَّةُ: (Msb:) the حَشَرَات (A' Obeyd, S, K) of the earth, (A' Obeyd, K,) and its هَوَامّ, and [other] creeping things, (A 'Obeyd,) such as sparrows and the like: (A 'Obeyd, K: *) or خِشَاشُ الأَرْضِ, and الطَّيْرِ, signify the small ones of beasts or creeping things [of the earth], and of birds: (A:) IAar is related to have said that it is ↓ خِشْخَاشٌ, contr. to what is said by the lexicologists in general: and these things are said to have their appellation from their entering into the earth and concealing themselves; but this assertion is not valid: (ISd:) in a trad., for من خشاش الارض, one relation substitutes ↓ مِنْ خَشِيشِهَا, which has the same meaning: and some say that it is ↓ خُشَيْش, a contracted dim. of خشاش; or ↓ خُشَيِّش, without contraction: (TA:) and ↓ الخَشَاشُ signifies the bad [meaning ignoble] kinds of birds; this being with fet-h only: (As:) or birds that do not prey: (IAar, TA voce عُقَابٌ:) خِشَاشٌ, with kesr, also signifies the serpent of the mountain; which does not suffer one to survive; and the أَفْعَى is the serpent of the plain; (El-Fak'asee, K;) which like wise does not suffer one to survive: (K:) or a great and abominable ثُعْبَان: or a serpent like the أَرْقَم, but smaller: or a small, tawny serpent, smaller than the ارقم: (TA:) or a white serpent, which seldom hurts, between the حُفَّاث and the ارقم: (Aboo-Kheyreh:) or such as is light, or active, and small in the head, of serpents: explained also as signifying the serpent, without restriction: (TA:) and, (K,) or as some say, (TA,) such as has no power of defence, [مَا لَا دِفَاعَ لَهُ, as in the CK and a MS copy of the K, for which we find in some copies of the K, and in the TA, ما لا دِمَاغَ لَهُ such as has no brains, which is doubtless a mistake,] of beasts or creeping things of the earth, and of birds, (K,) such as the ostrich, and the [bustard called] حُبَارَى, and the كَرَوَان [or stonecurlew], and [the bird called] مُلَاعِبُ ظِلِّهِ, and the [harmless kinds of] serpent: (TA:) or what is small in the head, and slender, of beasts or creeping things: and the kite; and [the bird called] مُلَاعِبُ ظِلِّهِ: (Aboo-Muslim:) the pl. is خشّآء [app. خُشَّآءُ, originally خُشَشَآءُ, unless a mistake for أَخِشَّآءُ, originally أَخْشِشَآءُ]. (TA.) خَشِيشٌ, and خُشَيْشٌ, and خُشَيِّشٌ: see خِشَاشٌ.

خُشَّآءٌ The bone which is protuberant behind the ear, (S, Msb, K,) and which is thin, and bare of hair: (TA:) originally خُشَشَآءُ, (S, Msb, K,) of the measure فُعَلَآءُ; (S;) [but masc., and perfectly decl., as being quasi-coordinate to قُرْطَاسٌ, whereas the original is fem., and imperfectly decl.; (see قُوَبَآءُ;)] like قُوْبَآءٌ, which is originally قُوَبَآءُ; (S, Msb;) and these two words are the only instances of their kind: (ISk, Msb:) dual خُشَشَاوَان. (S, K.) خَشْخَشَةٌ The [clashing, clattering, chinking, jingling, rattling, or rustling,] sound of arms, or weapons, (S, A, * K,) and the like; (S;) as also شَخْشَخَةٌ, but this latter is a dial. var. of weak authority: (TA:) and of any dry or hard thing rubbing against another such thing: (K:) accord. to IDrd, such [sound or thing (for his words are ambiguous)] is termed ↓ خَشْخَاشٌ: (TA:) and the [rustling] sound of a new garment or piece of cloth, when it is put in motion; as also نَشْنَشَةٌ: (IAar:) and [a confused sound] such as is heard to proceed from the inside of an animal on its being hit by an arrow: (JK in art. خشف:) and a motion having a sound like the sound of arms, or weapons; (TA;) or an audible motion. (Mgh in art. خشف.) خَشْخَاشٌ A company: (ISd, TA:) or a numerous company of men: (Az, TA:) or a company (S, K) in, (K,) or having upon them, (S,) arms, or weapons, and coats of mail. (S, K.) A2: See also خَشْخَشَةٌ.

A3: Also A certain plant, (S, Msb,) well known; (S, Msb, K;) [namely, the poppy;] which is of several species; (K;) i. e., four; (TA;) يُسْتَانِىٌّ [or garden-poppy,] (K,) which is the white, and this is the most fit for eating, and the best thereof is the fresh and heavy; (TA;) and مَنْثُورٌ, (K,) which is the wild Egyptian; (TA;) and مُقَرَّنٌ, [app. the horned poppy,] (K,) the produce of which has an elongated extremity like the horn of the bull; (TA;) and زُبْدِىٌّ, [app. the spattling poppy,] (K,) which is known by the name of بلبس [a word which I have not been able to find elsewhere]: (TA:) every one of these is soporiferous, and produces torpidness, and cools: (K:) used as a suppository, it produces sleep: and the integument [of the capsule] has a stronger power of producing sleep than the seeds: (TA:) [or rather the seeds have no narcotic power:] from half a drachm of the integument, with cold water, as a draught, taken early in the morning, and the like at sleep, has a wonderful effect in stopping a looseness characterized by a mixture of humours and by blood, when accompanied by heat and inflammation: (K:) it is wonderful also that its solid part confines, and its juice relaxes: and when the root, or lower part, is taken with water, [and boiled] so that the water is reduced to half its quantity, it is beneficial as a remedy for diseases of the liver arising from thick humour: so says the author of the Minháj: (TA:) the n. un. is with ة: (Msb:) and the pl. is خَشَاخِشُ [app. a mistake for خَشَاخِيشُ]. (TA.) [See also أَفْيُونٌ.]

خِشْخَاشٌ: see خِشَاشٌ.

مَخْشُوشٌ A camel having a خِشَاش put in his nose; as also ↓ خَشٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)

خطو

1 خَطَا, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. ـْ (Msb,) inf. n. خَطْوٌ; (Msb, K;) and ↓ اختطى; (S, K;) said of a man (S, Msb, TA) [and of a beast]; both signify the same; (S, K;) He stepped, paced, or walked; (MA, KL;) i. q. مَشَى; (M, Msb, K;) as also اِخْتَاطَ, [which see in art. خيط,] formed by transposition. (K.) You say, خَطَوْتُ خَطْوَةً وَاحِدَةً [I stepped one step]. (JK.) [and وَسَّعَ الخَطْوَ He stepped wide.] See also the last sentence of the next paragraph.2 خطّى He made to pass over: so in the saying, خَطَّى اللّٰهُ نَوْءَهَا God made, or may God make, its (a land's) [rain-giving] star or asterism to pass it over, and not send rain upon it: (TA in art. خطأ:) but in this case the verb is, (Mgh in that art.,) or may be, (TA ibid.,) originally خَطَّطَ, the final ط being changed into ى. (Mgh and TA ibid. [See 2 in art. خطأ.]) Accord. to Fr, خَطَّى السَّهْمَ and خطأ are syn. [as meaning He made the arrow to pass over, or to miss, the mark]. (TA in art. خطأ.) One says also, in praying for a man, خُطِّىَ عَنْهُ السُّوْءُ [May evil be made to pass him; or] may evil be repelled from him: and one says also خُطِّىَ عَنْكَ May it be removed, or put away, from thee: (S, TA:) or خُطِّئَ عَنْكَ السُّوْءُ. (ISk, TA in art. خطأ.) A2: The vulgar say [to a she-ass and to a she-camel or other beast in a slippery or difficult place] خَطِّى, meaning اِمْشِى [for اِمْشِى رُوَيَدًا Step thou leisurely]: but the correct word is ↓ اُخْطُِى [imperative fem. of خَطَا]. (TA.) 4 اخطاهُ He (a man) made him (another man) to step, pace, or walk. (S, TA.) A2: أَخْطَيْتُ for أَخْطَأْتُ: see the latter.5 تَخَطَّيْتُهُ I stepped, or walked, over him, or it: (Msb:) or I passed over and beyond him, or it: (S:) or تخطّى النَّاسَ He went over the people, (رَكِبَهُمْ,) and passed beyond them; and so ↓ اِخْتَطَاهُمْ. (K.) One says, تَخَطَّيْتُ رِقَابَ النَّاسِ [I stepped over, walked over, passed over and beyond, or went over and passed beyond, the necks of the people]. (S, TA.) It is said in a trad. respecting Friday, [of one who came too late to the Friday-prayers, as is shown in the TA in art. انى,] رَأَى رَجُلًا يَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ He saw a man passing step by step [over the necks of the people who were already in their ranks in the mosque]. (TA. [See also Har p. 83.]) One says also, فُلَانٌ لَا يَتَخَطَّى عَنِ الطُّنُبِ [Such a one will not step over, or beyond, or from, the tent-rope], meaning, will not go far from the tent for the purpose of voiding his excrement, by reason of his foulness and vileness and uncleanness. (TA.) And تَخَطَّيْتُ كَذَا (S, TA) I passed over [to such a thing or place or person]: (TA:) one should not say تَخَطَّأْتُ [in this sense], with ء. (S, TA.) [Hence the following tropical phrases.] تخطّاهُ المَكْرُوهُ (tropical:) [What was disliked or hated, or evil, passed over him; not alighting upon him]. (TA.) and تَخَطَّيْتُ إِلَيْهِ بِالمَكْرُوهِ (tropical:) [I passed over others to him with that which was disliked or hated, or evil; i. q. تَجَاوَزْتُ]. (TA.) And تخطّى عَنِّى

بَصَرُكَ (assumed tropical:) [Thine eye, or thy sight, passed me over]. (Aboo-Turáb, TA in art. تيه.) b2: [Also (assumed tropical:) I overstepped it, or transgressed it; namely, a limit prescribed to me, &c.]8 إِخْتَطَوَ see 1: A2: and see also 5.

خَطْوَةٌ A step, or pace, as meaning a single act of stepping or pacing or walking: (JK, S, K, Msb:) pl. [of pauc.] خَطَوَاتٌ (S, Msb, K) and [of mult.] خِطَآءٌ. (S.) Imra-el-Keys says, لَهَا وَثَبَاتٌ كَوَثْبِ الشِّبَآءِ فَوَادٍ خِطَآءٌ وَوَادٍ مَطِرْ [She has bounds like the bounding of gazelles; and a valley is stepped over by her with leisurely steps, and a valley is trampled over by her rapidly as though it were rained upon]: (S:) i. e., one time she steps, and refrains from running; and one time she runs with a running resembling rain: but AO relates it otherwise, saying, فَوَادٍ

خَطِيطٌ [lit. and a valley is not rained upon]: and some substitute كَصَوْبِ الخَرِيفِ [like the pouring rain of the autumn]. (IB, TA.) [See also what next follows.]

خُطْوَةٌ A step, or pace, as meaning the space between the two feet [in walking or running]: pl. (of pauc., S) خُطْوَاتٌ (S, Msb, K) and خُطُوَاتٌ and خُطَوَاتٌ (S, Msb) and (of mult., S) خُطًى. (S, Msb, K.) One says, قَرَّبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكَ الخُطْوَةَ, meaning May God make short to thee the space, or distance. (TA.) And بَيْنَ القَوْلَيْنِ خُطٍى يَسِيرَةٌ (assumed tropical:) Between the two sayings is little difference. (TA.) لَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ, in the Kur [ii. 163 &c.], means [Follow not ye] the ways of the Devil: (TA:) or the footsteps of the Devil: (JK:) here some read خُطْوَات; and some, accord. to Lth, خُطُؤَات, which Az pronounces to have no meaning. (TA.) خَطِيَّةٌ for خَطِيْئَةٌ: see the latter, in art. خطأ.

[Freytag, evidently from his having found it incorrectly written for حَظِيَّةٌ, has assigned to it the meaning of “ amica,” and “ amata. ”]

نَاقَتُكَ هٰذِهِ مِنَ المُتَخَطِّيَاتِ الجيف [the last word being app. الجِيَفَ] is a saying mentioned by Az: (TA in the present art.:) or من المُتَخَطِّئَاتِ الجيف. (TA in art. خطأ, where see the explanation.)

زف

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

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

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

زِفَّانِىُّ: see the next preceding paragraph.

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

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

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

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