ازف
1 أَزِفَ,
aor. ـَ
inf. n. أَزَفٌ (
S,
Msb,
K) and أُزُوفٌ, (
Msb,
K,) It (departure) was, or became, or drew, near: (
S,
Msb,
K:) and in like manner, a time. (
TA.) Hence, in the
Kur [liii. 58], أَزِفَتِ الآزِفَةُ The resurrection draweth near. (
S, (
Msb.)
b2: He (a man) hastened, or was quick: (
S,
K:) or he drew near, and hastened, or was quick. (
A,
TA.) 4 آزَفَنى He (a man,
TA) incited me, or urged me, to hasten, or be quick: (
K,
TA:) it is of the measure أَفْعَلَنِى. (
TA.) 5 تَأَزُّفٌ The stepping with contracted steps. (
K.) But see خَطْوٌ مُتَآزِفٌ, below. (
TA.) 6 تآزفوا They drew near together, one to another. (
IF,
K.) آزِفٌ, applied to a man, Hastening, or quick: (
S,
TA:) and endeavouring to hasten, or be quick. (
TA.) الآزِفَةُ The resurrection: so in the
Kur liii. 58, (
S,
Msb,) and xl. 18: (
Bd:) or in the latter place it means the near event, or case, of being on the brink of the fire [of Hell]: or, as some say, death. (
Bd.) مُتَآزِفٌ, of the measure مُتَفَاعِلٌ, applied to a man, (
TA,) Short; (
S,
A,
K;) as being contracted in make; (
A,
TA;) having his several parts near together. (
S,
K.) [In the
CK it is written مُتَأزِّف, in this sense and others, following.]
b2: A strait, or narrow, place. (
O,
L,
K.)
b3: A contracted stepping: you say, خَطْوٌ مُتَآزِفٌ: so in the O and
L. (
TA.)
b4: (
tropical:) A man (
Sgh,
TA) evil in disposition; narrow-minded: (
Sgh,
K,
TA:) weak; cowardly. (
TA.)
