اكف
2 اكّف الإِكَافَ,
inf. n. تَأْكِيفٌ, He made the اكاف; (
K;) as also وكّفهُ,
inf. n. تَوْكِيفٌ; which latter,
accord. to
IF, is the original form. (
TA.)
b2: See also 4.
4 آكف الحِمَارَ, (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. إِيكَافٌ, (
K,) He bound, (
S,
K,
TA,) or put, (
Msb,
TA,) the إِكَاف upon the ass; (
S,
Msb,
K;) as also ↓ أكّفهُ; (
Sgh,
K;) and اوكفهُ; (
S,
Mgh,
K;) which is of the
dial. of the people of El-Hijáz; the first being of the
dial. of Benoo-Temeem: and in like manner, البَغْلَ the mule. (
Lh.) إِكَافٌ (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) and أُكَافٌ, (
K,) as also وِكَافٌ (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) and وُكَافٌ, (
K in art. وكف,) The بَرْذَعَة, [i. e. pad, or stuffed saddle, generally stuffed with straw,] (
K,) of the ass, (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K,) and also used for the mule, and for the camel; (
TA in art. وكف;) a saddle like the رَحْل and قَتَب: (
TA:) and a saddle of a horse made in the form of the ass's اكاف, having at its fore part [or pommel] a thing resembling a pomegranate: (
Mgh:) [see also قَتَبٌ:]
pl. [of pauc.] آكِفَةٌ (
TA) and [of mult.]
أُكُفٌ. (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
TA.) Yaakoob asserts that the ا in إِكَافٌ is a substitute for the و in وِكَافٌ. (
TA.) A rájiz says, إِنَّ لَنَا أَحْمِرَةً عِجَافَا
يَأْكُلْنَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِكَافَا meaning [Verily we have some lean asses] which eat every night the price of an اكاف. (
TA.) أَكَّافٌ The maker of the kind of saddle called إِكَاف. (
K.)
