ذعف
1 ذَعَفَهُ, (
S,
K,)
aor. ـَ (
K,)
inf. n. ذَعْفٌ, (
TK,) He gave him to drink ذُعَاف [i. e. poison, or instantaneous poison]. (
S,
K.)
b2: [And He poisoned food: (see مَذْعُوفٌ:) for] ذَعْفٌ also signifies the infecting with poison. (
KL.)
A2: ذَعِفَ and ذَعَفَ,
aor. ـَ (
K,)
inf. n. ذَعَفَانٌ, (
K, *
TK,) He died: (
K:) [or he died quickly: like ذَأَفَ.]
4 اذعفهُ He, or it, slew him, or killed him, quickly. (
K.) 7 انذعف His breath became interrupted, or short, (اِنْبَهَرَ,) and his heart broke اِنْقَطَعَ فُؤَادُهُ [a phrase probably to be understood in a figurative sense; like انذأف]). (
K.) ذَعْفٌ: see ذُعَافٌ.
b2: حَيَّةٌ ذَعْفُ اللُّعَابِ A serpent that kills quickly. (
K.) ذَعَفَانٌ Death. (
K.) [See 1, last sentence.]
ذُعَافٌ Poison: (
S,
K:) or instantaneous poison; as also ↓ ذَعْفٌ: (
K:) or such poison is called سَمٌّ ذُعَافٌ: (
Mgh:)
pl. ذُعُفٌ. (
K.)
b2: مَوْتٌ ذُعَافٌ
i. q. ذُؤَافٌ; (
S,
K;) i. e. A quick death; that kills quickly; (
S;) and so ↓ مَوْتٌ مُذْعِفٌ. (
K.) مُذْعِفٌ: see what next precedes.
طَعَام مَذْعُوفٌ [Poisoned food; or] food in which is ذُعَاف. (
S,
K.) [This art. is wanting in the copies of the
TA known to me. Compare with it art. زعف.]
