ذفر
1 ذَفِرَ,
aor. ـَ (
S,
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. ذَفَرٌ, (
Msb,) He, or it, had, or emitted, a pungent, or strong, odour, or smell; (
S,
Msb;;) or a very pungent, or very strong, odour, or smell; (
M,
K;) whether sweet or stinking: (
S,
M,
Msb:) or he had stinking arm-pits; or it (the arm-pit) stank. (
Lh,
M,
K.) [See also ذَفَرٌ, below.]
b2: ذَفِرَ النَّبْتُ The plants became abundant. (
AHn.
M.) 10 استذفر فِى الأَمْرِ (assumed
tropical:) He became very determined, and hardy, [as though he drew forth from himself a pungent odour by sweating,] to do the thing, or affair. (
M,
TA.)
A2: استذفرت said of a woman,
i. q. استثفرت [
q. v.]. (
TA.) ذَفَرٌ
inf. n. of 1. (
Msb.)
b2: Pungency, or strength, of odour; (
S,
A,
Mgh,
Msb;) or intense pungency or strength thereof; (
M,
K;) whether sweet or stinking; (
S,
M,
A,
Mgh, *
Msb;) as also ↓ ذَفَرَةٌ, (
K,
TA,) or ↓ ذُفْرَةٌ: (so in the
TT, as from the
M:) a
subst. to which it is prefixed, or an
epithet by which it is qualified, shows whether it mean sweet or foul: (
TA:) or any pungent, or strong, odour; whether sweet or stinking: (
T:) or stench of the arm-pit: (
Lh,
M,
K:) or it has this signification as well as the first: (
S,
M:) or stink, or stench, [absolutely,] (
IAar,
M,
K,) except when relating to musk; not used with reference to any other perfume, or sweet-smelling substance: (
IAar,
M:) but دَفَرٌ, with the unpointed د, signifies only “ stink, or stench. ” (
M.)
b3: The seminal fluid (مَآء) of a stallion. (
K.) ذَفِرٌ (
S,
M,
A,
Msb,
K) and ↓ أَذْفَرُ (
M,
K) Having, or emitting, a pungent, or strong, odour, or smell; (
S, *
Msb;) or having, or emitting, a very pungent, or very strong, odour, or smell; (
M,
K;) whether sweet or stinking: (
S,
M,
Msb:) or especially, (
Lh,
M,
K,) or also, (
S,
M,
A,) a man having stinking arm-pits, (
S,
M,
A,
K,) and a foul smell: (
S,
M, A:)
fem. of the former, ذَفِرَةٌ; and of the latter, ↓ ذَفْرَآءُ: (
M:) or ذَفِرَةٌ signifies a woman having a strong smell; whether sweet, like that of musk, or foul, like that of the arm-pits. (
Msb.) You say ↓ مِسْكٌ أَذْثَرُ, (
S,
A,
M,
K,) and ذَفِرٌ, (
M,
K,) Pungent, or strongscented, musk: (
S, A:) or musk of the utmost excellence. (
K.) And ↓ فَأْرَةٌ ذَفْرَآءُ [A pungent, or strong-scented, or] sweet-smelling [follicle, or vesicle, of musk]: Er-
Rá'ee says, speaking of camels that had pastured upon herbage and its flowers, and gone to water, and come back from it with their skins moist and diffusing a sweet smell, كُلَّ عَشَيَّةٍ ↓ لَهَا فَأْرَةٌ ذَفْرَآءُ كَمَا فَتَقَ الكَافُورَ بِالْمِسْكِ فَاتِقُةٌ
[They have an odour like that of a strong-scented vesicle of musk, every evening; as when one has imparted additional fragrance to camphire by mixing with it musk]. (
T,
M,
TA.) One says also رَوْضَةٌ ذَفِرَةٌ (
S, A) A sweet-smelling meadow. (
TA.) And ↓ إِبْطٌ ذَفْرَآءُ A stinking arm-pit. (
A.) And ↓ كَتِيبَةٌ ذَفْرَآءُ, (
S,
K,) or ذَفْرَآءُ الرَّائِحَةِ, (
A,) An army, or a collected portion thereof, or a troop of horse, having a foul smell from the rust of the arms or armour. (
S,
A,
K.)
b2: ذَفِرَةٌ A certain plant, (
K,) Which grows in the midst of herbage, little in quantity, of no account, growing in hard and level ground, upon a single root, having a yellow fruit, resembling the جَعْدَة in [the sweetness of] its odour. (
TA.)
b3: and ↓ ذَفْرَآءٌ A certain herb, or leguminous plant, (
K,) which remains green until the cold smites it: [a
coll. gen. n.; and with tenween; for] the
n. un. is ذَفْرَآءَةٌ: (
TA:) [but it is from ذَفْرَآءٌ,
fem. of أَذْفَرُ:] a certain herb, of foul odour, which camels &c. scarcely ever eat: (Yaakoob,
S:) or a certain tree, also called عِطْرُ لأَمَةِ: or,
accord. to
AHn, a species of [the trees called] حَمْض: or, as he says in another place, a certain green herb, which rises a span high, with round leaves, and with branches, having no flower; the odour of which is like that of a slight wind from the anus: it makes the breath of camels to stink; and they desire it eagerly: it is bitter; and grows in rugged places: and Abu-n-Nejm describes it as in meadows. (
TA.) [Ruta sylvestris. (Golius, from Er-
Rázee.)]
ذَفرَةٌ A single emission of pungent, or strong, odour. (
Msb.) ذُفْرَةٌ: see ذَفَرٌ.
ذَفَرَةٌ: see ذَفَرٌ.
ذِفْرَى, without tenween, (
S,
K,) because the alif [written ى] is the characteristic of the
fem. gender, (
S,) and sometimes, (
S,
K,) more rarely, (
Sb,) ذِفْرًى, with tenween, (
S,
K,) when indeterminate, (
S,) the alif in this case being considered as making the word
quasi-coordinate to دِرْهَمٌ (
S,
K,) The place that sweats, in the back of a camel's neck, behind the ear: (
Lth,
S:) or, in a man, (
M,) and in any animal, the part extending from the مَقَدّ [or part between the two ears, erroneously written in the
CK مُقَدَّم,] to the half of the قَذَال [or entire back of the head]: or the prominent bone behind the ear: (
M,
K:) or a bone in the upper part of a man's neck, on the right and left of the small hollow which is in the middle: (
Sh:) or the ذِفْرَيَانِ [which is the dual] are the two protuberances on the right and left of the small hollow in the middle of the back of the neck: (
M:) it is from ذَفَرُ العَرَقِ [“ the pungency of the odour of sweat ”], because it is the first part that sweats in a camel: (
S:)
pl. ذِفْرَيَاتٌ and ذَفَارَى, (
S,
K,) and some say ذَفَارٍ. (
S.) ذِفَرٌّ: see what next follows.
ذِفْرَى A camel large in the part called ة:
fem. with ة: (
Az,
S,
K:) or a great camel: (
AA:) or (so in the
TA; but in the
K, “and ”) hard, or firm, and strong: as also ↓ ذِفَرٌّ: (
K:) but the former (ذِفِرٌّ) is of higher authority: also applied to a camel;
fem. with ة: and in like manner to an ass: (
TA:) or (so in the
TA; but in the
K, “and ”) great in make: (
K:) also a young man tall, perfect [in make], and hardy, strong, or sturdy: (
S,
K:) and ذِفِرَّةٌ an excellent she-camel, (
K,) long-necked: (
TA:) and,
accord. to the
K, a bulky, or thick, ass: but this is at variance with what is found in other lexicons. (
TA.) أَذْفَرُ and ذَفْرَآءُ: see ذَفِرٌ, in eight places.
رَوْضَةٌ مَذْفُورَةٌ A meadow abounding with ذَفْرَآء. (
K.) [See ذَفِرٌ.]
