غيف
1 غَافَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ, (
S,
O,
K,)
aor. ـِ (
O,
K,)
inf. n. غَيَفَانٌ; (
S,
O,
K;) and ↓ تغيّفت, (
S,
O,
K, *) in the copies of the
K erroneously تغيّف; (
TA;) as also ↓ أَغْيَفَت,
inf. n. إِغْيَافٌ; (
TA;) The tree inclined, (
S,) or had its branches inclining, (
O,
K,) to the right and left. (
S,
O,
K.) 2 غيّف, (
O,
K,)
inf. n. تَغْيِيفٌ, (
K,) He fled, or turned away and fled; and drew back, or drew back in fear; (
O,
K;) and was cowardly. (
K.) You say, حَمَلَ فُلَانٌ فِى الحَرْبِ فَغَيَّفَ i. e. [Such a one charged, in war, or battle, and] was cowardly; or retreated, and was cowardly. (
S.)
b2: See also 5.
4 أَغْيَفَ see 1.
A2: اغاف الشَّجَرَةَ, (
O,
K, *)
inf. n. إِغَافَةٌ, (
TA,) He made the tree to bend, or incline, (
O,
K, *
TA, *) by reason of softness, or tenderness. (
TA.) 5 تَغَيَّفَ see 1.
b2: تغيّف said of a horse, He inclined, or bent, (
S,
O,
K,
TA,) towards one side, (
S,
O,
TA,) in running. (
TA.) And He [
app. a man] walked with an elegant and a proud and selfconceited gait, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side, and in the manner of the tall: or he passed along easily and quickly: or,
accord. to
AHeyth, he affected an inclining of the body from side to side, by reason of width of step, and gentleness of pace:
accord. to El-Mufaddal, he was proud, or haughty, in his gait. (
TA.) The phrase مَرَّ البَعِيرُ يَتَغَيَّفُ, mentioned by
As, but not
expl. by him, is said by
Sh to mean [The camel passed along] going quickly. (
TA.)
b3: One says also, تغيّف عَنِ الأَمْرِ, meaning He refrained, or drew back, from the affair, in fear; as also ↓ غيّف; this latter mentioned by
Th. (
TA.)
b4: And تَغَيُّفٌ signifies also The being, or becoming, creased, or wrinkled: like تَغَضُّفٌ. (
TA in art. عضف.) غَافٌ A species of trees, (
AHn,
S,
O,
K,) growing in the sands, and becoming large, the leaves of which are smaller than those of the apple, which it resembles in character, or form, (
AHn,
O,) having a very sweet fruit, (
AHn,
O,
K,) of the kind termed عُلَّف, like the pods (قُرُون) of the bean, and its wood is white; so, says
AHn, I have been informed by some of the Arabs of 'Omán, which is the place of its origin:
n. un. with ة: (
O:)
accord. to some of the Arabs, the species of trees called يَنْبُوت, [see this word, of which one description agrees exactly with that given above,] (
O,
K, *
TA, *) which is found in 'Omán: (
TA:)
accord. to
Az, it is of the [trees called] عِضَاه, and is a tree like the قَرَظ [
q. v.], thorny, of the region of El-Hijáz, growing in the [high, or high and rugged, grounds called] قِفَاف [
pl. of قُفٌّ]. (
TA.) غَيْفٌ A flock of birds. (Ibn-'Abbád,
O,
K.) غَيْفَانٌ and ↓ غَيَّفَانٌ, (
O,
K,
TA,) the latter like هَيَّبَانٌ, (
K,
TA, in the
CK هَيِّبان,)
i. q. مَرَحٌ; (
O,
TA;) in the Tekmileh مَرِح, like كَتِف; and in the copies of the
K مَرْخ; but the first of these is the right; meaning [A proud and self-conceited carriage, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side,] in pace, or [manner of] going. (
TA.) غَيْفَانِىٌّ: see أَغْيَفُ.
غَيَّفَانٌ: see غَيْفَانٌ.
غَيَّافٌ One whose beard is long, (
O,
K,
TA,) and wide on every side, (
O,
TA,) and very large. (
K,
TA.) أَغْيَفُ Having a bending of the neck, (like أَغْيَدُ,) but without drowsiness. (
O,
K.)
b2: And, applied to trees (شَجَرٌ), quivering, or playing loosely, succulent, or sappy, soft, tender, or supple; as also ↓ غَيْفَانِىٌّ; and so غَيْفَآءُ [the
fem. of the former] applied to a tree (شَجَرَةٌ). (
TA.)
b3: And عَيْشٌ أَغْيَفُ A soft, or an easy, and a a plentiful, life; (Ibn-'Abbád,
O,
K;) like أَغْضَفُ. (Ibn-'Abbád, O.)
