فيف
فَيْفٌ A place that is even, level, or flat: (
S,
O,
K:) or, (
K,)
accord. to
Lth, (
T,
O,) a waterless desert, (
T,
M,
O,
K,) such as is even, level, or flat, and wide, or spacious; (
T, O;) and ↓ فَيْفَاةٌ and ↓ فَيفَآءُ (
M,
K) and ↓ فَيْفَى (
K) also signify [thus, or] a waterless desert: (
M.
K:) and, (
K,)
accord. to El-Mu-arrij, (
T,
O,) فَيْفٌ signifies a portion of the earth that is a place whereof the winds are variable; (
T,
O,
K;) and this is the explanation that is preferred by
Sh: (
T:) and
accord. to
AA, it signifies [also] any road between two mountains: (
T,
TA:) its
pl. is أَفْيَافٌ [a
pl. of pauc.] and فُيُوفٌ [a
pl. of mult.]. (
T,
S,
M,
O,
K.) فَيْفَى: see the preceding paragraph.
فَيْفَاةٌ: see فَيْفٌ: and see also مُفَازَةٌ, in art. فوز.
فَيْفَآءُ is
syn. with فَيْفٌ,
q. v.: therefore its ا is augmentative, (
S,
M,)
accord. to
Sb (
M) and
Mbr: (
S:) and it signifies (
S,
M,
O,) also (
M) a smooth [desert such as is termed] صَحْرَآء: (
S,
M, O:) its
pl. is فَيَافٍ. (
S,
M,
O,
K. [In the
CK, this
pl. is written فِيافٌ, as though it were a
pl. of فَيْفٌ.])
