عفج
1 عَفِجَ, [
aor. ـَ
inf. n. عَفَجٌ, He [a man, or a beast other than a ruminant,] was, or became, fat in his أَعْفَاج [
pl. of عَفَجٌ,
q. v.]. (
L.) عَفْجٌ and عِفْجٌ: see the next paragraph.
عَفَجٌ and ↓ عِفْجٌ and ↓ عَفِجٌ (
S,
O,
K) and ↓ عَفْجٌ (
L, and some copies of the
K) sings. of which the
pl. is أَعْفَاجٌ (
S,
O,
K) and عِفَجَةٌ: (
TA:) the أَعْفَاج are The أَمْعَآء [or intestines into which the food passes from the stomach]: (
TA, and
Ham p. 641:) or the lower أَمْعَآء: (
TA, and
Zj in his “ Khalk el-Insán: ”) or in human beings, and in solid-hoofed animals, and in beasts of prey, (
S,
O,) that [portion of the intestines] to which the food passes from the stomach; (
S,
O,
K;) which is like the [intestines called] مَصَارِين in camels and in cloven-hoofed animals, to which the stomach transmits what it has concocted,
lit. what it has tanned (مَا دَبَغَتْهُ:) (
S, O: in some copies of the former, ما دَفَعَتْهُ:) or the عفج is what is in the place of the كَرِش to that which has no كَرِش: or,
accord. to
Lth, it is, to any animal that does not ruminate, such of the أَمْعَآء [or lower intestines] of the belly as is like the مِمْرَغَة to the sheep or goat. (
TA.)
A2: عَفَجٌ is also the
inf. n. of عَفِجَ [
q. v.]. (
L.) عَفِجٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.
A2: Also A man [and
app. a solid-hoofed animal and a beast of prey] fat in his أَعْفَاج [
pl. of عَفَجٌ,
q. v.].
أَعْفَجُ Large in the أَعْفَاج. (
K,
TA.)