أَغْضَفُ
Root: غضف
Full Definition
أَغْضَفُ
, applied to a dog, Relaxed, or flabby, in the ear; pl. غُضْفٌ; occurring in a verse of Dhu-r-Rummeh, cited voce عَذَبٌ; and the fem. غَضْفَآءُ is applied [to a bitch, and] to an ear: or a dog having the upper part of his ear folded, or creased, backwards; and
غَاضِفٌ when it is forwards. And hence [the pl.] غُضْفٌ, as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant, is used as an appellation for Dogs of the chase.
2 Applied to a lion, Having the ear folded, or creased; denoting a quality that renders him more abominable: or relaxed, or pendulous, in the ears: or
3 Also Anything bending, folding, or creasing, and relaxed, flabby, or pendulous: fem. as above. And مُغْضِفٌ is like أَغْضَفُ,
4 And الأَغْضَفُ is one of the names of The lion
5 سَهْمٌ أَغْضَفُ An arrow of which the feathers are thick; contr. of أَصْمَعُ,
6 لَيْلٌ أَغْضَفُ A night that is dark and black; covering with its dark ness.
7 عَيْشٌ أَغْضَفُ A soft, or an easy, and plentiful, life; as also غَاضِفٌ like أَغْطَفُ. (S and O in art. غطف) And سَنَةٌ غَضْفَآءُ A fruitful, or plentiful, year.
2 Applied to a lion, Having the ear folded, or creased; denoting a quality that renders him more abominable: or relaxed, or pendulous, in the ears: or
3 Also Anything bending, folding, or creasing, and relaxed, flabby, or pendulous: fem. as above. And مُغْضِفٌ is like أَغْضَفُ,
4 And الأَغْضَفُ is one of the names of The lion
5 سَهْمٌ أَغْضَفُ An arrow of which the feathers are thick; contr. of أَصْمَعُ,
6 لَيْلٌ أَغْضَفُ A night that is dark and black; covering with its dark ness.
7 عَيْشٌ أَغْضَفُ A soft, or an easy, and plentiful, life; as also غَاضِفٌ like أَغْطَفُ. (S and O in art. غطف) And سَنَةٌ غَضْفَآءُ A fruitful, or plentiful, year.
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