أَفْعًى
Root: فعو
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أَفْعًى
, of the fem. gender, but with tenween, because it is a subst., not an epithet; [said in the S and Msb to be like أَرْوًى; but this is a mistake, for اروى is without tenween;] or it is an epithet and a subst.; but mostly a subst.; [if used as an epithet, it is without tenween, written أَفْعَى, being also of the measure of a verb;] A certain serpent, of a malignant kind; [i. e. the viper;] also called
أُفْعُوٌّ , (K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, اُفْعُوان, which see in what follows,]) occurring in a trad., in which it is said that there is no harm in the killing of the أُفْعُوّ and the حُدُوّ by the مُحْرِم, the [final] alif being changed into و in both of these words in the dial. of El-Hijáz: it is spotted, black and white; slender in the neck; broad in the head; it is said that it will not quit its place; always coiling itself round; and neither antidote nor charm is of any avail against it: sometimes it has two horns [i. e. it sometimes signifies the cerastes, or horned viper]:
signifies the male: [see also خِشَاشٌ:] the pl. is أَفَاعٍ. (S, Msb, K. * [In the K, the pl. is written أَفَاعِى, which, when indeterminate, is wrong.])
2 [Hence,] by way of comparison [to vipers], الأَفَاعِى signifies
2 [Hence,] by way of comparison [to vipers], الأَفَاعِى signifies
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