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تجافى

Root: جفو

Form: 6

Full Definition

تجافىVI : see 1, in three places. [Said of a person prostrating himself, or lying down, it means He drew up his body from that on which he rested. And تجافى عَنْهُ generally signifies He, or it, receded, withdrew, removed, or became remote or aloof or separated by some space or interval, from him, or it: and he drew away, shrank, or flinched, from him, or it.] It is said, of the difference between الذَّبْح and القَتْل, that the former is by cutting the external jugular veins; and the latter, بِإِيقَاعِ الفِعِلِ فِى المَحَلِّ مَعَ التَّجَافِى [By causing the act to take effect upon the place thereof while standing aloof]; meaning that the قَاتِل strikes from a distance, not knowing whether he will hit the place or not. And [hence] you say, تجافى لَهُ عَنْ حَقِّهِ [He relinquished, i. e.] he gave, to him, his right, or due. (TA in art. خمص.)
2 He inclined, or declined, or turned, from side to side: and from right to wrong. [See 6 in art. دفو.]


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