تَغَيَّفَ
Root: غيف
Form: 5
Full Definition
تَغَيَّفَV
see 1.
2 تغيّف said of a horse, He inclined, or bent, towards one side, in running. And He [app. a man] walked with an elegant and a proud and selfconceited gait, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side, and in the manner of the tall: or he passed along easily and quickly: or, accord. to AHeyth, he affected an inclining of the body from side to side, by reason of width of step, and gentleness of pace: accord. to El-Mufaddal, he was proud, or haughty, in his gait. The phrase مَرَّ البَعِيرُ يَتَغَيَّفُ, mentioned by As, but not expl. by him, is said by Sh to mean [The camel passed along] going quickly.
3 One says also, تغيّف عَنِ الأَمْرِ, meaning He refrained, or drew back, from the affair, in fear; as also غيّف ; this latter mentioned by Th.
4 And تَغَيُّفٌ signifies also The being, or becoming, creased, or wrinkled: like تَغَضُّفٌ. (TA in art. عضف.)
2 تغيّف said of a horse, He inclined, or bent, towards one side, in running. And He [app. a man] walked with an elegant and a proud and selfconceited gait, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side, and in the manner of the tall: or he passed along easily and quickly: or, accord. to AHeyth, he affected an inclining of the body from side to side, by reason of width of step, and gentleness of pace: accord. to El-Mufaddal, he was proud, or haughty, in his gait. The phrase مَرَّ البَعِيرُ يَتَغَيَّفُ, mentioned by As, but not expl. by him, is said by Sh to mean [The camel passed along] going quickly.
3 One says also, تغيّف عَنِ الأَمْرِ, meaning He refrained, or drew back, from the affair, in fear; as also غيّف ; this latter mentioned by Th.
4 And تَغَيُّفٌ signifies also The being, or becoming, creased, or wrinkled: like تَغَضُّفٌ. (TA in art. عضف.)
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