جَفَآءٌ
Root: جفو
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جَفَآءٌ
is in make; [signifying Thickness, grossness, coarseness, roughness, or rudeness:] and in nature, or disposition; signifying coarseness, roughness, or rudeness, in one's intercourse and dealings with others; unkindness, hardness, churlishness, incivility, or surliness; a predominant quality of the people of the desert; from جَفَا said of a garment, or piece of cloth; contr. of
بِرٌّ or of
صِلَةٌ; as also
جَفًا , accord. to Lth; but Az says that he knew not any one who allowed this latter: so, too, جِفْوَةٌ and
جَفْوَةٌ , in the sayings فِيهِ جِفْوَةٌ and جَفْوَةٌ [In him is coarseness, roughness, or rudeness, &c.] : and فُلَانٌ ظَاهِرُ الجِفْوَةِ
Such a one is a person in whom coarseness, roughness, or rudeness, &c., is apparent: but accord. to Lth, جفوة [whether جَفْوَةٌ or جَفْوَةٌ is not shown] denotes a more constant quality than جَفَآءٌ You
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