جُفٌّ
Root: جف
Full Definition
جُفٌّ
The spathe of the palm-tree; the envelope of the
طَلْع; as also جُبٌّ; or [in other words] the قِيقَآء
of the
طلع; i. e., the envelope that is with the
وَلِيع: or, as some say, the envelope of the
طلع
when it has become dry: pl. جُفُوفٌ. [See جُبٌّ.]
2 A receptacle such as is termed وِعَآء that is not to be tied round at its mouth.
3 An old, worn-out water-skin or milk-skin, of which half is cut off and made into a bucket: and sometimes it is made of the lower part of a palm-tree hollowed out: or a thing that is hollowed out in (فِى [probably a mistranscription for مِن, i. e. of]) the trunks of palm-trees: or a worn-out milk-skin or butter-skin: or a water-skin, or milk-skin, of which part is cut off at the fore legs, and in which the beverage called نَبِيذ is prepared: or the lower half of a water-skin or milk-skin, made into a bucket: or a thing of camel's skin, like a vessel, or like a bucket, in which the rainwater is taken, holding half the quantity of a water-skin or the like.
4 An old man; as being likened to an old, worn-out water-skin or milk-skin: mentioned in the L from ElHejeree, and by Sgh from Ibn-'Abbád.
5 Anything hollow, such as has something within it, like the nut, and the مَغْدَة [or fruit of the تَنْضُب, &c.: in the CK, the مَعِدَة].
6 The body, or substance, (شَخْص,) of a thing.
7 An obstruction that one sees between him and the kibleh.
def.2 هُوَ جُفُّ مَالٍ He is a good manager of cattle, acquainted with the art of pasturing them, and of collecting them at their proper time in the place of pasture.
def.3 See also what next follows.
2 A receptacle such as is termed وِعَآء that is not to be tied round at its mouth.
3 An old, worn-out water-skin or milk-skin, of which half is cut off and made into a bucket: and sometimes it is made of the lower part of a palm-tree hollowed out: or a thing that is hollowed out in (فِى [probably a mistranscription for مِن, i. e. of]) the trunks of palm-trees: or a worn-out milk-skin or butter-skin: or a water-skin, or milk-skin, of which part is cut off at the fore legs, and in which the beverage called نَبِيذ is prepared: or the lower half of a water-skin or milk-skin, made into a bucket: or a thing of camel's skin, like a vessel, or like a bucket, in which the rainwater is taken, holding half the quantity of a water-skin or the like.
4 An old man; as being likened to an old, worn-out water-skin or milk-skin: mentioned in the L from ElHejeree, and by Sgh from Ibn-'Abbád.
5 Anything hollow, such as has something within it, like the nut, and the مَغْدَة [or fruit of the تَنْضُب, &c.: in the CK, the مَعِدَة].
6 The body, or substance, (شَخْص,) of a thing.
7 An obstruction that one sees between him and the kibleh.
def.2 هُوَ جُفُّ مَالٍ He is a good manager of cattle, acquainted with the art of pasturing them, and of collecting them at their proper time in the place of pasture.
def.3 See also what next follows.
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