دَافِقٌ
Root: دفق
Full Definition
دَافِقٌ
[act. part. n. of دَفَقَهُ; Pouring forth or out, &c.]. دَافِقُ خَيْرٍ [May it be pouring forth good] is said in prognostication on the occasion of the pouring forth of the contents of such a thing as a mug.
2 مَآءٌ دَافِقٌ means مَدْفُوقٌ [i. e. Water poured forth or out, &c.]; because دَفَقَ is trans. [only] accord. to the generality of the leading lexicologists; like سِرٌّ كَاتِمْ meaning مَكْتُومٌ, and عَارِفٌ meaning مَعْرُوفٌ, and عَاصِمٌ meaning مَعْصُومٌ, after a manner obtaining among the people of El-Hijáz, who change the مَفْعُولٌ into فَاعِل when it is used as an epithet: or it means ذُو دَفْقٍ [having a pouring forth or out, &c.]; accord. to Kh and Sb and Zj; and in like manner they say that سِرٌّ كَاتِمٌ means ذُو كِتْمَانٍ: or, accord. to Lth, [i. e.] in the 'Eyn, it means water pouring forth, or out, at once: it occurs in the Kur lxxxvi. 6; where دَافِق is said by Kh and Sb to signify مُنْدَفِق [i. e. pouring forth or out]: and it [there] means the sperma genitale.
2 مَآءٌ دَافِقٌ means مَدْفُوقٌ [i. e. Water poured forth or out, &c.]; because دَفَقَ is trans. [only] accord. to the generality of the leading lexicologists; like سِرٌّ كَاتِمْ meaning مَكْتُومٌ, and عَارِفٌ meaning مَعْرُوفٌ, and عَاصِمٌ meaning مَعْصُومٌ, after a manner obtaining among the people of El-Hijáz, who change the مَفْعُولٌ into فَاعِل when it is used as an epithet: or it means ذُو دَفْقٍ [having a pouring forth or out, &c.]; accord. to Kh and Sb and Zj; and in like manner they say that سِرٌّ كَاتِمٌ means ذُو كِتْمَانٍ: or, accord. to Lth, [i. e.] in the 'Eyn, it means water pouring forth, or out, at once: it occurs in the Kur lxxxvi. 6; where دَافِق is said by Kh and Sb to signify مُنْدَفِق [i. e. pouring forth or out]: and it [there] means the sperma genitale.
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