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دَفَأٌ

Root: دفأ

Full Definition

دَفَأٌ : see دِفْءٌ.
2 Also i. q. جَنَأٌ [The having a bending forward of the upper part of the back over the breast: &c.: see جَنِئَ, of which جَنَأٌ is the Verbal.Noun]. (M: in some copies of the K جَنَأء; in others, and in the TA حَنَأء. [See أَدْفَأُ, below: and see دَفًا and أَدْفَى in art. دفو.])
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