دُفْعَةٌ
Root: دفع
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دُفْعَةٌ
A quantity that pours forth, or out, at once, from a skin, or vessel: a quantity poured forth, or out, at once, [or with vehemence, being] syn. with دُفْقَةٌ. (IF, S, Msb, K, [in the CK with ع in the place of the ق,]) of rain, [i. e. a shower, fall, or storm, as meaning the quantity that falls without intermission,] and [a gush] of blood, &c.: it is also [used as signifying the tide] of a valley, (K in art. طحم,) and [the tide, or rush,] of a torrent, and [the rush, or irruption,] of a troop of horses or horsemen, (S and K in art. دلق, &c.,) and [the irruption, or invasion,] of night: (S and K in art. طحم:) pl. دُفَعٌ and دُفَعَاتٌ and دُفُعَاتٌ and دُفْعَاتٌ. You say, بَقِىَفِى الإِنَآءِ دُفْعَةٌ
There remained in the vessel as much as one pours out at once.
2 Also A part, or portion, that is given, of property. (S in art. زعب.)
2 Also A part, or portion, that is given, of property. (S in art. زعب.)
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