زَحْفَةٌ
Root: زحف
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زَحْفَةٌ
[Verbal.Noun of un. of 1; A walk, &c.].
2 نَارُ الزَّحْفَتَيْنِ The fire of the شِيح and the أَلَآء; because it quickly blazes in them [and then subsides]; so that one walks, or creeps, from them [and back to them]: or the fire of the عَرْفَج; because it quickly takes effect upon it; so that when it blazes, those who warm themselves at it walk, or creep, from it; then it soon subsides, and they walk, or creep, back to it: and the like is said by IB; wherefore, he adds, it is called أَبُو سَرِيعٍ. It was said to a woman of the Arabs, “ Wherefore do we see you to be scant of flesh in the posteriors and thighs? ” and she answered, أَرْسَحَتْنَا نَارُ الزَّحْفَتَيْنِ [The fire of the شِيح and the أَلَآء, or of the عَرْفَج, has rendered us scant of flesh in the posteriors and thighs].
2 نَارُ الزَّحْفَتَيْنِ The fire of the شِيح and the أَلَآء; because it quickly blazes in them [and then subsides]; so that one walks, or creeps, from them [and back to them]: or the fire of the عَرْفَج; because it quickly takes effect upon it; so that when it blazes, those who warm themselves at it walk, or creep, from it; then it soon subsides, and they walk, or creep, back to it: and the like is said by IB; wherefore, he adds, it is called أَبُو سَرِيعٍ. It was said to a woman of the Arabs, “ Wherefore do we see you to be scant of flesh in the posteriors and thighs? ” and she answered, أَرْسَحَتْنَا نَارُ الزَّحْفَتَيْنِ [The fire of the شِيح and the أَلَآء, or of the عَرْفَج, has rendered us scant of flesh in the posteriors and thighs].
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