زَفَّI
, or زَفَفْتُهَا, or زَفَّتْهَا النِّسَآءُ, Present.TزَفُفَVerbal.Nounزَفٌّ and زِفَافٌ, or the latter is a simple subst.; and
, or ازففتها, or ازفّتهاالنسآء; and
, or ازدففتها, [or ازدفّتها النسآء;] إِلَى زَوْجِهَا; all signify the same; i. e. He, [or I,] or the women, sent [or conducted] the bride [with festive parade or pageantry, and generally with music,] to her husband: accord. to Er-Rághib, زفّ العروس is a metaphorical phrase, from زَفْزَفَةُالنَّعَامِ; because she is conducted with joyous alacrity.
def.2زَفَّ, Present.TزَفِفَVerbal.Nounزَفِيفٌ and زَفٌّ and زُفُوفٌ, or زَفِيفٌ is a simple subst., said of an ostrich, and of a camel, &c., He hastened, or was quick; as also
ازفّ: accord. to Lh, said of a man and of others; and
ازفّ, he says, is the more unusual of the two: or زَفَّ, Present.Tزَفِفَ
is said, in this sense, of a man: and, accord. to the Mj, said of an ostrich, Verbal.Nounزَفِيفٌ, it means he hastened, or was quick, so that a [sound such as is termed] زَفِيفwas heard to be produced by his wings: or زَفٌّ and
إِزْفَافٌ are likeذَمِيلٌ [which signifies the going a gentle pace; or a pace above that which is termedالعَنَقُ, and above that which is termedالتَّزَيُّدُ]: (K, * TA: [in the CK, الزَّمِيل is put for الذَّمِيل:]) or the first running of the ostrich: or زَفِيفٌ has this last meaning: or signifies the going quickly and with short steps: or the going quickly, with short steps, and quietly. You say, زَفَّ القَوْمُ فِى مَشْيِهِمْThe people, or party, hastened, or were quick, in their walking, or marching, or going along: and hence, in the Kur [xxxvii. 92], فَأَقْبلُوا إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ, i. e. [And they advanced towards him] hastening, or going quickly. [Hence also,] one says زَفَّ رَأْلُهُ, meaning He was, or became, light of intellect, lightwitted, or irresolute. (S, Z, TA. [See also art. رأل]) 2زَفَّ, Verbal.Nounزَفِيفٌ and زَفٌّ, said of a bird, in his flight, He cast himself: or he spread his wings: and so
زَفْزَفَ [app. in either sense]: and the latter, he moved [or flapped] his wings in running. 3زَفَّتِ الرِّيحُ, Present.TزَفِفَVerbal.Nounزَفِيفٌ and زُفُوفٌ, The wind blew along,not violently: or blew gently and continually: and
signifies the same: or the latter, Verbal.Nounزَفْزَفَةٌ, signifies it blew violently: so in the T: or it blew gently: or زَفْزَفَةٌ signifies the moaning (حَنِين) of the wind, and its sounding among the trees. 4زَفَّ, Verbal.Nounزَفِيفٌ, said of lightning, It shone, or gleamed.
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