ظفّر

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ظفّرII , Verbal.Noun تَظْفِيرٌ, He inserted his nail into it; namely, an apple, and the like, a cucumber, and a melon: and [in like manner] , of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ, he stuck, or fixed, his nail [into a thing]; and so اِطَّفَرَ, with the unpointed ط. You say, ظفّر فُلَانٌ فِى وَجْهِ فُلَانٍ Such a one stuck his nail into the flesh of the face of such a one, and wounded it. And نَيَّبَ فِى لَحْمِهِ وَظَفَّرَ He stuck his dog-tooth and his nail into his flesh, and wounded it. And ظفّر فُلَانٌ فِى كَذَا وَنَيَّبَ Such a one clung to, caught to, or took fast hold upon, such a thing. (A in art. نيب.) Also ظفّرهُ; and ظَفَرَهُ , Present.T ـِ; and , in the K erroneously written أَظْفَرَهُ; He stuck his nail into his face; and so اِطَّفَرَهُ, with ط. And ظفّرهُ [He clawed it;] he stuck his nail into it, and broke it, or made a mark [or scratch] upon it. And الصَّقْرُ الطَّائِرَ The hawk seized the bird with his talons.
2 ظفّر said of بَقْل [or herbs, or leguminous plants,] They put forth what resembled the أَظْفَار [or talons] of the bird. And said of the عَرْفَج, and of the أَرْطَى, It put forth what resembled أَظْفَار, when it put forth its [leaves termed] خُوص. And said of the نَصِىّ, and of the وَشِيج, and of the بَرْدِىّ, and of the ثُمَام, and of the صِلِّيَان, and of the غَرَز, and of هَدَب, It, or they, put forth yellow shoots, resembling the ظُفُر [or talon], which are the خُوص thereof, that come forth therefrom having a dustcoloured flower. [Or,] said of a plant, Verbal.Noun as above, It came forth; from الأَظْفَار: or it came forth of the measure of the ظُفْر [or nail]. And ظفّرت الأَرْضُ The land put forth plants, or herbage, that might be uprooted (يُمْكِنُ ٱحْتِفَاؤُهُ, so in the M, in the K ٱحْتِفَارُهُ,) with the nail, or with the fingers.
3 ظفّر ثَوْبَهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, He perfumed his garment with what is termed ظُفْر: or ظفّر ثَوْبَهُ بِالأَظْفَارِ he perfumed his garment with what are termed أَظْفَار.
4 And ظفّر الجِلْدَ, or ظَفَّرْتُ الجِلْدَ, He, or I, rubbed the skin in order that its أَظْفَار which means its creased parts might become smooth.

def.2 ظفّرهُ also signifies, and so , [He caused him to attain, get, get possession of, or acquire, what he desired, or sought: he caused him to succeed, or to be successful: and] He caused him to be victorious, to gain the victory, or to overcome. You say, ظفّرهُ بِهِ and عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun as above; and به and عليه; He caused him to gain the victory over him, or to overcome him, namely, his enemy.
2 And ظفّرهُ عَلَيْهِ He declared him to have overcome him: said of one who has been asked which of two persons had overcome.
3 And ظفّرهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, He prayed for him that he might attain what he desired, or sought; or that he might be successful, or victorious.

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