عَجِفَ
Root: عجف
Form: 1
Full Definition
عَجِفَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun عَجَفٌ; and عَجُفَ; He, i. e. [a beast, or] a horse, or they, i. e. cattle, (مَال, Fr, S, O,) became lean, meagre, or emaciated; lost his, or their, fatness or plumpness: or became weak. [See also عَجَفٌ, below.]
def.2 عَجَفَهُ, or عَجَفَ الدَّابَّةَ, see 4.
2 عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَجْفٌ and عُجُوفٌ, He withheld himself from the food, though desiring it, preferring that one who was hungry should have it; or he left the food, though desiring it, in order that he who was eating with him might become satisfied in stomach; as also عجّف , Verbal.Noun تَعْجِيفٌ. And عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ [He restrained himself for such a one] means he chose that such a one should have the food in preference to himself. عُجُوفٌ also signifies The leaving, or relinquishing, food, with desire for it. And [hence, app.,] The withholding
3 And عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَجْفٌ, He constrained himself to be forbearing. You say, عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَجْفٌ [and app. عُجُوفٌ also], He bore, or endured, what proceeded from such a one, and did not punish him. And عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى المَرِيضِ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He constrained himself to exercise patience toward the sick man in tending him in his sickness; as also بِنَفْسِهِ عَلَيْهِ.
4 And عَجَفَ عَنْ فُلَانٍ [نَفْسَهُ being app. understood] He withdrew himself, or became aloof, from such a one.
def.2 عَجَفَهُ, or عَجَفَ الدَّابَّةَ, see 4.
2 عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَجْفٌ and عُجُوفٌ, He withheld himself from the food, though desiring it, preferring that one who was hungry should have it; or he left the food, though desiring it, in order that he who was eating with him might become satisfied in stomach; as also عجّف , Verbal.Noun تَعْجِيفٌ. And عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ [He restrained himself for such a one] means he chose that such a one should have the food in preference to himself. عُجُوفٌ also signifies The leaving, or relinquishing, food, with desire for it. And [hence, app.,] The withholding
3 And عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَجْفٌ, He constrained himself to be forbearing. You say, عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَجْفٌ [and app. عُجُوفٌ also], He bore, or endured, what proceeded from such a one, and did not punish him. And عَجَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى المَرِيضِ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He constrained himself to exercise patience toward the sick man in tending him in his sickness; as also بِنَفْسِهِ عَلَيْهِ.
4 And عَجَفَ عَنْ فُلَانٍ [نَفْسَهُ being app. understood] He withdrew himself, or became aloof, from such a one.
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