عَطَفَ

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عَطَفَI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عُطُوفٌ, or عَطْفٌ, He, or it, inclined; or bent: and also has the former meaning, as in the saying انعطف نَحْوَهُ i. e. he, or it, inclined towards him, or it; [or the latter meaning;] or it became inclined, or became bent, or both, as quasi-pass. of عَطَفَهُ; and تعطّف likewise has both of these meanings, as quasi-pass. of عطّفهُ, or [signifies it became much inclined and bent, for] عطّف is with teshdeed to denote muchness.
2 Hence, عَطَفَ عَلَيْهِ, [Present.T as above,] Verbal.Noun عَطْفٌ; and تعطّف عليه; [and عليه;] He was, or became, favourably inclined towards him; or affectionate, or kind, to him; he regarded him, or treated him, with mercy or pity or compassion; because in mercy, or pity, or compassion, is an inclining towards its object; i. q. أَشْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ; and وَصَلَهُ, and بَرَّهُ. And عَطَفَتْ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun عَطْفٌ, said of a she camel, She became favourably inclined, or compassionate, towards her young one, and yielded her milk; and تعطّفت عَلَيْهِ [signifies the same, or she was made to incline to him, or to affect him]. (M in art. رأم, &c)
3 عَطَفَ عَلَيْهِ also signifies He turned, or returned, against him: or he charged, or made an assault or attack, upon him, [in battle,] and turned, or returned, against him: or he returned against him with that which he disliked, or hated: and to him with that which he desired. (L, referring to a verse of Aboo-Wejzeh Es-Saadee cited in art. حين, q. v.)
4 And عَطَفَ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun عَطْفٌ, signifies also He turned away, or back.
5 And [hence,] عَطَفَ عَنْهُ signifies the contr. of عَطَفَ عَلَيْهِ in the first of the senses assigned to this latter above [i. e. it signifies He was, or became, averse from him; or disaffected, or unkind, to him; or unmerciful, unpitying, or uncompassionate, to him].
6 عُطُوفٌ and عَطْفٌ [as intrans. inf. ns.] also signify A sheep's, or goat's, bending the neck, not by reason of an ailment.
7 And عَطْفٌ [app. likewise as an intrans. Verbal.Noun] also signifies The folding of the extremities of the skirt, of the facing, or outer side, upon, or against, the lining, or inner side.

def.2 عَطَفَهُ, [Present.T as above,] Verbal.Noun عَطْفٌ, He inclined it; namely, a thing; as also استعطفهُ : or he bent it, or doubled it, or folded it: or it signifies also he bent it: and عطّفهُ likewise, Verbal.Noun تَعْطِيفٌ, has both of these meanings: or this latter verb is with teshdeed to denote muchness [of the action], or multiplicity [of the objects]: you say, عَطَفْتُ العُودَ I bent [or inclined] the stick, or piece of wood: and العِيدَانَ [I bent, or inclined, the sticks, or pieces of wood]: and زَأْسَ الخَشَبَةِ [I bent, or inclined, much, the head of the piece of wood]. One says of a she-gazelle, تَعْطِفُ جِيدَهَا إِذَا رَبَضَتْ [She inclines, or bends, her neck when she lies down on her breast]. And one says, عَطَفَ رَأْسَ بَعِيرِهِ إِلَيْهِ He inclined, or bent, or turned aside, the head of his camel towards him; Verbal.Noun عَطْفٌ: and نَاقَتَهُ He turned aside his she-camel (عَطَفَهَا) by pulling her nose-rein in order that she should incline her head. And عَطَفَ الوِسَادَةَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above; and ; He bent, or doubled, or folded, the pillow, or cushion, when leaning with his elbow upon it.
2 And [hence] one says, عَطَفَ ٱللّٰهُ بِقَلْبِ السُّلْطَانِ عَلى رِعَيَّتهِ God made the heart of the Sultán, or ruling power, to be favourably inclined towards his subjects; to regard them, or treat them, with mercy. And عَطَفَتْكَ عَلَيْهِمُ الرَّحِمُ [The feeling of relationship, or consanguinity, or the sympathy of blood, caused, or hath caused, thee to be favourably inclined towards them; &c.]. And عَطَفَ النَّاقَةَ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا [He made the she-camel to incline to, or affect, her young one]. (M in art. رأم; &c.: see also لِقَاحٌ مُعَطَّفَةٌ in this art.) And تُعْطَفُ عَلَى البَوِّ [She is made to incline to, or affect, the stuffed skin of a young unweaned camel in order that she may yield her milk, when her young one has died]. (S, O, [See عَطُوفٌ.])
3 And عَطَفْتُهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ I turned him away, or back, from his object of want.
4 And عَطْفُ المُدْمَجِ i. e. القِدْحِ means The turning round about, or shuffling, of the gaming-arrow. (S voce مُدْمَجٌ: see a verse there cited.)

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