عِفْرِيَةٌ
Root: عفر
Full Definition
def.2 The hair, and the feathers, of the back of the neck, of the lion, and of the cock, &c., which it turns back towards the top of its head when exasperated; as also عُفْرَةٌ and عِفْرَاتٌ , or عِفْرَاةٌ : and عُفْرَةٌ , the feathers around the neck of a cock and of a bustard (حُبَارَى) &c.: (S in art. برل:) or عِفْرِيَةٌ and عَفْرَى , or عَفْرًى, [whether without or with tenween is not shown, but I think it is more probably without,] of a cock, the feathers of the neck; as also عُفْرَةٌ : and of man, the hair of the back of the neck: or the hair of the part over the forehead: and of a beast, the hair of the fore-lock: or the hair of the back of the neck: and [of a man,] the hairs that grow in the middle of the head, that stand up on an occasion of fright; as also عِفْرَاتٌ and عُفَرْنِيَةٌ . You say جَآءَ فُلَانٌ نَافِشًا عِفْرِيَتَهُ, meaning Such a one came in a state of anger. And جَآءنَاشِرًا عِفْرِيَتَهُ, and , He came spreading his hair, by reason of covetousness, and inordinate desire.
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