Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُتَآزِفٌ

Root: ازف

Full Definition

مُتَآزِفٌ , of the measure مُتَفَاعِلٌ, applied to a man, Short; as being contracted in make; having his several parts near together. [In the CK it is written مُتَأزِّف, in this sense and others, following.]
2 A strait, or narrow, place.
3 A contracted stepping: you say, خَطْوٌ مُتَآزِفٌ: so in the O and L.
4 A man evil in disposition; narrow-minded: weak; cowardly.


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