زَفْزَفَ

Root: زف

Form: R. Q. 1

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زَفْزَفَ

R. Q. 1 [Verbal.Noun زَفْزَفَةٌ,] said of a man, He walked in a comely manner.
2 زَفْزَفَةٌ also signifies The running vehemently.
3 And A certain manner, or rate, of going, of camels, said to be beyond, or above, what is termed الخَبَبُ.
4 Said of a bird: see 1, latter part.
5 And زَفْزَفَت said of the wind: see, again, 1, latter part. The Verbal.Noun signifies The wind's putting in motion the dry herbage, and making a sound therein: you say, of the dry herbage, زَفْزَفَتْهُ الرِّيحُ [The wind put it in motion, &c.].
6 The Verbal.Noun signifies also The noising, or noise-making, of a procession, or company of men riding or walking along.
7 And The sounding of an arrow when it is twirled round upon the nail [of the left thumb: see دَرَّ السَّهْمُ, in art. در].
8 It is related in a trad., that the Prophet said to a woman, مَا لَكِ تُزَفْزَفِينَ, (O, K, TA, in some copies of the K تُزَفْزِفِينَ,) with damm to the first letter; to which she replied “ The fever, may God not bless it; ” and he said “ Revile not thou the fever, for it does away with the sins of the sons of Adam like as the blacksmith's skin with which he blows his fire does away with the dross of the iron: ” the meaning is, [What aileth thee] that thou art made to tremble, or quake? (تُرْعَدِينَ: O, K, TA: in some copies of the K تُرْعِدِينَ:) [see also مَزْفُوفٌ:] or it is with fet-h to the ت, i. e. تَزَفْزَفِينَ [for تَتَزَفْزَفينَ, from ], meaning, that thou tremblest, or quakest? or it is with kesr to the [latter] ز, [تُزَفْزِفِينَ,] meaning, that thou moanest, as does he who is sick: or, as some relate it, it is with ر [in the place of the ز, i. e. تُزَفْرِفِينَ, having the second of the meanings expl. above in this sentence, or nearly so].

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