اغدفت
Root: غدف
Form: 4
Full Definition
اغدفتIV
She let down, or let fall, her [head-covering called] قناع
upon her face. 'Antarah says,
2 [Hence,] اغدف اللَّيْلُ
3 And الشَّبَكَةَ عَلَى الصَّيْدِ He let fall the net upon the object, or objects, to be captured. Hence, it is said in a trad., إِنَّ قَلْبَ المُؤْمِنِ أَشَدُّ ٱرْتِكَاضًا مِنَ الذَّنْبِ يُصِيبُهُ مِنَ العُصْفُورِ حِينَ يُغْدَفُ بِهِ i. e. [Verily the heart of the believer is more vehemently agitated in consequence of the offence that he purposes than the sparrow] when the net is made to cover it, whereupon it struggles to escape: or مِنَ الخَطِيْئَةِ [i. e. in consequence of the sin that he is tempted to commit]. (So in the O, instead of مِن الذنب يصيبه.)
4 اغدف بِهَا
5 اغدف said of the sea [app. from the same verb said of the night]
6 And
7 And, accord. to Lh, اغدف said of the circumciser of a boy means He cut off entirely the prepuce; like أَسْحَتَ; but ISd holds that the latter has this meaning, and the former means he left somewhat thereof: one says to the circumciser, لَا تُغْدِفْ وَلَا تُسْحِتْ, but this means Leave not thou much of the skin, nor cut off entirely.
i. e. If, O my beloved, thou let down before me the head-covering, meaning if thou veil thyself from me, I am expert in capturing the mail-clad horseman: then how should I lack power to capture thee?إِنْ تُغْدِفِى دُونِى القِنَاعَ فَإِنَّنِى طَبٌّ بِأَخْذِ الفَارِسِ المُسْتَلْئِمِ
2 [Hence,] اغدف اللَّيْلُ
3 And الشَّبَكَةَ عَلَى الصَّيْدِ He let fall the net upon the object, or objects, to be captured. Hence, it is said in a trad., إِنَّ قَلْبَ المُؤْمِنِ أَشَدُّ ٱرْتِكَاضًا مِنَ الذَّنْبِ يُصِيبُهُ مِنَ العُصْفُورِ حِينَ يُغْدَفُ بِهِ i. e. [Verily the heart of the believer is more vehemently agitated in consequence of the offence that he purposes than the sparrow] when the net is made to cover it, whereupon it struggles to escape: or مِنَ الخَطِيْئَةِ [i. e. in consequence of the sin that he is tempted to commit]. (So in the O, instead of مِن الذنب يصيبه.)
4 اغدف بِهَا
5 اغدف said of the sea [app. from the same verb said of the night]
6 And
7 And, accord. to Lh, اغدف said of the circumciser of a boy means He cut off entirely the prepuce; like أَسْحَتَ; but ISd holds that the latter has this meaning, and the former means he left somewhat thereof: one says to the circumciser, لَا تُغْدِفْ وَلَا تُسْحِتْ, but this means Leave not thou much of the skin, nor cut off entirely.
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