Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جَاعِفٌ

Root: جعف

Full Definition

جَاعِفٌ , applied to a torrent, i. q. جُحَافٌ [That carries away everything]; as also جُعَافٌ : and that overturns everything upon which it comes.


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