دَافِعٌ

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دَافِعٌ [act. part. n. of 1]. It is said in the Kur [lii. 8], مَا لَهُ مِنْ دَافِعٍ There shall not be any repeller thereof. And in the same [lxx. 2], لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ There shall not be for it any repeller: or any defender.
2 Applied to a ewe or she-goat, or to a she-camel, as also دَافِعَةٌ and مِدْفَاعٌ , That infuses (تَدْفَعُ) the first milk into her udder [i. e. secretes it therein] a little before bringing forth; that infuses the milk into her udder when about to produce her young, by reason of its abundance: AO says that some make مُفْكِهٌ and دَافِعٌ to signify the same, [i. e., to signify as explained above, or nearly so,] saying, هِىَ دَافِعٌ بِوَلَدٍ; and if you will, you say, هِىَ دَافِعٌ, alone.

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