دَافِعَةٌ
Root: دفع
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دَافِعَةٌ
[fem. of دَافِعٌ, q. v.: and, used as a subst.,] The lower, or lowest, part of any [water-course such as is called] مَيْثَآء: pl. دَوَافِعُ: this latter signifying the lower, or lowest, parts of the
مِيث, [pl. of ميثاء,] where they pour into the valleys, or where the valleys pour thereinto: or the pl. signifies the parts in which the water pours to the
ميث; while the
ميث
pour into the main valley: or the دافعة is a [water-course such as is called] تَلْعَة
which pours into another
تلعة, when it runs down a descending ground, or declivity, from elevated, or rugged and elevated, ground, and you see it going to and fro in places, having spread somewhat, and become round; then it pours into another, lower than it: every one such is thus called; and the pl. is as above.
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