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دَفَّةٌ

Root: دف

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دَفَّةٌ : see دَفٌّ, in three places.
2 [Hence,] دَفَّتَا السَّرْجِ [The two side-boards of the horse's saddle;] the two boards that lie against the two sides of the beast; or the two sides [or boards] of the horse's saddle, that embrace it between them: [see قَرَبُوسٌ:] and so دَفَّتَا الرَّحْلِ the two sides &c. of the camel's saddle. And in like manner, دَفإَتَا المُصْحَفِ The two sides [or boards] of the book; the two things that embrace the book between them; the two faces, that are on the two sides, of the book. One says, حَفِظَ مَا بَيْنَ الدَّفَّتَيْنِ [He retained in his memory, or got by heart, what is between the two boards, meaning the whole contents, of the book]. [دَفَّةٌ signifies also A board in a general sense; and so دَفٌّ . And hence, A rudder.] And دَفَّةُ الطَّبْلِ The thing [or piece of skin] that is upon the head of the drum: or دَفَّتَا الطَّبْلِ the two things, i. e. the two pieces of skin, that are upon the head [or rather upon the two extremities] of the [common cylindrical] drum. One says, ضَرَبَ دَفَّتِى الطَّبْلِ [He beat the two skins of the drum].
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