زَائِفٌ
Root: زيف
Full Definition
زَائِفٌ
One who walks in the manner described in the first sentence of this art.; as also
زَيْفٌ , which is an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet: [and so
زَيَّافٌ , but properly in an intensive sense:] and
a she-camel proud and self-
def.2 Also, and زَيْفٌ , the latter an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet, or, accord. to IDrd, this is a vulgar term, or bad, applied to a dirhem, or piece of money, to gold and to silver, Bad: or such as are rejected, or returned, because of adulterating alloy therein: or, as some say, such as are less bad than what are termed بَهْرَج, being such as are rejected by [the officers of] the government-treasury; whereas the بهرج are such as are rejected by the merchants, or traders: the pl. is زِيَافٌ and أَزْيَافٌ, [the latter a pl. of pauc.,] or the pl. of زَيْفٌ is زُيُوفٌ, and the pl. of زَائِفٌ is زُيَّفٌ: accord. to some, the زُيُوف are such as are done over with a compound of quicksilver and sulphur. [It is implied in the Msb that زَيْفٌ is the more common term, though, as has been stated above, it is said by IDrd to be vulgar: and it is also applied to human beings: for ex.,] a poet says,
def.2 Also, and زَيْفٌ , the latter an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet, or, accord. to IDrd, this is a vulgar term, or bad, applied to a dirhem, or piece of money, to gold and to silver, Bad: or such as are rejected, or returned, because of adulterating alloy therein: or, as some say, such as are less bad than what are termed بَهْرَج, being such as are rejected by [the officers of] the government-treasury; whereas the بهرج are such as are rejected by the merchants, or traders: the pl. is زِيَافٌ and أَزْيَافٌ, [the latter a pl. of pauc.,] or the pl. of زَيْفٌ is زُيُوفٌ, and the pl. of زَائِفٌ is زُيَّفٌ: accord. to some, the زُيُوف are such as are done over with a compound of quicksilver and sulphur. [It is implied in the Msb that زَيْفٌ is the more common term, though, as has been stated above, it is said by IDrd to be vulgar: and it is also applied to human beings: for ex.,] a poet says,
[Thou seest the people to be likes when they alight together; but among the people are bad like the bad of dirhems.]تَرَى القَوْمَ أَشْبَاهًا إِذَا نَزَلُوامَعًا وَفِى القَوْمِ زَيْفٌ مِثْلُ زَيْفِ الدَّرَاهِمِ
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