زَفْرَةٌ
Root: زفر
Full Definition
زَفْرَةٌ
A drawing-in of the breath to the utmost, by reason of distress: [or a drawing-back of the breath vehemently, so that the ribs become swollen out: ] or an emission of the breath after prolonging it; as also
زُفْرَةٌ and
مُزْدَفَرٌ and
مُزَفَّرٌ , or
, and
: [or an emission of the breath with a prolonged sound; i. e., a sigh, or a long or vehement sigh; or a groan: or an emission of the breath after filling the chest with it by reason of grief: ] pl. زَفَرَاتٌ, because it is a subst., not an epithet; but sometimes, by poetic license, زَفْرَاتٌ. El-Jaadee says,
2 Also, ↓ all the words above mentioned, [A man] breathing [in the manner above described]; syn. مُتَنَفِّسٌ; [unless this be a mistranscription for مُتَنَفِّسٌ meaning the place of breathing; as seems probable from the forms of more than one of these words, and from what follows, and also from an explanation of مُزْدَفَرٌ, below.]
3 Also زَفْرَةٌ and زُفْرَةٌ The middle of a thing, or of a horse: or the chest, or belly: pl. of the former, زَفَرَاتٌ. One says, إِنَّهُ لَعَظِيمُ Verily he is great in the middle: or in the chest, or belly.
4 One says also, of a camel, or other beast, مَا أَشَدَّ زَفْرَتَهُ, meaning How strong is the knitting together of his joints!
meaning As though he were sewed up after a drawing-in of the breath to the utmost, by reason of distress, so that he seemed to be constantly so drawing in his breath, on account of the largeness of his belly, [and did not become restored to slenderness nor lankness of the belly.] And another says,يَرْجِعْ عَلَى دِقَّةٍ وَلَاهَضَمِ خِيطَ عَلَىزَفْرَةٍ فَتَمَّ وَلَمْ
[And the soul finds rest from its drawing-in of the breath to the utmost, by reason of distress; or from its sighs, &c.].فَتَسْتَرِيحُ النَّفْسُ مِنْ زَفْرَاتِهَا
2 Also, ↓ all the words above mentioned, [A man] breathing [in the manner above described]; syn. مُتَنَفِّسٌ; [unless this be a mistranscription for مُتَنَفِّسٌ meaning the place of breathing; as seems probable from the forms of more than one of these words, and from what follows, and also from an explanation of مُزْدَفَرٌ, below.]
3 Also زَفْرَةٌ and زُفْرَةٌ The middle of a thing, or of a horse: or the chest, or belly: pl. of the former, زَفَرَاتٌ. One says, إِنَّهُ لَعَظِيمُ Verily he is great in the middle: or in the chest, or belly.
4 One says also, of a camel, or other beast, مَا أَشَدَّ زَفْرَتَهُ, meaning How strong is the knitting together of his joints!
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