ضَفَّهُ
Root: ضف
Form: 1
Full Definition
ضَفَّهُI
, Present.T
ضَفُفَ
Verbal.Noun ضَفٌّ, He collected it together.
2 And ضَفَّ, [app. for ضَفَّ أَصَابِعَهُ,] Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, said of one warming himself, He closed his fingers together and put them near to the fire.
3 And ضَفَّ النَّاقَةَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He milked the camel with the whole hand; because of the largeness of the dug; mentioned by Az, on the authority of Ks; a dial. var. of ضَبَّهَا: or, accord. to Fr, the doing thus is termed الضَّفُّ; but الضَّبُّ signifies “ the putting one's thumb upon the teat and then turning his fingers over the thumb and the teat together: ” or, as is said on other authority, الضَّفُّ signifies the clasping the two teats together with the hand when milking: [but this is also said to be the meaning of الضَّبُّ:] or, as Lh says, the grasping the teat with all one's fingers.
def.2 ضَفَّ القَوْمُ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ, or المَآءِ, [Present.T app.ضَفِفَ
or
ضَفَفَ
or both,] Verbal.Noun ضَفٌّ and ضَفَفٌ, [see the latter of these below,] The people, or party, pushed, pressed, crowded, or thronged, together upon the food, or the water. [See also what next follows.]
2 And ضَفَّ, [app. for ضَفَّ أَصَابِعَهُ,] Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, said of one warming himself, He closed his fingers together and put them near to the fire.
3 And ضَفَّ النَّاقَةَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He milked the camel with the whole hand; because of the largeness of the dug; mentioned by Az, on the authority of Ks; a dial. var. of ضَبَّهَا: or, accord. to Fr, the doing thus is termed الضَّفُّ; but الضَّبُّ signifies “ the putting one's thumb upon the teat and then turning his fingers over the thumb and the teat together: ” or, as is said on other authority, الضَّفُّ signifies the clasping the two teats together with the hand when milking: [but this is also said to be the meaning of الضَّبُّ:] or, as Lh says, the grasping the teat with all one's fingers.
def.2 ضَفَّ القَوْمُ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ, or المَآءِ, [Present.T app.
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