عَاطِفٌ
Root: عطف
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عَاطِفٌ
A she-gazelle (ظَبْيَةٌ) inclining, or bending, her neck when she lies down on her breast. And عَاطِفَةٌ A sheep or goat (شَاة) bending its neck, not by reason of an ailment.
2 See also عَطُوفٌ, latter half.
3 And see the explanations of the verse of Aboo-Wejzeh Es-Saadee cited in art. حين.
4 العَاطِفُ is applied to The sixth [in arriving at the goal] of the horses that are started together for a race; related as on the authority of El-Muärrij; but Az did not find that those who related this as from him were trustworthy persons, though he was himself trustworthy: or the fourth thereof.
5 See also عَطْفٌ.
2 See also عَطُوفٌ, latter half.
3 And see the explanations of the verse of Aboo-Wejzeh Es-Saadee cited in art. حين.
4 العَاطِفُ is applied to The sixth [in arriving at the goal] of the horses that are started together for a race; related as on the authority of El-Muärrij; but Az did not find that those who related this as from him were trustworthy persons, though he was himself trustworthy: or the fourth thereof.
5 See also عَطْفٌ.
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