عَدُوفٌ
Root: عدف
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عَدُوفٌ
Anything that is tasted: or the least of what is eaten and of what is drunk: pl. عُدْفٌ. One says, مَا ذُقْتُ عَدُوفًا, or ما دُقْنَا عَدُوفًا, i. e. [I, or we, have not tasted, or did not taste,] anything; as also
, and
, and
, and
. And بَاتَتِ الدَّابَّةُ عَلَى غَيْرِ عَدُوفٍ i. e. [The beast passed the night] without fodder, or provender. Of the dial. of Mudar: or pronounced by Rabee'ah with ذ; and by the rest of the Arabs with د.
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