عَوْفٌ
Root: عوف
Full Definition
2 Also Fortune; syn. جَدٌّ and حَظٌّ. And so, accord. to some, in the saying, نَعِمَ عَوْفُكَ [i. e. May thy fortune be good].
3 And i. q. طَائِرٌ [as meaning An omen]. And thus it is said to signify in the form of prayer above mentioned: [for,] as some say, the meaning is, نَعِمَ طَيْرُكَ [May thy omen be good].
4 And The ذَكَر. One says to a man on the morning after his first going in to his wife, نَعِمَ عَوْفُكَ, meaning thereby the ذَكَر [i. e. May thy ذكر be in a good state]. A'Obeyd says, Some men used to explain (يَتَأَوَّلُ [for which يَتَنَاوَلُ is erroneously put in the O]) العَوْف as the فَرْج [meaning the ذَكَر], and I mentioned it to AA, and he disapproved it: but a verse has been cited in which عَوْفِى [certainly] means ذَكَرِى.
5 And A guest. And thus it has been expl. as used in the saying, نَعِمَ عَوْفُكَ.
6 And The cock.
7 And The lion: because he seeks his prey ( ) by night.
8 And The wolf.
9 And One who toils, or seeks the means of subsistence, for his household, or family.
10 And A certain idol.
11 And A species of trees; or a species of plants, of the plants of the desert, of sweet odour.
12 أُمُّ عَوْفٍ The جَرَادَة, [i. e.] the female of the جَرَاد [or locust]. And أَبُو عَوْفٍ The جَرَاد [meaning the male locust].
def.2 Also (i. e. عَوْفٌ) a good manner of tending or pasturing [cattle]: [or rather, simply,] the tending or pasturing [cattle]: so in the saying, إِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ العَوْفِ فِى إِبِلِهِ [Verily he is one who has a good quality of tending, or pasturing, in respect of his camels].
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