غَارِفَةٌ
Root: غرف
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غَارِفَةٌ
, applied to a she-camel, Swift; pl. غَوَارِفُ: and one says also
خَيْلٌ [Swift horses; app. likened, in respect of the action of their fore legs, to men lading out water with their hands; for it is added,] كَأَنَّهَا تَغْرِفُ الجَرْىَ: and مِغْرَفٌ فَارِسٌ [A swift horseman].
def.2 الغَارِفَة which is forbidden by the Prophet is a word of the measure فَاعِلَة in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَة, like رَاضِيَة in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ, and means What a woman cuts, and makes even, or uniform, fashioned in the manner of a طُرَّة [q. v., but for مُطَرَّرَةً, the reading of the K given in the TA, the CK and my MS. copy of the K have مُطَرَّزَة, and thus too has the O but without the teshdeed], upon the middle of her جَبِين [here meaning forehead]: thus says Az: or it is an Verbal.Noun, meaning الغَرْف, like اللَّاغِيَة and الرَّاغِيَة and الثَّاغِيَة; or, accord. to Az, it is a subst. similar to رَاغِيَة and لَاغِيَة; and the meaning is, the clipping of the front hair, fashioned in the manner of a طُرَّة (مُطَرَّرَةً), upon the جَبِين: or, accord. to El-Khattábee, the meaning is, the clipper of her front hair on the occasion of an affliction.
def.2 الغَارِفَة which is forbidden by the Prophet is a word of the measure فَاعِلَة in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَة, like رَاضِيَة in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ, and means What a woman cuts, and makes even, or uniform, fashioned in the manner of a طُرَّة [q. v., but for مُطَرَّرَةً, the reading of the K given in the TA, the CK and my MS. copy of the K have مُطَرَّزَة, and thus too has the O but without the teshdeed], upon the middle of her جَبِين [here meaning forehead]: thus says Az: or it is an Verbal.Noun, meaning الغَرْف, like اللَّاغِيَة and الرَّاغِيَة and الثَّاغِيَة; or, accord. to Az, it is a subst. similar to رَاغِيَة and لَاغِيَة; and the meaning is, the clipping of the front hair, fashioned in the manner of a طُرَّة (مُطَرَّرَةً), upon the جَبِين: or, accord. to El-Khattábee, the meaning is, the clipper of her front hair on the occasion of an affliction.
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