مُعَطَّفَةٌ

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مُعَطَّفَةٌ , applied to bows (قِسِىٌّ), is with teshdeed to denote muchness or multiplicity; [so that it may signify either Much bent, or, as applied to a number of bows, simply bent: but it is said that] the meaning is, having one of the curved extremities bent towards the other; and so applied to a single bow (قَوْسٌ); as also عَطُوفٌ .
2 And in like manner applied to milch camels (لِقَاحٌ); [meaning Made to incline to, or affect, a young one: for] sometimes, or often, they made a number of she-camels to incline to, or affect, a single young one, ( عِدَّةَ ذَوْدٍ عَلَى فَصِيلٍ وَاحِدٍ,) and drew their milk while they were in the condition of doing thus, in order that they might yield it copiously.

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