يَعْفُورٌ
Root: عفر
Full Definition
يَعْفُورٌ
The dust-coloured gazelle: or the gazelle, as a general term: as also يُعْفُورٌ: and the [young gazelle such as is called] خِشْف: or the buck-gazelle: and the young one of the wild cow: n. un. with ة: pl. يَعَافِيرُ.
2 Also A light, or an active, ass.
3 And it is said to mean The form of a man, seen from a distance, resembling a
يَعْفُور [in one of the senses expl. above].
def.2 And One of the divisions of the night, which are five, called سُدْفَةٌ and سُتْفَةٌ and هَجْمَةٌ and يَعْفُورٌ and خُدْرَةٌ.
2 Also A light, or an active, ass.
3 And it is said to mean
def.2 And One of the divisions of the night, which are five, called سُدْفَةٌ and سُتْفَةٌ and هَجْمَةٌ and يَعْفُورٌ and خُدْرَةٌ.