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زَفَّ العَرُوسَ , (K,) or زَفَفْتُهَا, (S,) or زَفَّتْهَا النِّسَآءُ,
(Msb,) aor.
زَفُ3َ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. زَفٌّ (S, Msb, K)
and زِفَافٌ, (S, K,) or the latter is a simple subst.;
(Msb;) and ↓ ازفّها, (K,) or ازففتها, (S,) or ازفّتها
النسآء; (Msb;) and ↓ ازدفّها, (K,) or ازدففتها, (S,)
[or ازدفّتها النسآء;] إِلَى زَوْجِهَا; all signify the
same; (S, Msb, * K;) i. e. He, [or I,] or the
women, sent [or conducted] the bride [with festive
parade or pageantry, and generally with music,]
to her husband: (Msb, K:) accord. to Er-Rághib,
زفّ العروس is a metaphorical phrase, from زَفْزَفَةُ
النَّعَامِ; because she is conducted with joyous
alacrity. (TA.) ＝
1-A2- زَفَّ, aor.
زَفِ3َ , inf. n. زَفِيفٌ (S,
K) and زَفٌّ and زُفُوفٌ, (K,) or زَفِيفٌ is a simple
subst., (Msb,) said of an ostrich, (S, K,) and of a
camel, (S,) &c., (K,) He hastened, or was quick;
(S, K;) as also ↓ ازفّ: (IAar, K:) accord. to Lh,
said of a man and of others; and ↓ ازفّ, he says,
is the more unusual of the two: (TA:) or زَفَّ,
aor.
زَفِ3َ , is said, in this sense, of a man: and, accord. to the Mj, said of an ostrich, inf. n. زَفِيفٌ, it
means he hastened, or was quick, so that a [sound
such as is termed] زَفِيف was heard to be produced
by his wings: (Msb:) or زَفٌّ and ↓ إِزْفَافٌ are like
ذَمِيلٌ [which signifies the going a gentle pace;
or a pace above that which is termed العَنَقُ, and
above that which is termed التَّزَيُّدُ]: (K, * TA: [in
the CK, الزَّمِيل is put for الذَّمِيل:]) or the first
running of the ostrich: (K:) or زَفِيفٌ has this
last meaning: (TA:) or signifies the going quickly
and with short steps: (Lh, TA:) or the going
quickly, with short steps, and quietly. (TA.)
You say, زَفَّ القَوْمُ فِى مَشْيِهِمْ The people, or
party, hastened, or were quick, in their walking,
or marching, or going along: and hence, in the
Kur [xxxvii. 92], فَأَقْبلُوا إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ, (S,) i. e.
[And they advanced towards him] hastening, or
going quickly. (Fr, TA. [But there are other
readings, for which see Bd.]) [Hence also,] one
says زَفَّ رَأْلُهُ, meaning (tropical:) He was, or became, light
of intellect, lightwitted, or irresolute. (S, Z, TA.
[See also art. رأل]) ―
2-b2- زَفَّ, inf. n. زَفِيفٌ (O, K)
and زَفٌّ, (K,) said of a bird, (O, K,) in his flight,
(O,) He cast himself: ('Eyn, O, K:) or he spread
his wings: and so ↓ زَفْزَفَ [app. in either sense]:
(K:) and the latter, he moved [or flapped] his
wings in running. (TA.) ―
2-b3- زَفَّتِ الرِّيحُ, (S, K,)
aor.
زَفِ3َ , (S,) inf. n. زَفِيفٌ and زُفُوفٌ, (TA,) The
wind blew along, (S, K,) not violently: (S:) or
blew gently and continually: (TA:) and ↓ زَفْزَفَت
signifies the same: (K, TA:) or the latter, inf. n.
زَفْزَفَةٌ, signifies it blew violently: so in the T: or
it blew gently: (TA:) or زَفْزَفَةٌ signifies the moaning (حَنِين) of the wind, and its sounding among
the trees. (S.) ―
2-b4- زَفَّ, (O, K,) inf. n. زَفِيفٌ,
(TA,) said of lightning, It shone, or gleamed.
(O, K, TA.)