[1]
عَطَفَ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) aor.
عَطِفَ , (O,
K,) inf. n.
عُطُوفٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) or
عَطْفٌ, (O,
TA,)
He, or
it, (a man, S, O, or a thing, Msb,)
inclined; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) or
bent: (MF,
TA:) and ↓
انعطف also has the former meaning,
(Mgh, Msb, * TA,) as in the saying
انعطف نَحْوَهُ
i. e.
he, or
it, inclined towards him, or
it; (TA;)
[or the latter meaning;] or
it became inclined,
(Msb,) or
became bent, (S, * O, Msb, K,) or
both,
(TA,) as quasi-pass. of
عَطَفَهُ; (S, O, Msb, TA;)
and ↓
تعطّف likewise has both of these meanings,
as quasi-pass. of
عطّفهُ, or [signifies
it became
much inclined and
bent, for]
عطّف is with teshdeed
to denote muchness. (TA.) ―
2-b2- Hence, (MF,
TA,)
عَطَفَ عَلَيْهِ, (S, Mgh, MA, O, K,) [aor. as
above,] inf. n.
عَطْفٌ; (MA, MF, TA;) and
تعطّف ↓
عليه; (S, MA, O, K;) [and ↓
انعطف
عليه;] (tropical:)
He was, or
became, favourably inclined
towards him; or
affectionate, or
kind, to him;
(MA, PS;)
he regarded him, or
treated him,
with mercy or
pity or
compassion; (MA, Mgh;)
because in mercy, or pity, or compassion, is an
inclining towards its object; (Mgh;)
i. q. أَشْفَقَ
عَلَيْهِ; (S, O, K;) and
وَصَلَهُ, and
بَرَّهُ. (TA in
explanation of the second.) And
عَطَفَتْ عَلَى
وَلَدِهَا, aor. as above, inf. n.
عَطْفٌ, said of a she
camel, (assumed tropical:)
She became favourably inclined, or
compassionate, towards her young one, and yielded
her milk; (Msb;) and
تعطّفت ↓
عَلَيْهِ [signifies
the same, or
she was made to incline to him, or
to
affect him]. (M in art.
رأم, &c) ―
2-b3-
عَطَفَ عَلَيْهِ
also signifies
He turned, or
returned, against
him: (S:) or
he charged, or
made an assault or
attack, upon him, [in battle,]
and turned, or
returned, against him: (O, K:) or
he returned
against him with that which he disliked, or
hated:
and
to him with that which he desired. (L, referring to a verse of Aboo-Wejzeh Es-Saadee
cited in art.
حين, q. v.) ―
2-b4- And
عَطَفَ, aor. as
above, (TA,) inf. n.
عَطْفٌ, (K, TA,) signifies
also
He turned away, or
back. (K, * TA.) ―
2-b5-
And [hence,]
عَطَفَ عَنْهُ signifies (tropical:)
the contr. of
عَطَفَ عَلَيْهِ in the first of the senses assigned to
this latter above [i. e. it signifies (tropical:)
He was, or
became, averse from him; or
disaffected, or
unkind, to him; or
unmerciful, unpitying, or
uncompassionate, to him]. (MF, TA.) ―
2-b6-
عُطُوفٌ
and
عَطْفٌ [as intrans. inf. ns.] also signify A
sheep's, or goat's,
bending the neck, not by reason
of an ailment. (TA.) ―
2-b7- And
عَطْفٌ [app. likewise as an intrans. inf. n.] also signifies The
folding of the extremities of the skirt, of the facing,
or
outer side, upon, or
against, the lining, or
inner
side. (TA.) ＝
1-A2-
عَطَفَهُ, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) [aor. as
above,] inf. n.
عَطْفٌ, (Mgh, Msb,)
He inclined
it; (Mgh, Msb, TA;) namely, a thing; (Msb,
TA;) as also ↓
استعطفهُ: (Mgh:) or
he bent it,
or
doubled it, or
folded it: (Msb:) or it signifies
also
he bent it: and ↓
عطّفهُ likewise, inf. n.
تَعْطِيفٌ, has both of these meanings: (TA:) or
this latter verb is with teshdeed to denote muchness [of the action], or multiplicity [of the objects]: (S, O, TA:) you say,
عَطَفْتُ العُودَ (S)
I
bent [or
inclined]
the stick, or
piece of wood:
(MA, PS:) and
عَطَّفْتُ ↓
العِيدَانَ [
I bent, or
inclined, the sticks, or
pieces of wood]: (S, O:) and
عَطَّفْتُ ↓
زَأْسَ الخَشَبَةِ [
I bent, or
inclined, much,
the head of the piece of wood]. (TA.) One says
of a she-gazelle,
تَعْطِفُ جِيدَهَا إِذَا رَبَضَتْ [
She inclines, or
bends, her neck when she lies down on her
breast]. (O, K.) And one says,
عَطَفَ رَأْسَ
بَعِيرِهِ إِلَيْهِ He inclined, or
bent, or
turned aside,
the head of his camel towards him; inf. n.
عَطْفٌ:
(TA:) and
استعطف ↓
نَاقَتَهُ He turned aside his
she-camel (
عَطَفَهَا)
by pulling her nose-rein in
order that she should incline her head. (Mgh.)
And
عَطَفَ الوِسَادَةَ, (S, O, K,) aor. and inf. n. as
above; (O;) and ↓
عَطَّفَهَا; (K;)
He bent, or
doubled, or
folded, the pillow, or
cushion, (S, O,
K,)
when leaning with his elbow upon it. (O.) ―
2-b2-
And [hence] one says,
عَطَفَ ٱللّٰهُ بِقَلْبِ السُّلْطَانِ
عَلى رِعَيَّتهِ (assumed tropical:)
God made the heart of the Sultán, or
ruling power, to be favourably inclined towards
his subjects; to regard them, or
treat them, with
mercy. (TA.) And
عَطَفَتْكَ عَلَيْهِمُ الرَّحِمُ (assumed tropical:) [
The
feeling of relationship, or
consanguinity, or
the
sympathy of blood, caused, or
hath caused, thee to
be favourably inclined towards them; &c.]. (Ham
p. 765.) And
عَطَفَ النَّاقَةَ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا (assumed tropical:) [
He made
the she-camel to incline to, or
affect, her young one].
(M in art.
رأم; &c.: see also
لِقَاحٌ مُعَطَّفَةٌ in this
art.) And
تُعْطَفُ عَلَى البَوِّ (assumed tropical:) [
She (a camel)
is
made to incline to, or
affect, the stuffed skin of a
young unweaned camel in order that she may
yield her milk, when her young one has died].
(S, O, [See
عَطُوفٌ.]) ―
2-b3- And
عَطَفْتُهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ
(assumed tropical:)
I turned him away, or
back, from his object of
want. (Msb.) ―
2-b4- And
عَطْفُ المُدْمَجِ i. e.
القِدْحِ
means
The turning round about, or
shuffling, of
the gaming-arrow. (S voce
مُدْمَجٌ: see a verse
there cited.)