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جَفَا , (K,) aor.
جَفُوَ , (TA,) inf. n. جَفَآءٌ; and
↓ تجافى; It did not keep, or cleave, to its place.
(K.) You say, جَفَا جَنْبُهُ عَنِ الفِرَاشِ, (Mgh,)
and تجافى ↓ عَنْهُ, (S, Mgh,) His side did not
rest, or was restless, or uneasy, upon the bed; or
shrank from it; (S, Mgh;) and heaved, or rose,
from it: (Mgh:) or the former, his side did not
keep, or cleave, to its place upon the bed: and the
latter, it became withdrawn, or removed, from it.
(TA.) And جَفَا السَّرْجُ عَنْ ظَهْرِ الفَرَسِ, (S Msb,
TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above; (Msb;) and
↓ تجافى; (S, Msb;) The saddle heaved, or rose,
from the back of the horse: (S, Msb:) or did
not keep, or cleave, to its place upon his back.
(TA.) ―
2-b2- [Hence,] it is said in a trad. of 'Omar,
إِنِّى أَجْفُو عَنْ أَشْيَآءَ مِنَ العِلْمِ Verily I recoil,
shrink, or am averse, from some matters of knowledge, or science, and ignore them, or neglect
them. (Mgh.) ―
2-b3- Also جَفَا, (Msb, TA,) aor. as
above, (Msb,) [and so the inf. n.,] said of a
garment, or piece of cloth, It was thick, coarse,
or rough: (Msb, TA:) and in like manner said
of a reed-pen, it was thick, coarse, or rough, in
its nib. (TA.) ―
2-b4- [And hence, (see جَفَآءٌ, below,
and جَافٍ,) He was, or became, thick, gross,
coarse, rough, or rude, of make: and, more commonly, coarse, rough, or rude, of nature or disposition, or in his intercourse and dealings with
others; unkind, hard, churlish, uncivil, or surly.
(See also 10.)] It is said in a trad., مَنْ بَدَا جَفَا,
i. e. [He who abides in the desert] becomes coarse,
rough, or rude, of nature or disposition; [or unkind, hard, churlish, &c.;] by reason of mixing
little with men. (TA.) ―
2-b5- جَفَا عَلَيْهِ كَذَا Such a
thing was, or became, heavy, onerous, burdensome,
or oppressive, to him. (K.) ＝
1-A2- جَفَا جَنْبَهُ عَنِ
الفِرَاشِ: and جَفَا السَّرْجَ: see 3. ―
2-b2- جَفَتِ القِدْرُ
زَبَدَهَا The cooking-pot cast forth its froth, or
foam; as also ↓ اجفت; (TA;) [like جَفَأَت and
اجفأت;] originally without ء. (Er- Rághib, TA.)
And جَفَا السَّيْلُ The torrent drove away [things
in its course]. (Msb.) ―
2-b3- جَفَا الرَّجُلَ, aor. as above,
He turned away from the man; avoided him;
or shunned him: or he drove away the man;
from جفا السَّيْلُ, explained above: sometimes
meaning, with hatred. (Msb.) And جَفَاهُ He
withdrew, or removed, far, or to a distance, from
him: whence the saying of Mohammad Ibn-Sookah, لَمَّا قَلَّ مَالِى جَفَانِى إِخْوَانِى [When my
property became little, my brethren withdrew far
from me]. (TA) ―
2-b4- And جَفَا مَالَهُ He did not
keep, or cleave, or hold fast, to his property.
(K.) ―
2-b5- And جَفَاهُ, (S, K,) aor.
جَفُوَ , (S,) inf. n.
جَفَآءٌ (S, K) and جَفْوٌ, (K,) He treated him, or
behaved towards him, coarsely, roughly, rudely,
unkindly, hardly, churlishly, uncivilly, or surlily:
(S, K:) you should not say جَفَيْتُ. (S.) The
pass. part. n. is ↓ مَجْفُوٌّ and ↓ مَجْفِىٌّ: (S, and K
in art. جفى:) the latter formed in accordance
with جُفِىَ, in which the و is changed into ى.
(Fr, S.) ―
2-b6- He did to him what displeased, grieved,
or vexed, him; did to him what he disliked, or
hated; did evil to him. (TA.) So in the trad.,
مَنْ حَجَّ وَلَمْ يَزُرْنِى فَقَدْ جَفَا [He who performs
the pilgrimage to Mekkeh and does not visit me,
i.e. does not visit my tomb afterwards, either on
his homeward journey or by journeying to ElMedeeneh for that special purpose, does what
displeases me]. (TA.) ―
2-b7- جَفَتِ المَرْأُةُ وَلَدَهَا The
woman neglected to take care of her child, or to
pay frequent attention to it. (TA.)