dhuʿāf

lethal

ذُعاف

Word

Noun · pattern فُعال

Root

ذ ع ف

In the library

وكالكوز من العسل الذي في أسفله السم الذي يذاق منه حلاوةٌ عاجلةٌ وآخره موتٌ ذعافٌ ، وكأحلام النائم التي يفرح بها الإنسان في نومه، فإذا استيقظ ذهب الفرح.

Kalila wa Dimna, page 23 →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 8 entries

ذَعَفَهُ Form I He gave him to drink

, (S, K,) aor. , (K,) inf. n. ذَعْفٌ, (TK,) He gave him to drink ذُعَاف [i. e. poison, or instantaneous poison]. (S, K.) ― -b2- [And He poisoned food: (see مَذْعُوفٌ:) for] ذَعْفٌ also signifies the infecting with poison. (KL.) -A2- ذَعِفَ and ذَعَفَ, aor. , (K,) inf. n. ذَعَفَانٌ, (K, * TK,) He died: (K:) [or he died quickly: like ذَأَفَ.]
اذعفهُ Form IV He, or it, slew him, or killed him, quickly

He, or it, slew him, or killed him, quickly. (K.)
انذعف Form VII His breath became interrupted, or short

His breath became interrupted, or short, (اِنْبَهَرَ,) and his heart broke اِنْقَطَعَ فُوأَادُهُ [a phrase probably to be understood in a figurative sense; like انذأف]). (K.)
ذَعْفٌ A serpent that kills quickly

: see ذُعَافٌ. ― -b2- حَيَّةٌ ذَعْفُ اللُّعَابِ A serpent that kills quickly. (K.)
ذَعَفَانٌ Death

Death. (K.) [See 1, last sentence.]
ذُعَافٌ Poison

Poison: (S, K:) or instantaneous poison; as also ↓ ذَعْفٌ: (K:) or such poison is called سَمٌّ ذُعَافٌ: (Mgh:) pl. ذُعُفٌ. (K.) ― -b2- مَوْتٌ ذُعَافٌ i. q. ذُوأَافٌ; (S, K;) i. e. A quick death; that kills quickly; (S;) and so ↓ مَوْتٌ مُذْعِفٌ. (K.)
مُذْعِفٌ Open entry

: see what next precedes.
طَعَام مَذْعُوفٌ Poisoned food

[Poisoned food; or] food in which is ذُعَاف. (S, K.) [This art. is wanting in the copies of the TA known to me. Compare with it art. زعف.]

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