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جَالِفٌ جالف [act. part. n. of جَلَفَ]. ― -b2- جَالِفَةٌ [or شَجَّةٌ جَالِفَةٌ] A wound of the head that peels off the skin with the flesh: (S, K:) or that peels off the skin but does not penetrate into the interior. (Msb.) And طَعْنَةٌ جَالِفَةٌ A spear-wound, or the like, that does not penetrate into the interior; (S, K;) opposed to جَائِفَةٌ. (S.) ― -b3- زَمَانٌ جَائِفٌ i. q. جَارِفٌ [A time, or season, that sweeps away, or destroys, the cattle]. (TA.) See also جَلِيفٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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