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ذَفَرٌ ذ inf. n. of 1. (Msb.) ― -b2- Pungency, or strength, of odour; (S, A, Mgh, Msb;) or intense pungency or strength thereof; (M, K;) whether sweet or stinking; (S, M, A, Mgh, * Msb;) as also ↓ ذَفَرَةٌ , (K, TA,) or ↓ ذُفْرَةٌ : (so in the TT, as from the M:) a subst. to which it is prefixed, or an epithet by which it is qualified, shows whether it mean sweet or foul: (TA:) or any pungent, or strong, odour; whether sweet or stinking: (T:) or stench of the arm-pit: (Lh, M, K:) or it has this signification as well as the first: (S, M:) or stink, or stench, [absolutely,] (IAar, M, K,) except when relating to musk; not used with reference to any other perfume, or sweet-smelling substance: (IAar, M:) but دَفَرٌ, with the unpointed د, signifies only “ stink, or stench. ” (M.) ― -b3- The seminal fluid (مَآء) of a stallion. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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