Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ذ

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1 ذَفَّ ذ , aor. ذَفِ3َ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. ذَفَافَةٌ, (M,) He, or it, (a thing, Msb,) was quick (S, M, Msb, K) and light, (M,) فِى الأَمْرِ in the affair: (K:) or he was light [or went lightly] upon the ground. (M.) You say, ذَفَّ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ, and دَفَّ, (IAar, T in the present art. and in art. دف,) i. e. He went lightly upon the ground. (TA in art. دف.) ― -b2- Also, aor. as above, said of a pestilence, It was quick; and despatched, or killed, quickly. (K.) And ذَفَّ عَلَيْهِ, (M, K,) inf. n. ذَفٌّ and ذِفَافٌ, (S, K,) or ذَفَفٌ; (M;) and عليه ↓ ذفّف , (T in art. دف, S, M, Mgh,) or ↓ ذفّفهُ , (K,) inf. n. تَذْفِيفٌ; (S;) and عليه ↓ ذافّ , (T, M, K, in the CK اذافّ,) and لَهَ, and ↓ ذافّه ; (M, K, in the CK اَذافَّهُ;) and عليه ↓ اذفّ , (M,) or ↓ اذفّهُ , and ↓ ذَفْذَفَهُ ; (K;) namely, a wounded man; (S, M, Mgh, K;) He despatched him; i. e. hastened and completed his slaughter; (T, S, M, Mgh, K;) as also دَفّ عليه [&c.]. (Msb in art. دف. [See 3 in that art.]) ― -b3- Also ذَفَّ, (T, M,) aor. ذَفِ3َ , inf. n. ذَفِيفٌ; (M;) and ↓ استذفّ ; (T, M, K;) It (a thing, or an affair,) was, or became, easy; (T;) within one's power or reach; (M;) feasible, practicable, or prepared. (M, K.) You say, خُذْمَا ذَفَّ لَكَ and لك ↓ ماا@سْتَذَفَّ , and دَفَّ and استدفّ: all signify the same: (T, K:) i. e. Take thou what is easy [&c.] to thee. (T. [See 10 in art. دف.]) ― -b4- [The signification “ Celeriter obortæ fuerunt manaruntque lacrymæ, ” assigned by Golius to the first of these verbs, as on the authority of the KL, is a mistake: it is taken from an explanation of ذَرْفٌ, which, in my copy of the KL, immediately follows the explanations of دَفٌّ and دِفَافٌ.]