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ظَلْفٌ ذ , of ground, or land, Such as is rugged, that will not show any foot-mark; (M;) as also ↓ ظَلَفٌ : (S, * M:) or so ↓ ظَلِفَةٌ (S, K) and ↓ ظَلُفَةٌ and ↓ ظَلَفَةٌ : (K:) and ↓ ظَلَفٌ signifies ground such as horses like to run upon: (T:) or (i. e. the last) a place elevated above the water and the mud; and so ↓ ظَلِفٌ ; (K;) this last thus expl. by Ibn-'Abbád: (O:) or this last and ↓ ظَلِفَةٌ , accord. to ISh, (TA,) or ↓ ظَلَفٌ and ↓ ظَلَفَةٌ , (so accord. to a copy of the T, in which the authority is not mentioned,) signify ground, or land, in which the foot-mark will not appear, and which is high and rugged: and accord. to Fr, ↓ ظَلِفٌ and ↓ ظَلِفَةٌ signify ground, or land, that will not show a foot-mark; as though it were prevented from doing so: (T, TA:) and ↓ ظِلْفٌ , (so in a copy of the T,) or ↓ ظَلِفٌ , (so in the TA,) accord. to Fr, signifies such as is soft, of ground, or land: but accord. to IAar, such as is hard, and does not show a foot-mark; in which is no softness, so as to be difficult to him who walks upon it; nor sand, so that the camels would have their feet burnt upon it; nor stones, so that they would be chafed, or abraded, in the soles of their feet, upon it: and it is also expl. (by IAar, TA) as meaning such as is rugged and hard, of ground, or land: (T, TA:) and ↓ ظَلِفَةٌ signifies high ground, or land, that will not show a foot-mark. (M.) [See also ظَلِيفٌ.] ― -b2- [In the CK, الظَّلْفُ is erroneously put for الظَّلَفُ as relating to the means of subsistence.] -A2- ظَلْفٌ also signifies Ineffectual, null, or void: and allowable. (TK.) One says, ذَهَبَ دَمُهُ ظَلْفًا, (AA, S, M, O, K,) and ↓ طَلَفًا , (AA, T, S, M, O, K,) and ↓ ظَلِيفًا , (M,) as also طَلْفًا and طَلَفًا (AA, O) [and طَلِيفًا], His blood went for nothing; as a thing of no account; ineffectually; or in vain; unretaliated, or uncompensated by a mulct. (AA, T, S, M, O, K.)

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