عَفْوَةٌ
1.
A bloodwit: (K, TA:) because by means of it pardon is obtained from the heirs of the slain man. (TA.)
2.
عَفْوَةُ القِدْرِ and
عِفْوَتُهَا and
عُفْوَتُهَا, as also
عَفَاوَتُهَا, and
عِفَاوَتُهَا and
عُفَاوَتُهَا, signify The froth, or foam, of the cooking-pot; (K, TA;) and the best, or choice, portion thereof, i. e., [of the contents] of the cookingpot; (TA:) or
العِفَاوَةُ signifies the broth that is first taken up out of the cooking-pot, and with which he who is honoured is peculiarly favoured: or, as some say, the first and best of the broth: and
العَفَاوَةُ, the last of the broth, which the borrower of the cooking-pot returns with the cooking-pot. (S, TA. [See also عَافٍ.])
3.
4.
And عَفْوَةُ المَاءِ is The supply of water that has collected before the drawing from it. (TA.)
5.
See also عِفْوَةٌ.