عَافَتِ الطَّيْرُ
1.
, (Sh, O, K,) aorist تَعُوفُ, verbal noun عَوْفٌ, (Sh, O,) The birds circled over a thing, (Sh, O, K,) or over the water, or over carcasses or corpses: or circled over a thing, going to and fro and not going away, desiring to alight: (K:) AA says that the medial radical is و; others say that it is ى, as will be shown in article عيف. (TA.)
2.
And عَافَ
He (a man, TA) kept, or clave, to the trees, or plants, called
عَوْف. (O, K, * TA.)