عَزَفَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ

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, aorist عَزِفَ and عَزُفَ ; verbal noun عَزْفٌ and عَزِيفٌ [or عُزُوفٌ?], He turned away, or back, from the thing: (Msb:) [or] عَزَفَتْ نَفْسِى عَنْهُ, aorist عَزِفَ (S, O, K) and عَزُفَ , (S, O,) verbal noun عُزُوفٌ (S, O, K) and عَزْفٌ, and عُزُفٌ, which is a contraction of عُزُوفٌ, (TA, the last from a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abee-'Áïdh,) My soul abstained from it, relinquished it, or forsook it, (S, O, K, TA,) after having been pleased with it; (TA;) and turned away, or back, from it; (S, O, K, TA;) namely, a thing: (S, O:) or became averse from it. (IDrd, O, K, * TA.)

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And عَزَفَ نَفْسَهُ عَنْ كَذَا He withheld, or restrained, himself from such a thing. (TA.)

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عَزَفَ, (S, O, Msb,) aorist عَزِفَ , (Msb,) verbal noun عَزْفٌ (S, O, Msb) and عَزِيفٌ, (Msb,) He played with, or upon, the musical instruments called مَعَازِف: (S, O, Msb:) and he sang: (S, O:) and عَزْفٌ signifies [particularly] the beating of tambourines; whence the saying in a tradition, of 'Omar, مَرَّ بِعَرْفِ دُفٍّ [He passed by the beating of a tambourine], whereupon he said, “ What is this? ” and they said “ A circumcision, ” and he was silent: and it signifies also any playing. (TA.)

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And عَزَفَتِ الجِنُّ, (S,) aorist عَزِفَ , (S, O, K,) verbal noun عَزِيفٌ (S) and عَزْفٌ, (TA,) The jinn, or genii, uttered, or made, the sound termed عَزِيف, explained below. (S, O, * K. *)

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And عَزَفَتِ القَوْسُ, verbal noun عَزْفٌ and عَزِيفٌ, The bow [twanged, or] made a sound. (AHn, TA.)

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عَزَفَ, aorist عَزِفَ , (IAar, O, K,) verbal noun عَزْفٌ, (TA,) He (a man, IAar, O) continued occupied in eating and drinking. (IAar, O, K.)

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عَزَفَ said of a camel, The head of his windpipe heaved (نَزَتْ حَنْجَرَتُهُ) on the occasion of death: (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, K:) apparently a dialect var. of عَسَفَ [q. v.]. (TA.)