أَدْفَى

, applied to a man, (T, S, M, K,) Humpbacked: (T, S:) or who walks with an inclining on one side: or, as some say, i. q. أَجْنَأُ [q. v.]: or having contracted shoulders: (M:) or bending, or curving. (K.) [See also أَدْفَأُ.] Its feminine, in all its senses, is دَفْوَاءُ. (M.)

Applied to a camel, Long in the neck, and protuberant in the back, whose head nearly touches his hump: (M:) and the feminine, applied to a she-camel, (K,) or to an excellent she-camel, (Lth, T, S,) long in the neck; (Lth, T, S, K;) that, when she goes along, almost puts her head upon the back of her hump, and is long in the back. (Lth, T.)

Applied to a ram, Whose horn extends towards his ear: (T:) or, applied to a mountain-goat, (S, M,) and to a domestic goat, (M,) whose horns are very long, extending towards his ears; (S;) or whose horns are so long that they turn down backwards upon his ears: (M:) and [in like manner] the feminine is applied to a she-goat; (S;) meaning, according to AZ, whose horns turn down to the extremity of each of her عِلْبَاوَانِ [dual of عِلْبَاءٌ, q. v.]. (T.)

Applied to a bird, Long in the wing: (S:) or long in the wings and tail: (M:) or long in the wings, having the ends of the primary feathers even with the end of the tail. ('Eyn.) And the feminine, applied to an eagle (عُقَاب), Crook-billed: (K:) or so applied because that bird is crook-billed. (S.)

And the feminine, applied to an ear [of a beast], Approaching the other ear so that the extremities of the two almost touch each other, bending down towards the forehead, not standing erect, but strong: as some say, applied to the ear of a horse only: or, as Th says, only meaning inclining. (M.)

Also, the feminine, according to A'Obeyd, Having wide bones. (M.)

شَجَرَةٌ دَفْوَاءُ A great tree: (S:) or a great, shady tree; and it may be, inclining: (T:) or a shady tree, having many branches: (IAth, TA:) or, as some say, an inclining tree: (TA:) occurring in a tradition, describing a certain tree that was worshipped. (T, S.)