غ • ي • ف

, (S, O, K,) aor. تَغِيفُ, (O, K,) inf. n. غَيَفَانٌ; (S, O, K;) and ↓ تغيّفت, (S, O, K, *) in the copies of the K erroneously تغيّف; (TA;) as also ↓ أَغْيَفَت, inf. n. إِغْيَافٌ; (TA;) The tree inclined, (S,) or had its branches inclining, (O, K,) to the right and left. (S, O, K.)

, (O, K,) inf. n. تَغْيِيفٌ, (K,) He fled, or turned away and fled; and drew back, or drew back in fear; (O, K;) and was cowardly. (K.) You say, حَمَلَ فُلَانٌ فِى الحَرْبِ فَغَيَّفَ i. e. [Such a one charged, in war, or battle, and] was cowardly; or retreated, and was cowardly. (S.) See also 5.

Having a bending of the neck, (like أَغْيَدُ,) but without drowsiness. (O, K.) And, applied to trees (شَجَرٌ), quivering, or playing loosely, succulent, or sappy, soft, tender, or supple; as also ↓ غَيْفَانِىٌّ; and so غَيْفَاءُ [the fem. of the former] applied to a tree (شَجَرَةٌ). (TA.) And عَيْشٌ أَغْيَفُ A soft, or an easy, and a a plentiful, life; (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K;) like أَغْضَفُ. (Ibn-'Abbád, O.)

A species of trees, (AHn, S, O, K,) growing in the sands, and becoming large, the leaves of which are smaller than those of the apple, which it resembles in character, or form, (AHn, O,) having a very sweet fruit, (AHn, O, K,) of the kind termed عُلَّف, like the pods (قُرُون) of the bean, and its wood is white; so, says AHn, I have been informed by some of the Arabs of 'Omán, which is the place of its origin: n. un. with ة: (O:) accord. to some of the Arabs, the species of trees called يَنْبُوت, [see this word, of which one description agrees exactly with that given above,] (O, K, * TA, *) which is found in 'Omán: (TA:) accord. to AZ, it is of the [trees called] عِضَاه, and is a tree like the قَرَظ [q. v.], thorny, of the region of El-Hijáz, growing in the [high, or high and rugged, grounds called] قِفَاف [pl. of قُفٌّ]. (TA.)

A flock of birds. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)

and ↓ غَيَّفَانٌ, (O, K, TA,) the latter like هَيَّبَانٌ, (K, TA, in the CK هَيِّبان,) i. q. مَرَحٌ; (O, TA;) in the Tekmileh مَرِح, like كَتِف; and in the copies of the K مَرْخ; but the first of these is the right; meaning [A proud and self-conceited carriage, with an affected inclining of the body from side to side,] in pace, or [manner of] going. (TA.)

: see أَغْيَفُ.

One whose beard is long, (O, K, TA,) and wide on every side, (O, TA,) and very large. (K, TA.)

: see غَيْفَانٌ.