جَفَأَ

, (S, K,) aorist جَفَاَ , (K,) verbal noun جَفْءٌ, (S,) It (a valley [flowing with water]) cast forth froth, or foam, (S, K,) and particles of rubbish or refuse; (S;) as also اجفأ; (K;) but this latter is said in the O to be of weak authority. (TA.) And جَفَأَتِ القِدْرُ, and اجفأت, The cooking-pot cast forth its froth, or foam, (S, K,) in boiling: (S:) or جفأت بِزَبَدِهَا it cast forth its froth, or foam: (Ham p. 132:) originally جَفَت and اجفت, without ء. (Er-Rághib, TA in article جفو.)

جَفَأَ الوَادِى, (K,) or جَفَأَ الغُثَاءَ عَنِ الوَادِى, (IAar, O,) He (a man, IAar, O) swept off the scum and rubbish of the valley [after it had flowed, or while it was flowing, with water]. (IAar, O, K.) And جَفَأَ القِدْرَ He cleared off the froth, or foam, of the cooking-pot. (K, TA.)

Also جَفَأَ القِدْرَ, (S, Z in the Fáïk, TA,) verbal noun as above; (S, TA;) and أَجْفَأَهَاس; (Z ubi suprà, TA;) but the former is that which is commonly known; (ISd, TA;) the latter is rare; (IAth, TA:) or the latter should not be said, though it occurs in a tradition, (S, TA, *) according to one relation; (TA;) He turned the cooking-pot upsidedown, or inclined it, (S, Z ubi suprà, TA,) and poured out what was in it: (S:) or he emptied the cooking-pot, and turned it upside-down: (TA:) and جَفَأَ البُرْمَةَ فِى القَصْعَةِ He turned the cookingpot upside-down upon the bowl. (K.)

جَفَأَهُ, (S, K,) [like حَفَأَهُ,] and جَفَأَ بِهِ الأَرْضَ, (TA,) He threw him down, or prostrated him, on the ground: (S, K, TA;) namely, a man: (S:) and بِهِ اجفأ [signifies the same; or] he threw him, or it, (K, TA,) on the ground. (TA.)