جَايءِفٌ
1.
Reaching the
جَوْف. (Msb.) [Hence,] طَعْنَةٌ جَايءِفَةٌ, (S, Mgh, K, &c.,) or جِرَاحَةٌ جَايءِفَةٌ, (Msb,) A spear-wound, or the like, that reaches the
جَوْف, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) by which is here meant [the interior of the body or head, or], according to IAth, any vital part, as the belly and the brain: (TA:) and sometimes, that penetrates into the
جوف: (A 'Obeyd, S, Mgh:) and that passes through also: (A 'Obeyd, S:) and said to be such as is in the pit between the collarbones, and in the pubes; but not in the neck, nor in the throat, nor in the thigh, nor in the leg: (Mgh:) not if it reaches the interior of the bone of the thigh: (Msb:) opposed to جَالِفَةٌ. (S in article جلف.)
2.
Hence, جَايءِفَةٌ is applied to (tropical:) A great fault or imperfection or vice. (TA from a tradition)
3.
تَلْعَةٌ جَايءِفَةٌ
A deep [water-course, &c.: see تلعه]: plural جَوَايءِفُ. (K, TA. [In the CK, قَصِيرَةٌ is erroneously put for قَعِيرَةٌ.])
4.
جَوَايءِفُ النَّفْسِ
The deep recesses of the
جَوْفَ [or chest] in the places where the soul has its seat; explained by مَا تَقَعَّرَ مِنَ الجَوْفِ فِى مَقَارِّ الرُّوحِ. (L, K.) So in the phrase, used by El-Farezdak, وَرَدَّ النَّفْسَ بَيْنَ الجَوَايءِفِ [And he drove back the soul into the midst of the deep recesses of the chest]: (L, TA:) but some read بين الشَّرَاسِفِ. (TA.)
5.
الجَايءِفُ [The cephalic vein;] a vein that runs along the upper arm to the [cartilage called] نَغْض
of the shoulder-blade; it is the
فَلِيق. (TA.)