جَوَفٌ

1.
The being [hollow, or] wide and hollow within: (PS:) or the being empty, vacant, or void: a verbal noun of which the verb is of the class of تَعِبَ [i. e. جَافَ, originally جَوِفَ, like خَافَ, sec. pers. جِفْتَ, aorist يَجَافُ]: (Msb:) the being wide, spacious, or ample: (K:) the verbal noun, or source, whence شَىْءٌ أَجْوَفُ. (S.) [See also 10.]
2.
جَافَهُ, [aorist يَجُوفُ,] verbal noun جَوْفٌ, It reached his جَوْف [or inside, or interior, &c.]. (TA.) It (medicine) entered his جَوْف. (TA. [See also 8.]) And جَافَتْهُ الجِرَاحَةُ The wound reached his جَوْف. (Msb.)
3.
طَعَنَهُ فَجَافَهُ, and اجافهُ, He pierced him and pierced his جَوْف: (Mgh, Msb:) and جوّفهُ, verbal noun تَجْوِيفٌ, he pierced him in his جَوْف. (TA.) جُفْتُهُ بِالطَّعْنَةِ, and الطَّعْنَةَ أَجَفْتُهُ, I made the spear-wound, or the like, to reach his جَوْف. (Ks, A 'Obeyd, S, K.) جَافَ الصَّيْدَ He made the arrow to enter the جَوْف of the object of the chase. (TA.)

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