قَفِيزٌ
1.
A certain measure of capacity, consisting of ten
مَكَاكِيك [plural of مَكُّوكْ]; (S, Msb, K;) according to the people of El-'Irák: (TA:) or twelve times what is termed
مَنّ: (Mgh in article ربع:) [see also جَرِيبٌ, in three places: and see صَاعٌ:] plural [of pauc.] أَقْفِزَةٌ, and [of mult.] قُفْزَانٌ (S, Msb, K) and قِفْزَانٌ. (Fr, Sgh.) [See كُرٌّ, throughout.] قَفِيزُ الطَّحَّانِ [The
قفيز
of the grinder] is when one says, “ I will grind for so much and a
قفيز
of the flour itself: ” so says Ibn-El-Mubárak: or when one hires a man to grind for him a certain quantity of wheat for a
قفيز
of its flour, (TA,) or when one says, “ I hire thee to grind this wheat for a pound of its flour, ” for instance; whether there be something else therewith or not: (Msb:) what is thus termed is forbidden. (Msb, TA.)