ث • ف • ى

, aor. ثَفِىَ (M, K) and ثَفُىَ , (K,) He followed him; (M, K;) as also أَثَفَهُ: or he was with him, near after him, or at his heels, as though treading in his footsteps: (TA:) or ثَفَوْتُ الرَّجُلَ signifies I was with the man, near after him, &c.: and جَاءَ يَثْفُوهُ, he came following him. (M.) ثَفَيْتُ القَوْمَ I drove away, or drove away and pursued closely, or hunted, the people, or company of men; syn. طَرَدْتُ: (K:) perhaps from أَثَفَهُ, which also signifies طَرَدَهُ. (TA.)

, (S, M, K, [in the CK, the verb is erroneously without teshdeed,]) He put the cooking-pot upon the أَثَافِى [pl. of أُثْفِيَّةٌ, q. v.]; (S, M, K; *) as also ↓ أَثْفَاهَا; (M, K;) and اثّفها, (K,) inf. n. تَأْثِيفٌ; (TA;) and أَثَفَهَا; (so in some copies of the K;) or اثَفَهَا, (so in other copies of the K, and in the TA,) inf. n. إِيثَافٌ: (TA:) or ↓ اثفاها signifies he put, or made, for it أَثَافِى. (S.) [Hence,] ثُفِّيَتِ المَرْأَةُ (tropical:) The woman was a wife of a man who had two wives beside herself; she being the third of them; they being likened to the أَثَافِى of the cooking-pot. (M.) And ↓ أَثْفَى (assumed tropical:) He took three women as his wives. (K.)

: see 2, in two places. See also Q. Q. 1 in art. اثف. And اثفى said of a man: see 2.

[Evil origin, or a bad hereditary disposition,] withheld such a one (قَصَّرَ بِهِ [in the CK, erroneously, قَصُرَ به]) from generous actions. (K)

(S, M, K, &c.) and إِثْفِيَّةٌ (Fr, A 'Obeyd, K) The stone [which is one of the three] whereon the cooking-pot is placed: (M, * K:) it is a stone like the head of a man: (T, TA:) pl. أَثَافِىُّ and أَثَافٍ. (S, K, &c.) [See more in art. اثف.]

, and its fem. مثْفَاةٌ: see what next follows, in three places.

, (M,) or ↓ مِثْفًى, (K, [but this is probably a mistranscription,]) (assumed tropical:) A man of whom many wives die: (M, K:) or of whom three wives have died: (M, K: *) and مُثَفَّاةٌ, (T, M,) or ↓ مِثْفَاةٌ, (K, [but this, again, is probably a mistranscription,]) (assumed tropical:) a woman of whom many husbands die: (M, K:) or of whom three husbands have died: (M:) or it signifies also (K) a woman who has buried three husbands: (IAar, T, K:) or مُثَفَّاةٌ signifies [like مُوءَثَّفَةٌ] (assumed tropical:) a woman whose husband has two wives beside her; she being the third of them; they being likened to the أَثَافِى of the cooking-pot: and ↓ مُثَفِّيَةٌ, (assumed tropical:) a woman of whom three husbands have died: and ↓ مُثَفٍّ, (assumed tropical:) a man of whom three wives have died. (S.) مُثَفَّاةٌ, (S,) or ↓ مِثْفَاةٌ, (K,) also signifies (assumed tropical:) A brand, or mark made with a hot iron, upon an animal, resembling the أَثَافِى [of the cooking pot]. (S, K.)

, and its fem. مُثَفِّيَةٌ: see what next precedes.

A cooking-pot put upon the أَثَافِى. (K * and TA, and M in art. اثف, q. v. [In the CK, erroneously, مُوءْثَفاةٌ.])

, or ثُفَاءٌ; n. un. with ة: see art. ثفأ.