زَفَّ العَرُوسَ

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, (K,) or زَفَفْتُهَا, (S,) or زَفَّتْهَا النِّسَاءُ, (Msb,) aorist زَفُ3َ , (Msb, K,) verbal noun زَفٌّ (S, Msb, K) and زِفَافٌ, (S, K,) or the latter is a simple subst.; (Msb;) and ازفّها, (K,) or ازففتها, (S,) or ازفّتها النساء; (Msb;) and ازدفّها, (K,) or ازدففتها, (S,) [or ازدفّتها النساء;] إِلَى زَوْجِهَا; all signify the same; (S, Msb, * K;) i. e. He, [or I,] or the women, sent [or conducted] the bride [with festive parade or pageantry, and generally with music,] to her husband: (Msb, K:) according to Er-Rághib, زفّ العروس is a metaphorical phrase, from زَفْزَفَةُ النَّعَامِ; because she is conducted with joyous alacrity. (TA.)
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زَفَّ, aorist زَفِ3َ , verbal noun زَفِيفٌ (S, K) and زَفٌّ and زُفُوفٌ, (K,) or زَفِيفٌ is a simple subst., (Msb,) said of an ostrich, (S, K,) and of a camel, (S,) &c., (K,) He hastened, or was quick; (S, K;) as also ازفّ: (IAar, K:) according to Lh, said of a man and of others; and ازفّ, he says, is the more unusual of the two: (TA:) or زَفَّ, aorist زَفِ3َ , is said, in this sense, of a man: and, according to the Mj, said of an ostrich, verbal noun زَفِيفٌ, it means he hastened, or was quick, so that a [sound such as is termed] زَفِيف was heard to be produced by his wings: (Msb:) or زَفٌّ and إِزْفَافٌ are like ذَمِيلٌ [which signifies the going a gentle pace; or a pace above that which is termed العَنَقُ, and above that which is termed التَّزَيُّدُ]: (K, * TA: [in the CK, الزَّمِيل is put for الذَّمِيل:]) or the first running of the ostrich: (K:) or زَفِيفٌ has this last meaning: (TA:) or signifies the going quickly and with short steps: (Lh, TA:) or the going quickly, with short steps, and quietly. (TA.) You say, زَفَّ القَوْمُ فِى مَشْيِهِمْ The people, or party, hastened, or were quick, in their walking, or marching, or going along: and hence, in the Qur'an, 37:92, فَأَقْبلُوا إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ, (S,) i. e. [And they advanced towards him] hastening, or going quickly. (Fr, TA. [But there are other readings, for which see Bd.]) [Hence also,] one says زَفَّ رَأْلُهُ, meaning (tropical:) He was, or became, light of intellect, lightwitted, or irresolute. (S, Z, TA. [See also article رأل])
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زَفَّ, verbal noun زَفِيفٌ (O, K) and زَفٌّ, (K,) said of a bird, (O, K,) in his flight, (O,) He cast himself: ('Eyn, O, K:) or he spread his wings: and so زَفْزَفَ [apparently in either sense]: (K:) and the latter, he moved [or flapped] his wings in running. (TA.)
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زَفَّتِ الرِّيحُ, (S, K,) aorist زَفِ3َ , (S,) verbal noun زَفِيفٌ and زُفُوفٌ, (TA,) The wind blew along, (S, K,) not violently: (S:) or blew gently and continually: (TA:) and زَفْزَفَت signifies the same: (K, TA:) or the latter, verbal noun زَفْزَفَةٌ, signifies it blew violently: so in the T: or it blew gently: (TA:) or زَفْزَفَةٌ signifies the moaning (حَنِين) of the wind, and its sounding among the trees. (S.)
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زَفَّ, (O, K,) verbal noun زَفِيفٌ, (TA,) said of lightning, It shone, or gleamed. (O, K, TA.)

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