ضَيْف

1. ضيّف

2 Dy~f * , intrans.: see 1, first and second sentences. -A2- As trans.: see 4, last sentence, in four places. ― -b2- [Hence,] Day~afotuhu signifies also (assumed tropical:) I protected him, or defended him, from him who sought, or pursued, him: (Msb:) (tropical:) I rendered him safe, secure, or free

2. ضَيْفٌ

DayofN * A guest: and guests: (MA:) so called because adjoined to the family and fed with them: (Ham p. 124:) it is applied to one, and to a pl. number, (S, M, MA, O, Msb, K,) and to a male and to a female, (S, O, Msb, K,) because it is originally an inf. n.: (MA, Msb:) [as a sing.,] i. q. ↓ muDay~a

3. ضِيفٌ

DiyfN * The side (T, S, M, O, K) of a valley (T, M) and of a mountain (M) [&c.: see 6]: and, as metaphorically used by an anonymous poet, of the *akar : (M:) and ↓ maDaAyifu signifies the sides of a valley. (TA.) ― -b2- And one says, fulaAnN fiY Diyfi fulaAnK , meaning Such a one is in the vicinage, …