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1 EaTafa * , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) aor. EaTifa , (O, K,) inf. n. EuTuwfN , (Mgh, Msb,) or EaTofN , (O, TA,) He, or it, (a man, S, O, or a thing, Msb,) inclined; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) or bent: (MF, TA:) and ↓ AnETf also has the former meaning, (Mgh, Msb, * TA,) as in the saying AnETf naHowahu i. e. he, or it, inclined towards him, or it; (TA;) [or the latter meaning;] or it became inclined, (Msb,) or became bent, (S, * O, Msb, K,) or both, (TA,) as quasi-pass. of EaTafahu ; (S, O, Msb, TA;) and ↓ tET~f likewise has both of these meanings, as quasi-pass. of ET~fhu , or [signifies it became much inclined and bent, for] ET~f is with teshdeed to denote muchness. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, (MF, TA,) EaTafa Ealayohi , (S, Mgh, MA, O, K,) [aor. as above,] inf. n. EaTofN ; (MA, MF, TA;) and Elyh ↓ tET~f ; (S, MA, O, K;) [and ↓ AnETf Elyh ;] (tropical:) He was, or became, favourably inclined towards him; or affectionate, or kind, to him; (MA, PS;) he regarded him, or treated him, with mercy or pity or compassion; (MA, Mgh;) because in mercy, or pity, or compassion, is an inclining towards its object; (Mgh;) i. q. A^a$ofaqa Ealayohi ; (S, O, K;) and waSalahu , and bar~ahu . (TA in explanation of the second.) And EaTafato EalaY waladihaA , aor. as above, inf. n. EaTofN , said of a she camel, (assumed tropical:) She became favourably inclined, or compassionate, towards her young one, and yielded her milk; (Msb;) and Ealayohi ↓ tET~ft [signifies the same, or she was made to incline to him, or to affect him ]. (M in art. rA^m , &c) ― -b3- EaTafa Ealayohi also signifies He turned, or returned, against him: (S:) or he charged, or made an assault or attack, upon him, [in battle,] and turned, or returned, against him: (O, K:) or he returned against him with that which he disliked, or hated: and to him with that which he desired. (L, referring to a verse of Aboo-Wejzeh Es-Saadee cited in art. Hyn , q. v.) ― -b4- And EaTafa , aor. as above, (TA,) inf. n. EaTofN , (K, TA,) signifies also He turned away, or back. (K, * TA.) ― -b5- And [hence,] EaTafa Eanohu signifies (tropical:) the contr. of EaTafa Ealayohi in the first of the senses assigned to this latter above [i. e. it signifies (tropical:) He was, or became, averse from him; or disaffected, or unkind, to him; or unmerciful, unpitying, or uncompassionate, to him ]. (MF, TA.) ― -b6- EuTuwfN and EaTofN [as intrans. inf. ns.] also signify A sheep's, or goat's, bending the neck, not by reason of an ailment. (TA.) ― -b7- And EaTofN [app. likewise as an intrans. inf. n.] also signifies The folding of the extremities of the skirt, of the facing, or outer side, upon, or against, the lining, or inner side. (TA.) -A2- EaTafahu , (Mgh, Msb, TA,) [aor. as above,] inf. n. EaTofN , (Mgh, Msb,) He inclined it; (Mgh, Msb, TA;) namely, a thing; (Msb, TA;) as also ↓ AstETfhu : (Mgh:) or he bent it, or doubled it, or folded it: (Msb:) or it signifies also he bent it: and ↓ ET~fhu likewise, inf. n. taEoTiyfN , has both of these meanings: (TA:) or this latter verb is with teshdeed to denote muchness [of the action], or multiplicity [of the objects]: (S, O, TA:) you say, EaTafotu AlEuwda (S) I bent [or inclined ] the stick, or piece of wood: (MA, PS:) and AlEiydaAna ↓ EaT~afotu [ I bent, or inclined, the sticks, or pieces of wood ]: (S, O:) and zaA^osa Alxa$abapi ↓ EaT~afotu [ I bent, or inclined, much, the head of the piece of wood ]. (TA.) One says of a she-gazelle, taEoTifu jiydahaA A_i*aA rabaDato [ She inclines, or bends, her neck when she lies down on her breast ]. (O, K.) And one says, EaTafa raA^osa baEiyrihi A_ilayohi He inclined, or bent, or turned aside, the head of his camel towards him; inf. n. EaTofN : (TA:) and naAqatahu ↓ AstETf He turned aside his she-camel ( EaTafahaA ) by pulling her nose-rein in order that she should incline her head. (Mgh.) And EaTafa AlwisaAdapa , (S, O, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above; (O;) and ↓ EaT~afahaA ; (K;) He bent, or doubled, or folded, the pillow, or cushion, (S, O, K,) when le

EaTofN * : see the next paragraph, last sentence, in two places. ― -b2- [It is used in grammar as meaning Adjunction to an antecedent: this is of two kinds; EaTofu AlbayaAni the explicative adjunction, as in jaA='a A^axuwka zayodN ; and EaTofu Aln~asaqi the ordinal adjunction, as in jaA='a zayodN waEamorNw : (in each of which instances the latter noun is termed ↓ maEoTuwfN ; and the former noun Ealayohi ↓ maEoTuwfN :) and hence, Harofu EaTofK , meaning a particle of adjunction; or what we commonly call a conjunction; (as wa and vum~a , &c.;) also termed ↓ HarofN EaATifN an adjunctive particle. ]

EiTofN * The side of a human being, from the head to the hip, or to the foot: (Mgh:) and the side of a thing: (Msb:) or the dual signifies the two sides of a man, from the part next the head to the hips: (S, O:) and the two sides of the neck of a man: (TA:) and the two sides of anything: (S, O, K:) as relating to a man, (TA,) or a thing. (Msb,) the pl. is A^aEoTaAfN , [properly a pl. of pane.,] (Msb, TA,) and, as relating to a man, EiTaAfN also, and EuTuwfN . (TA.) Hence the phrase, humo A^aloyanu EiTofFA [ They are more pliant, or pliable; properly as meaning flexible, supple, lithe, or limber; but app. here used tropically, as meaning compliant: compare lay~inu AljaAnibi ]. (Mgh.) And lay~inu AlA^aEoTaAfi [ Pliant, or pliable, &c.], applied to a horse: (En-Nadr, TA voce guwojN : [see also EaAjN , in art. Ewj :]) and ↓ saholu AlmaEoTifi [and ↓ AlmaEaATifi and AlA^aEoTaAfi , which signify the same,] so applied. (S and O and TA voce gawojN .) And [hence, also,] one says, vanaY Ean~iY EiTofahu [lit. He bent from me his side ], meaning he turned away from me. (S, O, K.) And jaA='a vaAniYa EiTofihi He came in an unstraitened, or an easy, or a pleasant and plentiful, state, or condition: (O, K:) or (K) vaAniYa EiTofihi in the Kur [xxii. 9] means (O) twisting, or bending, his neck: (O, K:) or (K) magnifying himself, or behaving proudly, and turning away (O, K) from El-Islám. (O.) And fulaAnN yanoZuru fiY EiTofayohi [lit. Such a one looks at his sides ], meaning, is self-conceited. (IDrd, O, K. *) ― -b2- Also The armpit (Az, O, K, TA) of a man: and his shoulder: pl. EuTuwfN . (Az, TA.) ― -b3- And The curved part of each of the two extremities of the bow; (O, K, TA;) the two being called its EiTofaAni . (TA.) One says, taEaw~aja Alqawosu fiY EiTofayohi , (O, TA,) in the copies of the K, taEar~aja Alfarasu fiY EiTofayohi , but the former is the right, (TA,) meaning [ The bow ] bent to the right and left [ in the two curved parts of its extremities ]. (O, K, TA.) ― -b4- One says also, tanaH~a Eano EiTofi AlT~ariyqi [i. e. Go thou aside from ] the beaten track of the road; as also ↓ EaTofihi : (IAar, O, K:) or ↓ EaTofN signifies a bending (Mgh, Msb) in a street (Mgh) or road, (Msb,) being an inf. n. used as a simple subst.; but the EiTof in a street [or road] is [ a bent part, being] of the measure fiEolN in the sense of the measure mafoEuwlN . (Mgh. [See similar instances voce *iboHN .])