عِطْف

1. عَطَفَ

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, …

2. عَطْفٌ

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 wa

3. عِطْفٌ

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:)