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ضَفْضَف
ẓ̂áfẓ̂af (du. ẓ̂afẓ̂áfi, pl. ẓ̂aféẓ̂ef)
text examples
wa-ˁáyni kouḷóˀoʰ ẓ̂afẓ̂áfi ľeḥé ‘As for the eyes (of the dead man), the eyelids are drawn down’ (CSOL I 17:13)
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etymology
Etymologically uncertain. Cf. Arb. ḍiffat- ‘side (of a river, a valley)’, also used, metaphorically, “of the two sides of the eyelids” (Lane 1795).