جدف1 جَدَفَهُ, aor. ـِ (IDrd, K,) inf. n. جَدْفٌ, (TA,) He cut it; or cut it off: (IDrd, K:) and so جَذَفَهُ. (TA.) A2:  جَدَفَ, (Ks, S, K,) aor. ـِ (Ks, IDrd, S,) inf. n. جُدُوفٌ, (Ks, S, K,) or جَدْفٌ, (L as on the authority of Ks,) He (a bird) flew  [with his wings] clipped, appearing as though he turned his wings backward: (Ks, S, K:) or contracted his wing somewhat, in order to descend in his flight, and then inclined, or declined, in fear of the hawk: (TA:) and he (a bird) went quickly, (K in art. جذف,) with his wings; generally when one of the wings had been shortened; (TA;) as also ↓ اجدف and ↓ ان and so, all, with ذ. (K ib.) b2:  [Hence,] جَدَفَ المَلَّاحُ بِالمِجْدَافِ [The sailor rowed, or paddled, with the oar, or paddle]. (AA, TA.) And جَدَفَ بِالسَّفِينَةِ, (TA,) or جَدَفَ السَّفِينَةَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. جَدْفٌ, (Mgh,) [He rowed, or paddled, the ship, or boat;] he put the ship, or boat, in motion with the مِجْدَف [or مِجْدَاف]. (Mgh.) b3:  Also جَدَفَ He (a man) swung the arms; (K, expl. by ضَرَبَ بِاليَدَيْنِ; in the O, بِاليَدِ, as is said in the TA;) as a man does in walking, moving them about: and the meaning seems to be, he walked quickly: (TA:) you say, جَدَفَ فِىمِشْيَتِهِ he (a man) was quick in his manner of walking; (AAF, TA;) and so with ذ: (S in art. جذف:) or جَدْفٌ signifies a repeated interrupting of the voice (تَقْطِيعُ الصَّوْتِ) in singing to camels to urge or excite them. (K, * TA.) b4:  Also, (K,) inf. n. جَدْفٌ, (TA,) He (a gazelle) went, or walked, with short steps. (K, * TA.) And جَدَفَتْ She (a woman) walked like those that are short: and she (a gazelle, and a woman, TA) went with short steps; as also ↓ اجدفت: and so, both, with ذ. (K in art. جذف.) b5:  جَدَفَتِ السَّمَآءُ بِالثَّلْجِ The sky cast down snow: (K:) and so with ذ. (TA.) 2 جدّف, (S,) inf. n. تَجْدِيفٌ, (S, K,) He denied, or disacknowledged, favours, or benefits; or was ungrateful, or unthankful, for them: (As, S, K:) or he deemed the gifts of God small: (ElUmawee, S, K:) or he said that he was in an evil state when he was in a good state: (TA:) or he said, لَيْسَ لِى وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِى [app. meaning There is nothing due to me nor by me]; (K;) thus explained by Mohammad on his saying that the worst of deeds is التَّجْدِيف: (TA:) [accord. to Golius, he blasphemed; and identified by him, in this sense, with the Hebr. ?.] It is said in a trad., لَا تُجَدِّفُوا بِنِعْمَةِ اللّٰهِ (S, TA) Deny not ye, or disacknowledge not, or be not ungrateful or unthankful for, the bounty of God, and deem it not small. (TA.) 4 أَجْدَفَ see 1, in two places.A2:  اجدفوا They raised cries, shouts, noises, a clamour, or confused cries or shouts or noises. (K, TA.) 7 إِنْجَدَفَ see 1.جَدَفٌ A grave; a sepulchre; (S, Msb, K;) like جَدَثٌ; for the Arabs made ف and ث interchangeable: (Fr, S:) the former is of the dial. of Nejd; and the latter, of the dial. of Tihámeh: (Msb in art. جدث:) [accord. to some,] the former is formed from the latter by substitution [of ف for ث]: (S:) IJ argues that this is the case because the former has not أَجْدَافٌ for pl.: (TA:) but it has this pl., (Fr, S, R, TA,) used  by Ru-beh. (R, TA.) A2:  Also, said in a trad. to be the beverage of the jinn, or genii, (S, TA,) Beverage that has not been covered [at night according to a precept of the Prophet]: (Katádeh, S, K:) or of which the mouth of the skin containing it has not been tied [at night]: (K:) or a certain plant of El-Yemen, the eater of which needs not to drink after it: (S, K:) or a certain plant of El-Yemen, eaten by camels, which thereby become in no need of water: (M, TA:) or the froth, or floating particles, cast up by beverage; (El-'Otbee, Hr, K;) as though it were cut off from the beverage. (El-'Otbee, Hr, TA.) جَدَفَةٌ Cries, shouts, noises, clamour, or a confusion of cries or shouts or noises: and the sound made in running. (Sgh, K.) جَوَادِفُ [pl. of جَادِفَةٌ,] Gazelles going with short steps. (Sgh, K.) أَجْدَفُ Short: (Lth, K:) applied to a man. (TA.) b2:  And [the fem.] جَدْفَآءُ A ewe, or she-goat, having somewhat cut off from her ear. (K.) مِجْدَفٌ: see مِجْدَافٌ.مُجَدَّفٌ Straitened: so in the saying, إِنَّهُ لَمُجَدَّفٌ عَلَيْهِ العَيْشُ [Verily the means of living are rendered strait to him]: (K:) but in the L, ↓ لَمَجْدُوفٌ. (TA.) مِجْدَافٌ The wing of a bird: (S, Msb, K:) sometimes with ذ. (Msb.) b2:  And hence, (K,) [An oar; a paddle;] a certain appertenance of a ship or boat; (As, S, Msb, K;) a piece of wood at the head of which is a broad board, with which one propels a ship or boat; (M, TA;) and ↓ مِجْدَفٌ [signifies the same;] a certain thing with which a ship, or boat, is put in motion: (Mgh:) pl. مَجَادِيفُ: (Msb:) from جَدَفَ said of a bird: (As, S, M:) also called مِجْذَافٌ (IDrd, S, Msb) and مِقْذَفٌ and مِقْذَافٌ. (TA.) b3:  and hence, as being likened thereto, (tropical:)  A whip: and so with ذ. (TA in this art, and in art. جذف.) b4: And for a similar reason, (tropical:)  The neck. (TA.) مَجْدُوفٌ A [skin of the kind called] زِقّ having the legs cut off: and so with ذ. (K, * TA.) and مَجْدُوفُ اليَدَيْنِ A man having the arms, or hands, cut off. (TA.) b2:  And [hence,] the latter, (assumed tropical:)  A niggardly man. (TA.) b3:  And مَجْدُوفُ الكُمَّيْنِ, (K, TA,) and اليَدِ, and القَمِيصِ, and الإِزَارِ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:)  Short in respect of the sleeves, (K, TA,) and of the arm, and of the shirt, and of the waistwrapper. (TA.) b4:  See also مُجَدَّفٌ.