دوف1 دَافَهُ, (T, M, Msb,) first Pers\. دُفْتُهُ, (S, K,) aor. ـُ (T, Msb,) inf. n. دَوْفٌ; (T, M, Msb, K;) and ↓ ادافهُ, (M, TA,) inf. n. إِدَافَةٌ; (TA;) He mixed it; (M, K;) generally meaning medicine, and perfume: (M:) and (K) he moistened it, (S, Msb, K,) namely, medicine, &c., (S,) with water &c., (S, Msb,) or with water and the like: (K:) or دافه فِى المَآءِ [he steeped it in water], namely, perfume, &c.: (T:) and دَافَهُ, aor. ـِ inf. n. دَيْفٌ, is a dial. var. thereof: (Msb:) and فَادَهُ, aor. ـُ signifies the same. (As, TA.) [Also, app., He bruised, brayed, or pounded, it; or powered, or pulverized, it; namely, musk: see مَدُوفٌ, below.]4 أَدْوَفَ see the preceding paragraph.دُوفَانٌ Incubus, or nightmare; syn. كَابُوسٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) دَائِفٌ act. part. n. of 1. (T, TA.) b2:  And, applied to musk, i. q. مَدُوفٌ, q. v. (TA.) مَدُوفٌ (T, S, M, Msb, K) and مَدْوُوفٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) the latter of the dial. of Temeem, (M,) and [said to be] the only instance of the kind, (S, Msb, K,) i. e., of a pass. part. n. of a triliteralradical verb with a medial و (S, Msb, * TA,) except مَصُوونٌ (S, Msb, K) as a variation of مَصُونٌ, (S, Msb,) though Mbr asserts it to be agreeable with a rule obtaining in all similar cases, which none [other] of the leading authorities allows, (Msb,) and مَدُوفٌ and مَصُونٌ are the usual forms, (S, TA,) Mixed: (M, Msb:) or moistened: or bruised, brayed, or pounded; or powdered, or pulverized: (S, K:) applied to perfume, (T,) or to musk: (S, M, K:) as also ↓ دَائِفٌ. (TA.)