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ا=زَفَنى ا=زفنى ا=زفني He (a man, TA) incited me, or urged me, to hasten, or be quick: (K, TA:) it is of the measure أَفْعَلَنِى . (TA.)

تَأَزُّفٌ The stepping with contracted steps. (K.) But see خَطْوٌ مُتَا=زِفٌ , below. (TA.)

تا=زفوا تا=زفوا They drew near together, one to another. (IF, K.)

ا=زِفٌ ا=زف , applied to a man, Hastening, or quick: (S, TA:) and endeavouring to hasten, or be quick. (TA.)

الا=زِفَةُ الا=زفه الا=زفة The resurrection: so in the Kur liii. 58, (S, Msb,) and xl. 18: (Bd:) or in the latter place it means the near event, or case, of being on the brink of the fire [of Hell]: or, as some say, death. (Bd.)

مُتَا=زِفٌ متا=زف , of the measure مُتَفَاعِلٌ , applied to a man, (TA,) Short; (S, A, K;) as being contracted in make; (A, TA;) having his several parts near together. (S, K.) [In the CK it is written مُتَأزِّف , in this sense and others, following.] ― -b2- A strait, or narrow, place. (O, L, K.) ― -b3- A contracted stepping: you say, خَطْوٌ مُتَا=زِفٌ : so in the O and L. (TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) A man (Sgh, TA) evil in disposition; narrow-minded: (Sgh, K, TA:) weak; cowardly. (TA.)