ذَعَفَهُ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَذْعَفُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. ذَعْفٌ, (TḲ,) He gave him to drink ذُعَاف [i. e. poison, or instantaneous poison]. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

[And He poisoned food: (see مَذْعُوفٌ:) for] ذَعْفٌ also signifies the infecting with poison. (KL.)

ذَعِفَ and ذَعَفَ, aor. ـَ {يَذْعَفُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. ذَعَفَانٌ, (Ḳ,* TḲ,) He died: (Ḳ:) [or he died quickly: like ذَأَفَ.]

اذعفهُ He, or it, slew him, or killed him, quickly. (Ḳ.)

انذعف His breath became interrupted, or short, (اِنْبَهَرَ,) and his heart broke اِنْقَطَعَ فُؤَادُهُ [a phrase probably to be understood in a figurative sense; like انذأف]. (Ḳ.)

ذَعْفٌ: see ذُعَافٌ.

حَيَّةٌ ذَعْفُ اللُّعَابِ A serpent that kills quickly. (Ḳ.)

ذَعَفَانٌ Death. (Ḳ.) [See 1, last sentence.]

ذُعَافٌ Poison: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or instantaneous poison; as alsoذَعْفٌ↓: (Ḳ:) or such poison is called سَمٌّ ذُعَافٌ: (Mgh:) pl. ذُعُفٌ. (Ḳ.)

مَوْتٌ ذُعَافٌ i. q. ذُؤَافٌ; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) i. e. A quick death; that kills quickly; (Ṣ;) and soمَوْتٌ مُذْعِفٌ↓. (Ḳ.)

طَعَام مَذْعُوفٌ [Poisoned food; or] food in which is ذُعَاف. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) [This art. is wanting in the copies of the TA known to me. Compare with it art. زعف.]