עֲפֵי (= עיף; v. עוּף I) [to be bent,] to toil. Targ. Prov. XXI, 25 עָפְיָין ed. Lag. (some ed. a. Levita עפייץ, corr. acc.; Bxt. a. ed. Wil. צָבְיָין).
Af. - אַעֲפֵי to spread, be doubled, thick-branched. Part. מַעֲפֵי; f. מְעַפְיָא. Targ. Hos. IV, 13. Targ. Ez. VI, 13 (h. text עֲבֻתָּה, v. עָבוֹת).