شف

10 استشفّهُ ذ , (O, K,) or استشفّ مَا وَرَاآءَهُ, (S, Msb,) He saw what was behind it. (O, Msb, K.) [Thus the former signifies He saw through it: and it is used in this sense both properly and tropically.] ― -b2- Hence the saying to the seller of cloths, اِسْتَشِفَّ هٰذَا الثَّوْبَ, [which may be rendered Look thou through this garment, or piece of cloth; but is expl. as] meaning make thou this garment, or piece of cloth, single, [ by unfolding it, ] and raise it, or hold it up, in shade, in order that I may see whether it be close in texture or flimsy. (TA.) ― -b3- استشفّ also signifies [agreeably with the explanation of استشفّ مَا وَرَاآءَهُ mentioned above] (assumed tropical:) He distinguished a thing plainly, like as one distinguishes plainly a thing behind glass. (Har p. 244.) ― -b4- And one says, كَتَبْتُ كِتَابًا فَا@سْتَشَفَّهُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [ I wrote a letter, or writing, &c., and ] he examined attentively what was in it. (TA.) -A2- See also 8. -A3- And see 1, in two places. -A4- [Freytag mentions as a signification of استشفّ “ Desiderio alicujus rei implevit; ” with الى before the object: but he names no authority for this; and I doubt its correctness.]