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شف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَشَفُّ ذ [a noun denoting excess]. It is said in a trad. of Ráfi', فَكَانَ الخَلْخَالُ أَشَفَّ مِنْهَا قَلِيلًا, meaning [ And the anklet, or pair of anklets, was ] more than they [ in value or weight ]; (syn. أَفْضَل and أَزْيَد;) i. e. more [in value or weight] than the dirhems. (Mgh.) And one says, فُلَانٌ أَشَفُّ مِنْ فُلَانٍ, meaning Such a one is a little greater, or older, (أَكْبَرُ قَلِيلًا,) than such a one. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَشَفُّ
  1. 1.
فَكَانَ الخَلْخَالُ أَشَفَّ مِنْهَا قَلِيلًا
فُلَانٌ أَشَفُّ
مِنْ فُلَانٍ
أَكْبَرُ قَلِيلًا