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شفو ند شفى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 شفّاهُ بِكُلِ شَىْءٍ ذ , inf. n. تَشْفِيَةٌ, He treated him medically, or curatively, with everything whereby he might attain recovery, or restoration to convalescence. (TA.) ― -b2- مَا شَفَّى فُلَانٌ أَفْضَلُ مِمَّا شَفَّيْتَ i. e. مَا ا@زْدَادَ and رَبِحَ [meaning The gain of such a one (ما being here what is termed مَصْدَرِيَّة, as اِزْدَادَ and رَبِحَ are intrans.,) is more excellent than thy gain ] is said to be an instance of substitution, [originally شَفَّفَ and شَفَّفْتَ,] like [قَصَّى and تَقَصَّى and] تَقَضَّى [for قَصَّصَ and تَقَصَّصَ and تَقَضَّضَ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

شفّاهُ بِكُلِ شَىْءٍverb
  1. 1.
مَا شَفَّى فُلَانٌ أَفْضَلُ
مِمَّا شَفَّيْتَ
مَا ا@زْدَادَ