شوف

4 اشاف عَلَيْهِ ذ i. q. أَشْرَفَ [meaning He was, or became, on the brink, or verge, or at the point, of it ], (S, O, K,) namely, a thing; like أَشْفَى; (S, O;) from which it is formed by transposition. (S.) ― -b2- And اشاف He feared. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) You say, اشاف مِنْهُ He feared him, or it. (K.) -A2- See also 5, last sentence.