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ذرف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 ذَرَّفَ see above, in two places. -A2- ذرّف عَلَيْهِ, (T, S, M, K,) inf. n. تَذْرِيفٌ, (S,) He exceeded it; (T, S, M, K;) namely, a hundred [years], (S, K,) or sixty, (T,) or fifty, or some other number. (M.) ― -b2- ذرّف فِى حَدِيثِهِ He added, or exaggerated, in his discourse, or narration; as also زلّف. (IDrd and O in art. زلف.) -A3- ذرّفهُ الشَّىْءَ He made him to know the thing: a poet says, لَأُذَرِّفَنْكَ المَوْتَ اـِنْ لَمْ تَهْرُبِ i. e. I will assuredly make thee to know death [ if thou flee not ]: (IAar, M:) or ذرّفهُ المَوْتَ signifies he made him to be at the point of death. (T, K.)

Derived headwords

ذَرَّفَverb
  1. 1.
ذرّف عَلَيْهِ
ذرّف فِى حَدِيثِهِ
لَأُذَرِّفَنْكَ المَوْتَ اـِنْ لَمْ تَهْرُبِ
ذرّفهُ المَوْتَ