اسف

أَسَافَةٌ ذ [ Grief, lamentation, or regret: and anger: (see 1:) or] excessive grief: and excessive anger: (M:) or most intense grief: (K:) a subst. from أَسِفَ. (M, K.) ― -b2- The state, or condition, of a slave: (M, K:) and, of a hired man. (M.) ― -b3- (tropical:) The state, or condition, of land which scarcely, or never, produces vegetation. (K, TA.) -A2- See أَسِيفٌ, in three places.