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ضف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

6 تضافّوا عَلَيْهِ ذ They multiplied, or became numerous, (S, O, K,) and collected themselves together, (O, K,) [ and, accord. to an explanation of the part. n., by Lh, pushed, pressed, crowded, or thronged, together, ] upon it, or at it; namely water, (S, O, K,) &c.; (O, K;) like تصافّوا. (TA.) ― -b2- And تضافوا signifies also, accord. to the O and K, خَفَّتْ أَحْوَالُهُمْ; but correctly, as in the “ Nawádir ” of AZ, أَمْوَالُهُمْ [i. e. Their possessions became scanty ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

تضافّوا عَلَيْهِverb
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خَفَّتْ أَحْوَالُهُمْ