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عفر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 عَفَّرَ see 1, in four places. ― -b2- عفّر قِرْنَهُ, and فَأَلْزَقَهُ بِالعَفَرِ ↓ عافرهُ, He wrestled with his adversary, and made him cleave to the dust. (A.) -A2- عفّر, inf. n. تَعْفِيرٌ, He mixed his black sheep or goats with others of the colour termed عُفْرَةٌ: (O, K, TA:) or he took white sheep or goats in exchange for black; because the former have more increase. (S, O, TA.) ― -b2- And He made, or rendered, white. (S, O.)

Derived headwords

عَفَّرَverb
  1. 1.
عفّر قِرْنَهُ
فَأَلْزَقَهُ بِالعَفَرِ