عفو

أَعْفَى ذ a word occurring in the saying of 'Omar Ibn-'Abd-El-'Azeez, لَعَمْرِى مَا البَرَاذِينُ بِأَعْفَى مِنَ الفَرَسِ فِيمَا كَانَ مِنْ مَؤُونَةٍ وَحَرْسٍ i. e. [ By my life, or by my religion, the hackneys ] are not more easy in respect of sustenance [ and guardianship than the horse, or mare, of good breed: see فَرَسٌ]. (Mgh.)