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علف
Root entry · 1 derived lemma4 أَعْلَفَ see 1, in two places. -A2- اعلف الطَّلْحُ The [trees called] طلح put forth their عُلَّف [q. v.]; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ علّف; but this is extr., for a verb of this meaning is [regularly] of the measure أَفْعَلَ only: (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K:) accord. to AA, as AHn states in mentioning the حُبْلَة, (O, TA,) ↓ علّف, (O, K,) inf. n. تَعْلِيفٌ, (K,) signifies they scattered their blossoms, and organized and compacted their fruit [i. e. their pods with the seeds therein ]; expl. by تَنَاثَرَ وَرْدُهُ وَعَقَدَ [meaning عَقَدَ الثَّمَرَ]; (O, K;) like أَحْبَلَ. (O.)
Derived headwords
أَعْلَفَverb
- 1.
اعلف الطَّلْحُ
تَنَاثَرَ وَرْدُهُ وَعَقَدَ
عَقَدَ الثَّمَرَ