صدف

4 اصدفهُ ذ He, or it, turned him away, (S, M, O, K,) or back; or caused him to return, go back, or revert; (K, TA;) عَنْهُ from it; (M;) and ↓ صَدَفَهُ, (O, K,) inf. n. صَدْفٌ, (O,) signifies the same; (O, K;) the latter verb being trans. as well as intrans., but when trans. having only one inf. n., that mentioned above. (O.) One says, أَصْدَفَنِى عَنْهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا Such and such things turned me away from it. (S, O.)