صفر

4 اصفرهُ ذ He emptied it; or made it void, or vacant; namely, a house or tent [&c.]; (M, K;) as also ↓ صفّرهُ, (K,) inf. n. تَصْفِيرٌ. (TA.) The Arabs say, مَا أَصْغَيْتُ لَكَ اـِنَاآءً وَلَا أَصْفَرْتُ لَكَ فِنَاآءً [ I have not overturned a vessel belonging to thee, nor have I emptied a yard belonging to thee ]; meaning I have not taken thy camels nor thy property, so that thy vessel should be overturned and thou shouldst find no milk to milk into it, and so that thy yard should be empty, plundered, no camel or sheep or goat lying in it: it is said in excusing oneself. (M.) -A2- [Accord. to Freytag, اصفر signifies also It (a house) was, or became, empty, or void, of (مِنْ) household-goods: so that it is syn. with صَفِرَ: and this is probably correct: for ― -b2- ] أَصْفَرَ, (S, K,) also, (K,) signifies He was, or became, poor; (S, K;) said of a man. (S.)