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ظفر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 ظَفَرَهُ ذ : see 2. -A2- [See also ظَفَرٌ. ― -b2- ] ظَفِرَتْ عَيْنُهُ, (T, S, O, K,) aor. ظَفَرَ , inf. n. ظَفَرٌ (S, O) and ظَفَارَةٌ; (O;) and, as some say, ظُفِرَت; (T;) His eye had what is termed a ظَفَرَة or ظُفْر. (T, S, O, K.) ― -b3- And ظُفِرَ He (a man) had upon his eye what is termed a ظَفَرَة or ظُفْر. (T, O, K.) -A3- ظَفِرَ, aor. ظَفَرَ , (Msb,) inf. n. ظَفَرٌ, He attained, got, got possession of, or acquired, what he desired, or sough: (Lth, * S, * M, * A, * Msb, K: *) he succeeded, or was successful: (Msb:) he won, was victorious, or gained the victory: (Lth, T:) and ↓ اِظَّفَرَ [originally اِظْتَفَرَ] signifies the same as ظَفِرَ. (S.) You say, ظَفِرَ بِهِ and عَلَيْهِ, and ظَفِرَهُ, He attained it, got it, got possession of it, or acquired it; (M, K;) and in like manner ↓ اِظَّفَرَ, of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ. (K.) And ظَفِرْتُ بِالضَّالَّةِ I found the stray, or lost beast. (Msb.) And ظَفِرَ بِعَدُوِّهِ (S, A, Msb) and عَلَيْهِ, (Akh, S, A,) and ظَفِرَهُ, (S,) He gained the victory, or mastery, over his enemy; he overcame him. (S, * A, Msb. *) ― -b2- [Hence,] ظَفِرَتِ النَّاقَةُ لَقَحًا (tropical:) The she-camel took, or received, impregnation. (A, TA.) And مَا ظَفِرَتْكَ عَيْنِى (AZ, T, S, A, K) مُنْذُ حِينٍ (AZ, T) or مُنْذُ زَمَانٍِ (S, A) (tropical:) My eye hath not seen thee [ for some time ]: (AZ, T, S, A, K:) like مَا أَخَذَتْكَ. (AZ, T.) -A4- [ظَفَرَ in the dial. of Himyer is said by Freytag, on the authority of the Kitáb el-Addád, to signify He sat. ]

Derived headwords

ظَفَرَهُverb
  1. 1.
ظَفِرَ بِهِ
ظَفِرْتُ بِالضَّالَّةِ
ظَفِرَ بِعَدُوِّهِ
ظَفِرَتِ النَّاقَةُ لَقَحًا
مَا ظَفِرَتْكَ عَيْنِى
مُنْذُ حِينٍ
مُنْذُ زَمَانٍِ
مَا أَخَذَتْكَ