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دفء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 ادفأهُ ذ It (a garment, S, Mgh, Msb, of wool or the like, Mgh) rendered him warm, or hot. (S, * Mgh, Msb. *) And He clad him with a garment (M, K, TA) of wool &c. (TA) that rendered him warm, or hot. (M, K, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) He gave him a large gift; (TA;) or he gave him much. (K.) ― -b3- ادفأ القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, collected themselves together [app. so that they made one another warm, or hot ]. (K.) ― -b4- ادفأت الاـِبِلُ عَلَىمِائَةٍ The camels exceeded a hundred. (M.) -A2- ادفأهُ, in the dial. of El-Yemen, as also ↓ دَافَأَهُ, i. q. [أَدْفَاهُ and ] دَافَاهُ and دَفَاهُ, [see art. دفو,] He despatched him, namely, a wounded man; i. e. put him to death quickly. (L.)

Derived headwords

ادفأهُverb
  1. 1.
ادفأ القَوْمُ
ادفأت الاـِبِلُ عَلَىمِائَةٍ