دفن

8 اِدَّفَنَ أدفن ادفن دفن , of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ: see 7, in two places. ― -b2- Also, said of a slave, He ran away [given without any addition as one of the explanations in the S] before arriving at the city [or place ] in which he was to be sold: (T, M, K:) this is not a running away (اـِبَاق) for which he is to be returned [to the seller]: so says Yezeed Ibn-Hároon: but he adds that if he arrive there and run away, he is to be returned for it, though he do not absent himself from that city [or place]: (T:) or he absented himself, (T,) or stole away, (S, M, Mgh,) from his owners [or owner ] for a day or two days, (T, S, M, Mgh,) as AZ says, (T, S,) or, (T, M,) as AO says, (T, S,) without absenting himself from the city [or place in which he was sold ]; (T, S, M, Mgh;) as though he buried himself in the houses of that city [or place] in fear of punishment for an offence that he had committed: (Mgh:) thus, agreeably with the explanations of AZ and AO, the verb is used by the Arabs: (A'Obeyd, T:) and the epithet ↓ دَفُونٌ, applied to a slave, means one who does as is described above; (K;) or who is wont to do so: (T, S, M, Mgh:) or the verb signifies he fled from his owner, or from hard, or severe, work, but did not go forth from the town, or the like; and the doing so is not a fault [for which he may be returned to the seller], for it is not termed اـِبَاق. (Msb.) ― -b3- See also 1, last sentence. -A2- اِدَّفَنَهُ: see 1, first sentence.