دفو

1 دَفِىَ دف دفى دفي دفيي , [aor. يَدْفَى,] inf. n. دَفًا, He, or it, was, or became, such as is termed أَدْفَى, in any of the senses of this epithet. (M.) [See also 4.] -A2- دَفَوْتُ الجَرِيحَ, (S, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, دَفَيْتُ,]) aor. أَدْفُوهُ, inf. n. دَفْوٌ; (S, TA;) and ↓ دَافَيْتُهُ and ↓ أَدْفَيْتُهُ; (A'Obeyd, S, K;) I despatched the wounded man; i. e. hastened and completed his slaughter; or made his slaughter sure, or certain: (A'Obeyd, S, K:) and so دَافَأْتُهُ and أَدْفَأْتُهُ (TA) [and دَافَقْتُهُ &c.: see 3 in art. دف]. Accord. to Ibn-Abi-l-Hadeed, دَفَى, [or rather دَفَا,] sometimes pronounced with ء, [دَفَأَ,] signifies He slew, in the dial. of Kináneh. (TA.)