فيد

4 افادهُ ذ He gave it, namely, property, (AZ, Ks, T, S, M, O, L, K,) to another: (AZ, Ks, T, S, M, L:) and افادهُ مَالًا, inf. n. اـِفَادَةٌ, He gave him property. (Mgh, Msb.) It belongs to this art. and to art. فود. (L in art. فود.) ― -b2- [And He, or it, profited, advantaged, or benefited, him; فَائِدَةً being understood. Hence,] one says, اـِنْ أَفَدْتَنِى حَرْفًا فَقَدْ أَصْفَدْتَنِى أَلْفًا [ If thou teach me a word, thou givest me what is worth a thousand dirhems]. (A in art. صفد.) ― -b3- [Hence, also, افاد said of a word, and a phrase, It had, or performed, a useful office, as expressive of a meaning, or as contributing to the expression thereof, or as adding to a meaning previously expressed. And hence, It imported, or conveyed, a meaning; and particularly, when said of a phrase, a complete meaning, so that a pause might be well made after uttering it; فَائِدَةً being understood.] -A2- See also 10. ― -b2- And see 1, last signification. ― -b3- Also, افادهُ, inf. n. as above, He killed him; destroyed him; slaughtered him; namely, a man, and a beast. (T, * L, and K * in art. فود.)