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غفو ند غفى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اغفى ذ , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) inf. n. اـِغْفَاآءٌ; (S, Msb;) and ↓ غَفَا, (K,) first pers. غَفَوْتُ, (S, Msb,) inf. n. غَفْوٌ and غُفُوٌّ; (K;) the latter verb said by ISd to occur in the trads., (TA,) but disallowed by ISk (S, Msb, TA) and by others, (Msb,) and said by Az to be rare; (Msb, TA;) He slept: (S, K:) or he slept a light sleep: (Msb, TA;) or he was, or became, drowsy, or heavy with sleepiness; as also ↓ غَفِىَ, aor. 1َ2َ3َ , inf. n. غَفْيَةٌ. (K.) ― -b2- And اغفى He (a man, TA) slept upon what is termed غَفًى, i. e. the straw, in the place in which the grain thereof was trodden out: (K:) mentioned as from IAar by Az, and by Sgh as from AA. (TA.) ― -b3- And اغفى الطَّعَامُ The wheat was abundant in its نُخَالَة, accord. to the copies of the K, but more properly its نُفَايَة [i. e. refuse ]. (TA.) ― -b4- See also 1. -A2- اغفى الشَّجَرُ The trees hung down their branches. (IKtt, TA.)

Derived headwords

اغفىverb
  1. 1.
اغفى الطَّعَامُ
اغفى الشَّجَرُ