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جفو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اجفاهُ أجفاه أجفى اجفاه اجفاة He made, or caused, him, or it, to be, or become, distant, remote, far off, or aloof. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 3, in two places. ― -b3- اجفى المَاشِيَةَ He fatigued the cattle, [in some copies of the S, تَبِعَهَا is put for أَتْعَبَهَا,] and did not let them eat, (AZ, S, K, TA,) nor fed them previously, driving them vehemently. (TA.) -A2- أَجْفَتِ القِدْرُ: see 1. ― -b2- أجْفَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became like the جُفَاآء, or rubbish and scum cast forth by the torrent of a valley, or by a cooking-pot, in respect of the departure of the good thereof. (Er-Rághib, TA.)

Derived headwords

اجفاهُverb
  1. 1.
أَجْفَتِ القِدْرُ
أجْفَتِ الأَرْضُ