سفر

5 تسفّر ذ means أَتَى بِسَفَرٍ, (O, K,) i. e. He came in [ the time of ] the whiteness of day [either before sunrise or after sunset ]. (TA.) ― -b2- And تسفّرت الاـِبِلُ The camels pastured between sunset and nightfall, (O, K,) and in the سَفِير, (K, TA,) i. e. the whiteness [ of the sky ] before night. (TA. [But see 2, second sentence.]) -A2- تسفّر النِسَاآءَ (O, K, TA) عَنْ وُجُوهِهِنَّ (O, TA) i. q. ↓ اِسْتَسْفَرَهُنَّ, (O, K, TA,) i. e. He sought the brightest of the women in face and in beauty (TA, TK *) for marriage. (TK.) ― -b2- And تسفّر شَيْئاً مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ (tropical:) He attained, or obtained, somewhat of the object of his want (O, K, TA) before its becoming beyond his reach. (TA.) ― -b3- And تسفّر فُلَانًا (assumed tropical:) He sought to obtain of such a one the half (النِّصْفَ, O, K, TA [in the CK. النَّصَفَ, by which, if it be correct, may perhaps be meant what was equitable, and النِّصْفَ may bear the same interpretation,]) of a claim (تَبِعَة) that he had upon him. (O, K, TA.) -A3- تسفّر الجِلْدُ The skin received, or had, a mark, or an impression: (O, K:) from سَفْرٌ meaning أَثَرٌ. (TA.)