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سفو ند سفى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اسِفى ذ He took for himself a mule such as is termed سَفْوَاآء, i. e. quick [&c.]. (K.) -A2- أسْفَتْ said of the wind, intrans. and trans.: see 1, in two places. -A3- اسفى said of corn, It became rough, or coarse, in the extremities [or awn ] of its ears. (S, K.) ― -b2- اسفت said of بُهْمَى [or barley-grass], It let fall its سَفَا [or prickles, or awn, or extremities ]. (M, K.) ― -b3- And اسفى said of a man, He took the prickles [or awn or extremities ] of the بُهْمَى [or barley-grass ]. (TA.) -A4- Also, said of a man, He removed dust, or earth, (سَفًا, TA) from one place to another. (Az, K.) -A5- And اسفت said of a she-camel, (tropical:) She became lean, or emaciated, (K,) so that she was like the سَفا [or prickles of barley-grass ]. (TA.) -A6- See also 1, last sentence. -A7- اسفاهُ It (an affair, or event, M) incited him (a man, K) to unsteadiness, and levity. (M, K.) ― -b2- And hence, perhaps, (M,) اسفى بِهِ He did evil or ill, or acted ill, to him, or with him, (M, K,) i. e., his companion. (M.)

Derived headwords

اسِفىverb
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اسفى بِهِ