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سيف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 سَافَهُ ذ , (S, M, O, K,) first pers. سِفْتُهُ, (S, O, Msb, K, [in the CK, erroneously, سُفْتُهُ,]) aor. يَسِيفُ, (S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. سَيْفٌ, (M,) He struck him, or smote him, with the سَيْف [or sword ]; (S, M, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ تسيّفهُ. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 3. -A2- سَيِفَ, inf. n. سَيَفٌ; and ↓ انساف; [app., as seems to be indicated by the context, said of palm-trees (نَخْلٌ) or of palmbranches (سَعَفٌ), as meaning They had upon them what is termed سِيف, q. v.:] (M, TA: *) and سَيِفَت and ↓ انسافت are said of a palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ) [app. as meaning it had سِيف upon it ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

سَافَهُverb
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