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وفز

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

10 استوفز فِى قِعْدَتِهِ ذ He put himself in an upright posture, not at his ease, in his manner of sitting; he sat erect, not at his ease: (S, Mgh, K:) or he put down his knees [ upon the ground ] and raised his buttocks: (Aboo-Mo'ádh, K:) or he raised himself upon his legs, or feet, without having yet set himself firmly in a standing posture, but having prepared himself to leap, or spring, (Lth, K, TA,) or to go away: (Lth, TA:) or he sat in a posture as though he desired to rise and stand up; whether in the manner termed اـِقْعَاآء [i. e. sitting upon the ground with the shanks erect], or otherwise. (MF.)

Derived headwords

استوفز فِى قِعْدَتِهِverb
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