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خرف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

3 خارفهُ خارفه خارفة , (K,) inf. n. مُخَارَفَةٌ and خِرَافٌ, (TA,) He bargained, or made an engagement, with him, for work, for the خَرِيف [or autumn ]; (K;) from الخَرِيفُ, like المُشَاهَرَةُ from الشَّهْرُ; (O, TA;) as also عَامَلَهُ مُخَارَفَةً (S, TA) and خِرَافًا: and so اِسْتَأْجَرَهُ مُخَارَفَةً and خِرَافًا [ He hired him, or took him as a hired man or a hireling, for the autumn ]. (Lh, TA.)

Derived headwords

خارفهُverb
  1. 1.
عَامَلَهُ مُخَارَفَةً
اِسْتَأْجَرَهُ مُخَارَفَةً