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أَتْرَفَتْهُ

Root: ترف

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَتْرَفَتْهُIV [Wealth, or what God bestowed upon him,] made him to behave exorbitantly; to be excessively disobedient or rebellious; to exalt himself, and be inordinate in infidelity; or to be extravagant in acts of disobedience and in wrongdoing: and so سَعَةُ العَيْشِ [plentifulness and easiness of life]: and in like manner, it caused him to exult, or to exult greatly, or excessively, and to behave insolently and unthankfully, or ungratefully. And [Wealth, or what God bestowed upon him,] made him to enjoy, or lead, a plentiful, and a pleasant or an easy, and a soft or delicate, life; or a life of ease and plenty; as also .
2 اترف الرَّجُلَ He gave the man the object of his eager desire; or of his yearning, or longing, or appetency.
3 See also 2.

def.2 اترف also signifies He persevered in, or persisted in, or resolved upon, transgression, wrongdoing, or deviation from the right way.


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