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أَرْدَفْتُهُ

Root: ردف

Form: 4

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أَرْدَفْتُهُIV , Verbal.Noun إِرْدَافٌ, I made him to ride behind me, or with me, on the back of the [same] beast; and so : or signifies he placed him behind him on the beast: and أَرْدَفْتُهُ مَعَهُ I made him to ride with him [or behind him, on the same beast].
2 And اردف الشَّىْءَ بِالشَّىْءِ and اردفهُ عَلَيْهِ He made the thing to follow the thing.
3 See also 1, in six places.
4 اردفت النُّجُومُ, [بَعْضُهَا بَعْضًا being app. understood,] The stars followed one another. [See also 6.]
5 See also 3, in two places.
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