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أَفْصَىَ

Root: فصى

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَفْصَىَIV see 5.
2 افصى عنْكَ الحَرُّ means The heat departed, or has departed, from thee: but you do not say افصى عنك البَرْدُ: (ISk, S, M: but in the M, عنك is omitted in both phrases:) or you say, افصى عنَّا الشِّتَآءُ, and الحَرُّ, the winter, and the heat, departed from as; or left, or quitted, us; so says Az, on the authority of IAar: or, accord, to IAar, افصى عَنْكَ الشِّتَآءُ [the winter departed, or has departed, from thee]; and سقَطَ عَنْكَ الحرُّ. And افصى المَطَرُ The rain cleared away.
3 افصى said of a sportsman, He had no game caught in his snare.
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