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أَثَفَ

Root: اثف

Form: 1

Full Definition

أَثَفَI : see 2.

def.2 أَثَفَهُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun أَثْفٌ, He followed him.
2 He drove away, or drove away and pursued closely, or hunted, him; syn. طَرَدَهُ.
3 He sought, or sought after, or pursued after, him, or it: in which sense the Present.T is اثّف القِدٌرَ, and تَأْثِيفٌalso.
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