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استدفّ

Root: دف

Form: 10

Full Definition

استدفّX : see 1, first sentence.
2 Also It was, or became, prepared, within one's power or reach, and easy; like استطفّ, the د being substituted for ط; [as also استذفّ;] and so دَفَّ , Present.T دَفِفَ ; [as also ذَفَّ.] You say, خُذْ َا ٱسْتَدَفَّ لَكَ, and ما دَفَّ لك, Take thou what is prepared for thee; what is within thy power or reach, and easy to thee.
3 And It was, or became, rightly disposed or arranged; in a right state; or complete, and in a right state: and استذفّ signifies the same.
4 استدفّ بِالمُوسَى He shaved his pubes with the razor, and did so utterly; occurring in this sense in a trad.
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