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اِسْتَشْأَفَتْ

Root: شأف

Form: 10

Full Definition

اِسْتَشْأَفَتْX , said of a قُرْصَة, [so in the TA, an evident mistranscription, app. for قَرْحَة, and so in the next paragraph, i. e. an ulcer, or imposthume,] means صَارَ لَهَا أَصْلٌ [It had, or acquired, root, or rootedness, or permanence; as though it became a شَأْفَة].
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