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اسفدهُ

Root: سفد

Form: 4

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اسفدهُIV He made him to leap [the female].
2 أَسْفِدْنِى تَيْسَكَ, mentioned by Lh, means Lend me thy he-goat in order that he may leap my she-goat: and Umeiyeh Ibn-Abi-s-Salt uses its pass. part. n. metaphorically in relation to the زَنْد [or piece of stick used for producing fire]; saying, وَالأَرْضُ صَيَّرَهَا الإِلٰهُ طَرُوقَةً لِلْمَآءِ حَتَّى كُلُّ زَنْدٍ [And the land, God made it to be soaked by the water, so that every زند was lent; no man being able to go far enough to cut one for himself].
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