اسِفى
Root: سفو
Form: 4
Full Definition
اسِفىIV
He took for himself a mule such as is termed
سَفْوَآء, i. e. quick [&c.].
def.2 أسْفَتْ said of the wind, intrans. and trans.: see 1, in two places.
def.3 اسفى said of corn, It became rough, or coarse, in the extremities [or awn] of its ears.
2 اسفت said of بُهْمَى [or barley-grass], It let fall its سَفَا [or prickles, or awn, or extremities].
3 And اسفى said of a man, He took the prickles [or awn or extremities] of the بُهْمَى [or barley-grass].
def.4 Also, said of a man, He removed dust, or earth, (سَفًا, TA) from one place to another.
def.5 And اسفت said of a she-camel,
def.6 See also 1, last sentence.
def.7 اسفاهُ It incited him to unsteadiness, and levity.
2 And hence, perhaps, اسفى بِهِ He did evil or ill, or acted ill, to him, or with him, i. e., his companion.
def.2 أسْفَتْ said of the wind, intrans. and trans.: see 1, in two places.
def.3 اسفى said of corn, It became rough, or coarse, in the extremities [or awn] of its ears.
2 اسفت said of بُهْمَى [or barley-grass], It let fall its سَفَا [or prickles, or awn, or extremities].
3 And اسفى said of a man, He took the prickles [or awn or extremities] of the بُهْمَى [or barley-grass].
def.4 Also, said of a man, He removed dust, or earth, (سَفًا, TA) from one place to another.
def.5 And اسفت said of a she-camel,
def.6 See also 1, last sentence.
def.7 اسفاهُ It incited him to unsteadiness, and levity.
2 And hence, perhaps, اسفى بِهِ He did evil or ill, or acted ill, to him, or with him, i. e., his companion.
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