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اشاف

Root: شوف

Form: 4

Full Definition

اشافIV i. q. أَشْرَفَ [meaning He was, or became, on the brink, or verge, or at the point, of it], namely, a thing; like أَشْفَى; from which it is formed by transposition.
2 And اشاف He feared. You say, اشاف مِنْهُ He feared him, or it.

def.2 See also 5, last sentence.
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