اصفرهُ
Root: صفر
Form: 4
Full Definition
اصفرهُIV
He emptied it; or made it void, or vacant; namely, a house or tent [&c.]; as also
صفّرهُ , Verbal.Noun تَصْفِيرٌ. The Arabs say, مَا أَصْغَيْتُ لَكَ إِنَآءً وَلَا أَصْفَرْتُ لَكَ فِنَآءً [I have not overturned a vessel belonging to thee, nor have I emptied a yard belonging to thee]; meaning I have not taken thy camels nor thy property, so that thy vessel should be overturned and thou shouldst find no milk to milk into it, and so that thy yard should be empty, plundered, no camel or sheep or goat lying in it: it is said in excusing oneself.
def.2 [Accord. to Freytag, اصفر signifies also It was, or became, empty, or void, of (مِنْ) household-goods: so that it is syn. with صَفِرَ: and this is probably correct: for
2 ] أَصْفَرَ, also, signifies He was, or became, poor; said of a man.
def.2 [Accord. to Freytag, اصفر signifies also It was, or became, empty, or void, of (مِنْ) household-goods: so that it is syn. with صَفِرَ: and this is probably correct: for
2 ] أَصْفَرَ, also, signifies He was, or became, poor; said of a man.
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