افادهُ
Root: فيد
Form: 4
Full Definition
2 [And He, or it, profited, advantaged, or benefited, him; فَائِدَةً being understood. Hence,] one says, إِنْ أَفَدْتَنِى حَرْفًا فَقَدْ أَصْفَدْتَنِى أَلْفًا [If thou teach me a word, thou givest me what is worth a thousand dirhems]. (A in art. صفد.)
3 [Hence, also, افاد said of a word, and a phrase, It had, or performed, a useful office, as expressive of a meaning, or as contributing to the expression thereof, or as adding to a meaning previously expressed. And hence, It imported, or conveyed, a meaning; and particularly, when said of a phrase, a complete meaning, so that a pause might be well made after uttering it; فَائِدَةً being understood.]
def.2 See also 10.
2 And see 1, last signification.
3 Also, افادهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, He killed him; destroyed him; slaughtered him; namely, a man, and a beast. (T, * L, and K * in art. فود.)
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