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حَصِيفٌ

Root: حصف

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حَصِيفٌ Anything firm, strong, compact, sound, and free from defect. A garment, or piece of cloth, compactly, or firmly and closely, woven: or dense; concealing [what is within it]: and مُحْصَفٌ [in like manner] signifies dense and strong.
2 [Hence,] Firm, or sound, in intellect or sense; and حَصِفٌ signifies the same; and firm in judgment; [or possessing firmness, or soundness, of intellect and judgment; for] it is a possessive epithet: and the former is said to signify strong in intellect, and good in judgment. حَصِيفُ العُقْدَةِ, occurring in a letter of 'Omar, means [Firm] in judgment, and in the management, conducting, ordering, or regulating, of affairs.


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