دَفَنَهُ

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دَفَنَهُI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun دَفْنٌ, He buried it; interred it; i. e. hid it, concealed it, or covered it, in the earth, or dust, or beneath layers, or strata, of earth, or dust; namely, a thing; primarily having for its object a dead body: and دفّنهُ signifies the same; [but app. in an intensive sense or applying to a number of objects;] or , of the measure اِفْتَعَلَهُ. (K. [So too, accord. to the TA, in the M; but in the text of the M as given in the TT, دفّنهُ.]) One says to a man who is obscure, unnoted, or of no reputation, دَفَنْتَ نَفْسَكَ فِىحَيَاتِكَ [Thou hast buried thyself in thy lifetime].
2 Hence, دَفَنَ سِرَّهُ He hid, or concealed, his secret. And دَفَنْتُ الحَدِيثَ I hid or concealed, the information, or news, &c.
3 [Hence also, دَفَنَ الرَّكِيَّةَ He filled up, stopped up, or choked up, with earth or dust, the well.] And دَفَنْتُ عُيُونَ المِيَاهِ I stopped up the sources of the waters; syn. عَوَّرْتُهَا, and سَدَدْتُهَا. (Sh, TA in in art. عور.)

def.2 دَفَنَتْ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun دَفْنٌ, said of a she-camel, She went her own way, or at random, or heedlessly, without need: or it signifies, or signifies also, she was, or became, usually, in the midst of the other camels when they came to water: and , of the measure اِفْتَعَلَتْ, said of a she-camel, she was, or became, such as is termed دَفُونٌ ; i. e. she absented, or hid, herself from the other camels: or went her own way, at random, or heedlessly, alone.

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