ذَأَفَ
Root: ذأف
Form: 1
Full Definition
ذَأَفَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun ذَأَفَانٌ, [in the CK ذَأْفان,] He died: [or he died quickly: see ذَأْفٌ, which is app. an inf. n, as also, perhaps, ذُؤَافٌ.]
def.2 ذَأْفَهُ, and ذَأَفَ عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun ذَأْفٌ and ذَأَفٌ, He despatched him; namely, a wounded man; or hastened and completed his slaughter.
2 And يَذْأَفُ is also said of poison [app. as meaning It kills quickly].
3 مَرَّ يَذْأَفُهُمْ He passed by driving them away, or pursuing them, or destroying them.
def.2 ذَأْفَهُ, and ذَأَفَ عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun ذَأْفٌ and ذَأَفٌ, He despatched him; namely, a wounded man; or hastened and completed his slaughter.
2 And يَذْأَفُ is also said of poison [app. as meaning It kills quickly].
3 مَرَّ يَذْأَفُهُمْ He passed by driving them away, or pursuing them, or destroying them.
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