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سالف

Root: سلف

Form: 3

Full Definition

سالفIII : see 1, first sentence.

def.2 سالفهُ فِى الأَرْضِ, Verbal.Noun مُسَالَفَةٌ, i. q. سَايَرَهُ [i. e. He went, or kept pace, or ran, with him, or he vied, contended, or competed, with him in going or running, in the land; as though striving to be before him].
2 And سالفهُ He equalled him in an affair.
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