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صفّاهُ

Root: صفو

Form: 2

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صفّاهُII , Verbal.Noun تَصْفِيَةٌ, He cleared, or clarified, it, namely, wine, or beverage, by means of the رَاوُوق [or مِصْفَاة]. And He removed from it the floating particles, or motes, or the like, that had fallen into it; or so صفّاهُ مِنَ القَذَى.
2 And صفّى عَرَمَتَهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, He winnowed his heap of trodden-out corn, or grain.
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