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عَطَّفَ

Root: عطف

Form: 2

Full Definition

عَطَّفَII see 1, latter half, in four places.

def.2 عَطَّفْتُهُ, ثَوْبِى, Verbal.Noun تَعْطِيفٌ, I made my garment to be to him an عِطَاف, i. e. a رِدَآء, [by putting it] upon his shoulders, as men do in the [season of] heat.
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