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عَافَتِ

Root: عوف

Form: 1

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عَافَتِI , Present.T تَعُوفُ, Verbal.Noun عَوْفٌ, The birds circled over a thing, or over the water, or over carcasses or corpses: or circled over a thing, going to and fro and not going away, desiring to alight: AA says that the medial radical is و; others say that it is ى, as will be shown in art. عيف.

def.2 And عَافَ He kept, or clave, to the trees, or plants, called عَوْف.
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