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غَدَفٌ

Root: غدف

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غَدَفٌ A state of ease, and plentifulness, or ampleness: so in the saying, القَوْمُ فِى غَدَفٍ مِنْ عَيْشِهِمْ or مَعِيشَتِهِمْ [The people, or party, are in a state of ease, &c., in respect of their means of subsistence]: thus in the O and TS: but in the L, فى من معيشتهم.
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