مُصَافَنَةٌ
Root: صفن
Form: 3
Full Definition
def.2 [Also The dividing of water among a people, or party, in the manner described in the next paragraph:] one says, القَوْمِ فَأَعْطَانِى صَافَنَ المَآءَ بَيْنَ i. e. مَقْلَةً [for جُرْعَةَ مَقْلَةٍ, the meaning being He divided the water in that manner among the people, or party, and gave me a gulp as much as would cover a pebble in the bottom of a vessel].
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