وَقَّفَهُ
Root: وقف
Form: 2
Full Definition
وَقَّفَهُII
[He made him to pause, or wait, at the thing, or affair]. (K, TA, in art. ثبط.) See the quasi-pass. تَوَقَّفَ: and see ثَبَّطَهُ.
2 وَقَّفَهُ, Verbal.Noun تَوْقِيفٌ He taught him the places of pausing, in reading. And hence, He made him to know a thing.
3 وَقَّفَهُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, meaning عَرَّفَهُ إِيَّاهُ, He made him acquainted with the thing; informed him of it; gave him notice of it; though often occurring, for وَقَفَهُ عَلَيْهِ, seems to be post-classical. It is used in this sense, or as meaning He revealed to him the thing, in many places in the Mz, 1st نوع: as, for ex, in the following instance, cited from IF, وَقَّفَ ٱللّٰهُ آدَمَ عَلَى مَا شَآءَ أَنْ يُعَلِّمَهُ إِيَّاهُ [God taught, or revealed to, Adam what He pleased to teach him].
4 وَقَّفَ الحَدِيثَ, Verbal.Noun تَوْقِيفٌ, He explained the tradition; syn. بَيَّنَهُ.
5 تَوْقِيفٌ, as a legal term: see نَصَّ عَلَى شَىْءٍ مَّا.
6 See 1
2 وَقَّفَهُ, Verbal.Noun تَوْقِيفٌ He taught him the places of pausing, in reading. And hence, He made him to know a thing.
3 وَقَّفَهُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, meaning عَرَّفَهُ إِيَّاهُ, He made him acquainted with the thing; informed him of it; gave him notice of it; though often occurring, for وَقَفَهُ عَلَيْهِ, seems to be post-classical. It is used in this sense, or as meaning He revealed to him the thing, in many places in the Mz, 1st نوع: as, for ex, in the following instance, cited from IF, وَقَّفَ ٱللّٰهُ آدَمَ عَلَى مَا شَآءَ أَنْ يُعَلِّمَهُ إِيَّاهُ [God taught, or revealed to, Adam what He pleased to teach him].
4 وَقَّفَ الحَدِيثَ, Verbal.Noun تَوْقِيفٌ, He explained the tradition; syn. بَيَّنَهُ.
5 تَوْقِيفٌ, as a legal term: see نَصَّ عَلَى شَىْءٍ مَّا.
6 See 1
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