Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَشْفَفْتُهُمْ

Root: شف

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَشْفَفْتُهُمْIV I preferred them, or judged them to excel. You say, أَشْفَفْتُ بَعْضَ وَلَدِى عَلَى بَعْضٍ I preferred some of my children above some. And أَشْفَفْتُ هٰذَا عَلَى هٰذَا I preferred this above this.
2 And اشفّ فُلَانٌ الدِّرْهَمَ Such a one made the dirhem to exceed: or, made it to fall short.

def.2 أَشَفَّ عَلَيْهِ [if not a mistranscription for أُشِفَّ, which I rather think it to be,] He excelled him, or surpassed him.

def.3 أَشَفَّ الفَمُ The mouth had in it a fetid odour.


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