Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اجفاهُ

Root: جفو

Form: 4

Full Definition

اجفاهُIV He made, or caused, him, or it, to be, or become, distant, remote, far off, or aloof.
2 See also 3, in two places.
3 اجفى المَاشِيَةَ He fatigued the cattle, [in some copies of the S, تَبِعَهَا is put for أَتْعَبَهَا,] and did not let them eat, nor fed them previously, driving them vehemently.

def.2 أَجْفَتِ القِدْرُ: see 1.
2 أجْفَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became like the جُفَآء, or rubbish and scum cast forth by the torrent of a valley, or by a cooking-pot, in respect of the departure of the good thereof.


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