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اخاف

Root: خيف

Form: 4

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اخافIV , Verbal.Noun إِخَافَةٌ; and أَخْيَفَ; said of a man, or of a party of men, He, or they, alighted, or descended and stopped or sojourned or abode, in a [tract such as is termed] خَيْف: and [particularly] came to the خَيْف of Minè, and there alighted, or descended and stopped &c.; as also .

def.2 اخاف السَّيْلُ القَوْمَ The torrent made the party, or company of men, to alight, or descend and stop or sojourn or abide, in a [tract such as is termed] خَيْف.
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