اخفرهُ
Root: خفر
Form: 4
Full Definition
اخفرهُIV
He sent, or appointed, with him a
خَفِير [or protector], to defend and guard him.
def.2 He broke, or violated, his covenant, or engagement, with him; the أ having a privative effect; he behaved perfidiously, treacherously, or unfaithfully, to him; as also بِهِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun خَفْرٌ (K, TA, in the CK خَفَرٌ) and خُفُورٌ: or خُفُورٌ is an Verbal.Noun syn. with إِخْفَارٌ as Verbal.Noun of اخفر in the sense above explained, but having no verb, such as خَفَرَ, belonging to it: or you say, ذِمَّةُ فُلَانٍ, Verbal.Noun خُفُورٌ, such a one's compact, covenant, or obligation, by which he had become responsible for the safety, or safe-keeping, of a person or thing, or the like, was unfulfilled: and اخفرهاالرَّجُلُ the man broke, or violated, or failed of performing, it: and اخفرالعَهْدَ he broke, or violated, the covenant, or engagement: and اخفر alone signifies the same.
def.2 He broke, or violated, his covenant, or engagement, with him; the أ having a privative effect; he behaved perfidiously, treacherously, or unfaithfully, to him; as also بِهِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun خَفْرٌ (K, TA, in the CK خَفَرٌ) and خُفُورٌ: or خُفُورٌ is an Verbal.Noun syn. with إِخْفَارٌ as Verbal.Noun of اخفر in the sense above explained, but having no verb, such as خَفَرَ, belonging to it: or you say, ذِمَّةُ فُلَانٍ, Verbal.Noun خُفُورٌ, such a one's compact, covenant, or obligation, by which he had become responsible for the safety, or safe-keeping, of a person or thing, or the like, was unfulfilled: and اخفرهاالرَّجُلُ the man broke, or violated, or failed of performing, it: and اخفرالعَهْدَ he broke, or violated, the covenant, or engagement: and اخفر alone signifies the same.
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