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ادفأهُ

Root: دفأ

Form: 4

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ادفأهُIV It rendered him warm, or hot. And He clad him with a garment of wool &c. that rendered him warm, or hot.
2 [Hence,] He gave him a large gift; or he gave him much.
3 ادفأ القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, collected themselves together [app. so that they made one another warm, or hot].
4 ادفأت الإِبِلُ عَلَىمِائَةٍ The camels exceeded a hundred.

def.2 ادفأهُ, in the dial. of El-Yemen, as also , i. q. [أَدْفَاهُ and ] دَافَاهُ and دَفَاهُ, [see art. دفو,] He despatched him, namely, a wounded man; i. e. put him to death quickly.
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