استفلى
Root: فلى
Form: 10
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استفلىX
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تفالى , i. e. تفالى
هُوَ [not تفالى رأسه], He desired that his head might be searched for lice.
def.2 And استفلاهُ He exposed himself to have his head struck and cut with the sword: a poet says,
def.2 And استفلاهُ He exposed himself to have his head struck and cut with the sword: a poet says,
[Dost thou not see me to be strong of heart? I will strike and cut his head with the sword when he exposes himself to be so struck &c.]أَمَاتَرَانِى رَابِطَ الجَنَانِ أَفْلِيهِ بِالسَّيْفِ إِذَا ٱسْتَفْلَانِى
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