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اصافوا

Root: صيف

Form: 4

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اصافواIV They entered the [season called] صَيْف: like أَشْتَوْا meaning “ They entered the [season called] شِتَآء. ”
2 And اصافت She brought forth in the صَيْف.
3 [Hence,] اصاف said of a man, He had offspring born to him [in the summer of his age, i. e.] when he was old, or advanced in age: or he had no offspring born to him until he was advanced in age, or old. And He abstained from women while a young man, and then married when old, or advanced in age.

def.2 اصاف ٱللّٰهُ عَنِّى شَرَّ فُلَانٍ God turned away, or may God turn away, from me the evil, or mischief, of such a one: belonging to this art. and to art. صوف.
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