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اصطرف

Root: صرف

Form: 8

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اصطرفVIII He sought, sought after, or sought to gain, sustenance or the like, and used art or artifice or cunning [in so doing]; for his family, or household; as also , Present.T ـِ; you say, صَرَفَ لِأَهْلِهِ [as though meaning صَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ لِأَهْلِهِ] and اصطرف: or he used art or artifice or cunning (تصرّف) in the seeking of gain: or [meaning thus] you say, اصطرف فِى طَلَبِ الكَسْبِ.

def.2 It is also trans.: you say, اصطرف وَجْهَهُ: see 1, first quarter.
2 And اصطرف الدَّرَاهِمَ He procured the dirhems in exchange for [other] dirhems or for deenars.
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