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اعفّهُ

Root: عف

Form: 4

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اعفّهُIV God made him to be عَفِيف [i. e. abstinent, &c.].

def.2 أَعَفَّتْ, [in the CK, erroneously, اُعِفَّت,] said of a ewe, or she-goat, is from العُفَافَةُ [and therefore signifies She had milk collected in her udder: or she had some milk remaining in her udder after most of it had been sucked].
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