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اغفر

Root: غفر

Form: 4

Full Definition

اغفرIV : see 1, in two places.

def.2 أَغْفَرَتْ It produced somewhat of غَفَر, meaning small herbage: [i. e.] it produced herbage like the nap of cloth.
2 And It produced its مَغَافِير [pl. of مُغْفُورٌ, q. v.]. And اغفر It (the [species of tree, or shrub, called] رِمْث, S, and the عُرْفُط, [&c.,] TA) exuded, or produced, its مَغَافِير.

def.3 Also, i. e. اغفرت, [from غُفْرٌ, q. v.,] She had a young one, or young ones.

def.4 And اغفر النَّخْلُ The palm-tress had, upon their unripe dates, what resembled bark, or crust; which the people of El-Medeeneh term الغَفَا [or الغَفَى].
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