افلس
Root: فلس
Form: 4
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افلسIV
, [Verbal.Noun إِفْلَاسٌ,] He became
مُفْلِس [which in the common legal acceptation means bankrupt, or insolvent]: or he had no property remaining: as though his دَرَاهِم [or pieces of silver] had become فُلُوس [or small copper coins], and base money: like as أَخْبَثَ signifies “ his companions, or friends, became bad, wicked, or deceitful: ” or he became in such a state that it was said he had not a
فَلْس [or small copper coin]; like as أَقْهَرَ signifies “ he became in a state in which to be overcome, or subdued: ” or as though he became in a state in which to be overcome, or subdued: or he became a possessor of
فُلُوس
after he had been a possessor of
دَرَاهِم: but properly, [so in the Msb, but I would rather say secondarily, or tropically,] he became reduced from a state of ease, or competence, or richness, to a state of difficulty, or poverty.
def.2 افلس الرَّجُلَ He sought the man and missed his place.
def.2 افلس الرَّجُلَ He sought the man and missed his place.
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