آلفهُ
Root: الف
Form: 4
Full Definition
def.2 آلفهُ الشَّىْءَ, or المَوْضِعَ, or مَكَانَ كَذَا, Verbal.Noun as above, He made him to keep, or cleave, to the thing, or to the place, or to such a place.
2 آلَفْتُ الشَّىْءَ I joined, conjoined or united, the thing.
def.3 آلَفْتُ القَوْمَ, Verbal.Noun as above, I made the people, or company of men, to be a thousand complete [by adding to them myself]; they being before nine hundred and ninety-nine. And آلف العَدَدَ He made the number to be a thousand; as also : or الأَلْفَ he completed the thousand. And in like manner, آلَفْتُ الدَّرَاهِمَ I made the dirhems to be a thousand complete. And لَهُمُ الأَعْمَارَ They said to them, May you live a thousand years. (A in art. عمر.)
def.4 آلَفُوا They became a thousand complete. And آلَفَتِ الدَّارَهِمُ The dirhems became a thousand complete.
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