تَزْيِيفٌ
Root: زيف
Form: 2
Full Definition
تَزْيِيفٌII
is said to signify primarily The separating, or setting apart, such [money] as is passable, or current, from such as is termed
زَائِف: and hence, the rejecting [money], or returning [it]: and the making [it], or proving [it] to be, false, or spurious. One says, زيّف الدَّرَاهِمَ, Verbal.Noun تَزْيِيفٌ, He made, or pronounced, or showed, the dirhems, or pieces of money, to be bad, or to be such as are termed
زُيُوف; as also
. See also 1, near the end of the paragraph.
2 [Hence, التَّزْيِيفُ in relation to speech, or language: see 2 in art. رمل.]
3 And زيّفهُ, Verbal.Noun as above,
2 [Hence, التَّزْيِيفُ in relation to speech, or language: see 2 in art. رمل.]
3 And زيّفهُ, Verbal.Noun as above,
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