تسفّر

Form: 5

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تسفّرV means أَتَى بِسَفَرٍ, i. e. He came in [the time of] the whiteness of day [either before sunrise or after sunset].
2 And تسفّرت الإِبِلُ The camels pastured between sunset and nightfall, and in the سَفِير, i. e. the whiteness [of the sky] before night.

def.2 تسفّر النِسَآءَ عَنْ وُجُوهِهِنَّ i. q. , i. e. He sought the brightest of the women in face and in beauty for marriage.
2 And تسفّر شَيْئاً مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ He attained, or obtained, somewhat of the object of his want before its becoming beyond his reach.
3 And تسفّر فُلَانًا He sought to obtain of such a one the half (النِّصْفَ, O, K, TA [in the CK. النَّصَفَ, by which, if it be correct, may perhaps be meant what was equitable, and النِّصْفَ may bear the same interpretation,]) of a claim (تَبِعَة) that he had upon him.

def.3 تسفّر الجِلْدُ The skin received, or had, a mark, or an impression: from سَفْرٌ meaning أَثَرٌ.

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