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تَشْفِيقٌ

Root: شفق

Form: 2

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تَشْفِيقٌII signifies The making [a gift or the like (see مُشَفَّقٌ)] scanty, or little in amount or quantity; as also .
2 And The weaving badly. You say, شفّق المِلْحَفَةَ He wove badly, or so as to make it scanty in the yarn, or unsubstantial, the [kind of wrapper called] ملحفة.

def.2 See also 4, last sentence.
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