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تصافنوا

Root: صفن

Form: 6

Full Definition

تصافنواVI , said of people in a journey and having little water, They divided the water among themselves by shares, by means of the pebble, which they threw into the vessel to pour the water into it, giving to each of them as much as would cover the pebble. See also 6 in art. حذى.
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