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خَرَفَىٌّ

Root: خرف

Full Definition

خَرَفَىٌّ and خَرْفِىٌّ , the latter a contraction of the former, and , Of, or relating to, the season called خَرِيف; and applied to the rain of that season; rel. ns. from الخَرِيفُ; irregularly formed.
2 The first also signifies The increase (نِتَاج) [of sheep and goats] in the end of the [season called] قَيْظ. (Aboo-Nasr, TA voce صَفَرِىٌّ, q. v.)
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