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دَفَقَهُ

Root: دفق

Form: 1

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دَفَقَهُI , Present.T ـُ and ـِ Verbal.Noun دَفْقٌ, and by poetic license دَفَقٌ, He poured it forth, or out: or he poured it forth, or out, with vehemence: namely, water [&c.]. And دُفِقَ المَآءُ The water poured out, or forth: one should not say دَفَقَ المَآءُ: or this last, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun دَفْقٌ, signifies the water poured forth, or out, with vehemence: but As disallowed its being used in an intrans. sense: [the forms of the verb commonly used intransitively are 7 and 5:] accord. to Lth, alone, i. e. in the 'Eyn, دَفَقَ المآءُ, and الدَّمْعُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun دَفْقٌ and دُفُوقٌ, signify the water, and the tears, poured forth, or out, at once: but Az disallows this.
2 [Hence,] دَفَقَ ٱللّٰهُ رُوحَهُ [God poured forth his spirit; i. e.] God caused him to die: or it means may he die. As says, I alighted at the abode of an Arab woman of the desert, and she said to a daughter of hers, Bring to him the drinking-bowl (العُسّ): and she brought me a drinking-bowl in which was milk, and spilled it; whereupon she said to her دَفَقَتْ مُهْجَتُكِ [May thy blood, or heart's blood, be poured forth: or, as appears from a statement above, the right reading is probably دُفِقَتْ]. (TA. [See also مُهْجَةٌ.])
3 One says also, of a river, or rivulet, and of a valley, دَفَقَ, [app. for دَفَقَ المَآءَ,] meaning, It became full so that the water poured forth, or overflowed, or so that it poured forth the water, from its sides.
4 And دَفَقَ الكُوزَ He poured forth, or scattered, the contents of the mug at once; as also .
5 The verb is also used transitively and intransitively in relation to a beast: you say, دَفَقْتُ الدَّابَّةَ I made the beast to hasten, or go quickly:
6 and دَفَقَتِ الدَّابَّةُ The beast hastened, or went quickly: and [in like manner] one says of a quick camel, فِى مِشْيِهِ [He hastens, speeds, or presses forward, in his pace, or going]: and الأُتُنُ The wild she-asses hastened, or went quickly.

def.2 دَفِقَ, [Present.T ـَ] Verbal.Noun دَفَقٌ, He had his teeth standing outwards: or had his elbows far apart from his sides. (JK. [See also رَفِقَ.])
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