Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

زَعَفَهُ

Root: زعف

Form: 1

Full Definition

زَعَفَهُI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun زَعْفٌ, He, or it, killed him on the spot; as also , and ازدعفهُ ; the last mentioned by As, as syn. with أَقْعَصَهُ: or cast, or shot, at him, or smote him, so that he died on the spot, quickly: and killed him quickly.
2 See also 4.

def.2 زَعَفَ فِى حَدِيثِهِ He added, or exaggerated, or he lied, in his discourse, or narration.


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