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سَفْسَافٌ

Root: سف

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سَفْسَافٌ signifies [also] An action, and a saying, in which is no good. And Any bad wind: [or] سَفْسَافَةٌ signifies a wind running a little above the ground; and so مُسَفْسِفَةٌ : or the latter, a wind that raises the fine dust, and runs a little above the ground.
2 حَلِفٌ سَفْسَافٌ A false, or lying, swearing, in which is no ratification.
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