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شفّرها

Root: شفر

Form: 2

Full Definition

شفّرهاII , Verbal.Noun تَشْفِيرٌ, He compressed her on the شُفْر of her فَرْج.
2 And شَفَّرْتُ الشَّىْءَ, Verbal.Noun as above, I eradicated, or extirpated, the thing.

def.2 شفّر المَالُ, Verbal.Noun as above, The property became little: and went away: from IAar.
2 And شفّر said of a man, He gave little.
3 And شفّرت الشَّمْسُ لِلْغُرُوبِ The sun became near to setting; being likened to a man whose property has become little, and gone away.
4 And in like manner, شفّر عَلَى أَمْرٍ and لِأَمْرٍ, said of a man, He was, or became, on the brink, or verge, of the affair, or event, or case.
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