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صادفهُ

Root: صدف

Form: 3

Full Definition

صادفهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُصَادَفَةٌ, He found him; or lighted on him; syn. وَجَدَهُ; namely, another man; and لَقِيَهُ [which may also be rendered he met with him; or encountered him]; and وَافَقَهُ [which signifies the same]. (M, * TA, and S and K in art. وفق.) One says, صَادَفْتُ فُلَانًا بِمَوْضِعِ كَذَا I found, or met with, such a one in such a place; syn. وَافَقْتُهُ. (TA in art. وفق.) And صَادَفْتَ أَمْرَكَ مُوَافِقًا لِإِرَادَتِكَ [Thou foundest thine affair, or thy case, suitable to thy wish; i. e., foundest it to be so: thus, in this instance, and in many others, like its syns. وَجَدْتَ and لَقِيتَ, the verb has two objective complements]. (S * and K * and TA in art. وفق.)
2 And مُصَادَفَةٌ signifies also The being opposite, one to another; or the facing one another; or the matching one another; syn. مُحَاذَاةٌ.
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