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صنّفهُ

Root: صنف

Form: 2

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صنّفهُII , Verbal.Noun تَصْنِيفٌ, He assorted it; i. e. made it into, or disposed it in, sorts, or species; and separated, or distinguished, its several parts or portions or constituents, one from another: التَّصْنِيفُ is the separating, or distinguishing, of things, one from another.
2 And hence, تَصْنِيفُ الكُتُبِ or الكِتَابِ: you say, صنّف الكِتَابَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He composed the book.

def.2 صنّفت العِضَاهُ The [trees called] عضاه became green: and صنّف الشَّجَرُ the trees put forth their leaves: AHn says that this signifies the trees began to leaf, so that they were of two sorts, one sort that had leaved and one sort that had not leaved; but this is not a valid saying; and in like manner : accord. to the A, both signify the trees became of different sorts; and in like manner النَّبَاتُ [the plants, or herbage]: and صنّف الثَّمَرُ, Verbal.Noun as above, signifies the fruits became so that some of them were ripe exclusively of others, and some of them coloured exclusively of others: and الأَرْطَى, and النَّبْتُ, the [trees called] ارطى, and the plants, or herbage, broke forth to leaf. 'ObeydAlláh Ibn-Keys-er-Rukeiyát says, سَقْيًا لِحُلْوَانَ ذِى الكُرُومِ وَمَا صَنَّفَ مِنْ تِينِهِ وَمِنْ عِنَبِهْ [May there be a sending down of rain to Hulwán, the possessor of vines, and of such as have put forth their leaves, of the fig-trees and the grape-vines thereof]: it is said in the K that the verb in this verse is thus, from صنّف الشَّجَرُ, not from صنّفهُ; and that J has erred in the reading that he has given; for the reading given by J, who ascribes this verse to Ibn-Ahmar, is صُنِّفَ; but this is the reading of Fr, [as is said in the O,] and both readings are correct; and of the latter, [accord. to which the meaning is, and of such as have been made to consist of various sorts or species, of the fig-trees and the grape-vines thereof,] MF says, it is that which the case requires, the commendation being for the abundance and variety of the fruits of the trees, rather than for the trees putting forth their leaves.
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