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عَاصِف

Root: عصف

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عَاصِف and عَاصِفَةٌ and عَصُوفٌ [but this app. has a more intensive meaning] [and عَصِيفٌ as used in “ Fákihet el-Khulafà ” p. 196 line 18 but not found by me in this sense in any lexicon] and مُعْصِفٌ and Wind blowing violently, or vehemently: pl. of the first عَوَاصِفُ, and of the second عَاصِفَاتٌ; and of the last two and ; and [pl. of مُعْصِفَةٌ] which signifies winds that raise the clouds and the winds.
2 One says also يَوْمٌ عَاصِفٌ, because of the violent blowing of the wind therein, عَاصِفٌ in this case being an instance of فَاعِلٌ in the sense of مَفْعُولٌ فِيهِ, like as one says يَوْمٌ بَارِدٌ, or like لَيْلٌ نَائِمٌ; the meaning being, A day in which the wind blows violently, or vehemently: this is the meaning in the phrase فِى يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ in the Kur [xiv. 21]: or this phrase may mean فِى يَوْمٍ عَاصِفِ الرِّيحِ [in a day violent, or vehement, in respect of the wind], because the wind is mentioned in the former part of the sentence.
3 See also عَصُوفٌ.
4 عَاصِفٌ also signifies An arrow turning aside, or declining, from the butt; pl. عُصَّفٌ; a tropical meaning: and anything inclining, or declining.
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