عَافِرٌ
Root: عفر
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عَافِرٌ
and
مُنْعَفِرٌ and
مَعْفُورٌ and
مُعَفَّرٌ
Defiled with dust: hence, العَافِرُ الوَجْهِ
He whose face is defiled with dust: and هُوَ الوَجْهِ فِى التُّرَابِ, and
, He has the face defiled in the dust.
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