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عَفَّتِ

Root: عفو

Form: 2

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عَفَّتِII :
2 and عَفَّتِ الرِّيحُ الدَّارَ: and عَفَّى عَلَى أَثَرِهِ: see 1, former half, in three places. [Hence] one says, عَفَّى عَلَيْهِمُ الخَبَالُ, Verbal.Noun تَعْفِيَةٌ, [Perdition, or destruction, &c., effaced them,] meaning they died. And عَفَّى عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ [He effaced what had proceeded from him], meaning he acted well, or rightly, after acting ill, or wrongly.

def.2 See also 1, latter half, in two places.
2 [Hence] one says, عَفُّوا ظَهْرَ هٰذَا الجَمَلِ, meaning Leave ye this camel [lit. the back of this camel] so that he may become fat.
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