عَفَّرَ
Root: عفر
Form: 2
Full Definition
عَفَّرَII
see 1, in four places.
2 عفّر قِرْنَهُ, and فَأَلْزَقَهُ بِالعَفَرِ, He wrestled with his adversary, and made him cleave to the dust.
def.2 عفّر, Verbal.Noun تَعْفِيرٌ, He mixed his black sheep or goats with others of the colour termed عُفْرَةٌ: or he took white sheep or goats in exchange for black; because the former have more increase.
2 And He made, or rendered, white.
2 عفّر قِرْنَهُ, and فَأَلْزَقَهُ بِالعَفَرِ, He wrestled with his adversary, and made him cleave to the dust.
def.2 عفّر, Verbal.Noun تَعْفِيرٌ, He mixed his black sheep or goats with others of the colour termed عُفْرَةٌ: or he took white sheep or goats in exchange for black; because the former have more increase.
2 And He made, or rendered, white.
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