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مُسَايَفَةٌ

Root: سيف

Form: 3

Full Definition

مُسَايَفَةٌIII signifies The contending with another in fight, or in smiting, with the sword. سَايَفَنِى , a phrase mentioned, without his adding anything thereto, by Lh, app. means [He contended with me in smiting with the sword, and] I was more skilled in the use of the sword (كُنْتُ أَسْيَفَ) than he.
2 See also 6.


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