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مَصْرِفٌ

Root: صرف

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مَصْرِفٌ A place of turning away or back: [see also مُنْصَرَفٌ:] hence, in the Kur [xviii. 51], وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا, meaning [And they shall not find] a place to which to turn away, or back, from it: or, a turning away, or back, from it: pl. مَصَارِفُ.
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