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وَفَضَ

Root: وفض

Form: 1

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وَفَضَI , Present.T يَفِضُ, Verbal.Noun وَفْضٌ and وَفَضٌ; and اوفض , and استوفض ; He ran: he hastened, or went quickly. Hence, in the Kur. [lxx. 43,] كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَى نُصُبٍ , or نَصْبٍ, As though they were hastening, or going quickly, to a thing set up for worship. You say also وَفَضَتِ الإِبَلُ The camels hastened, or went quickly: or went the pace termed خَبَب. And The camels became dispersed: and they became dispersed in their pasturing.


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