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1 ثَفِنَتْ يَدُهُ ثفنت يده ثفنت يدة , (S, M, A, K,) aor. ثَفَنَ , (S, K,) inf. n. ثَفُنٌ, (S, M,) (tropical:) His hand was, or became, rough, or callous, [as though resembling a ثَفنَة of a camel,] (S, M, A, K,) and blistered, (A,) from work. (M.) -A2- ثَفَنَتْهُ, (S, K, *) aor. ثَفِنَ , inf. n. ثَفْنٌ, (S,) She (a camel) struck him with her ثَفِنَات [pl. of ثَفَنَةُ, q. v.]. (S, K. *) ― -b2- And ثَفَنَهُ, (T, M, K,) aor. as above, (K,) and so the inf. n., (T, M,) He impelled, pushed, thrust, or drove, him; or pushed, thrust, or drove, him away, or back: (T, M, K:) and struck, or beat, him. (M.) ― -b3- Also, (T, M, K,) aor. ثَفِنَ (M, K) and ثَفُنَ , (M,) inf. n. ثَفْنٌ, (T, M,) He followed him: (M, K:) or he came to him from behind him: (T, K:) or you say, جَآءَ يَثْفِنُ as meaning he came closely pursuing a thing, having almost overtaken, or reached, it: and مَرَّ يَثْفِنُهُمٌ, and يَثْفُنُهُمْ, he went along, or away, following them. (M.) ― -b4- And ثَفَنَ الشَّىْءَ, aor. ثَفِنَ , inf. n. ثَفْنٌ, He kept, clave, clung, or held fast, to the thing. (M.) ― -b5- And ثَفَنَ الرَّجُلَ He associated with the man in such a manner that nothing of his case was hidden from him. (T.) [See also 3.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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