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1 صَفَعَهُ ذ , aor. صَفَعَ , (O, Msb, K,) inf. n. صَفْعٌ, (S, * O, Msb, TA,) accord. to Lth, (O, TA,) He struck him with his fist, not vehemently, on the back of his neck: (O, K, TA:) or, (O, K,) accord. to Az (O, Msb, TA) and others, (Msb,) he struck him [i. e. slapped him] with his expanded hand (O, Msb, K, TA) on the back of his neck, or on his body; not with the fist: (O, Msb, TA:) or it is post-classical: (S, K:) [but Fei says,] the assertion that it is post-classical is not to be regarded: (Msb:) Az adds, IDrd says that it is from ↓ صَوْفَعَةٌ , (O, TA,) which signifies the top, or uppermost part, of the [cap called] كُمَّة, and of the turban: (O, K, TA:) or this is a mistranscription, and is correctly with ق: (K, TA:) [Sgh says,] this which Az mentions, [as] on the authority of IDrd, I have not found in the Jm; and it is correctly with ق. (O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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