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1 لَفَحَتْهُ النَّارُ ذ , (S, M, K,) aor. لَفَحَ , (M,) inf. n. لَفْحٌ and لَفَحَانٌ, (M, K,) The fire smote, or hurt, his face; as also لفحت وَجْهَهُ: (M, O:) the fire burned him; (TA;) as also نفحته النار بِحَرِّهَا; (S, K;) and in like manner the hot wind called سَمُوم: (S:) لَفَحَتْ and نَفَحَتْ are syn., except that the effect of النَّفْح is greater than that of اللَّفْح: (Zj:) or لَفْحٌ relates to a hot wind; and نَفْحٌ, to a cold, or cool, wind: (As, S:) you also say لفحته السَّمُوم meaning the سموم blew in his face. (L.) ― -b2- Also لَفَحَهُ, aor. لَفَحَ , He smote, or struck, him, with a sword, (S, K,) lightly, or slightly: you say لَفَحْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ لَفْحَةً I struck him with the sword a light, or slight, blow. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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