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10 استدفّ استدف : see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- Also It (a thing, M) was, or became, prepared, (AZ, T, M,) within one's power or reach, (S, M, K,) and easy; (S, K;) like استطفّ, the د being substituted for ط; (S;) [as also استذفّ;] and so ↓ دَفَّ , (T, M,) aor. دَفِ3َ ; (M;) [as also ذَفَّ.] You say, خُذْ َا ا@سْتَدَفَّ لَكَ, (AZ, T, S, K,) and ما لك ↓ دَفَّ , (AZ, T,) Take thou what is prepared for thee; (AZ, T;) what is within thy power or reach, and easy to thee. (S, K.) ― -b3- And It (an affair, or a thing,) was, or became, rightly disposed or arranged; in a right state; (S, K;) or complete, (S, Msb,) and in a right state: (S:) and استذفّ signifies the same. (IKtt, IB, TA.) ― -b4- استدفّ بِالمُوسَى (tropical:) He shaved his pubes with the razor, (K, * TA,) and did so utterly; occurring in this sense in a trad. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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