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4 اتفلهُ أتفله اتفله اتفلة تفل تفلى He, or it, made him, or it, to be altered for the worse in odour, ill-smelling, or frouzy, (K,) or unperfumed. (S.) The rájiz says, “ وَ تُتْفِلُ العَنْبَرَ وَ الصِّوَارَ
” [And she makes ambergris and musk, or the vesicle of musk, to have a bad odour, or to lose their fragrance]. (S.) And it is said of the sun, تُتْفِلُ الرِّيحَ [It makes the odour of the person to be bad]. (TA, from a trad.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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