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1 جَرَفَهُ جرف جرفه جرفة , (S, Msb, K,) aor. جَرُفَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. جَرْفٌ (S, Msb, K) and جَرْفَةٌ, (Lh, K,) He took away, carried away, or removed, the whole of it, (S, Msb, K,) or the greater part of it, (S,) or much of it: (S, K:) and [in like manner ↓ جرّفهُ ; for its inf. n.] تَجْرِيفٌ signifies the act of carrying away wholly: (KL:) and ↓ اجترفهُ he took the whole of it. (TA in art. جفت.) ― -b2- Also, (inf. n. جَرْفٌ, TA,) He swept it away, namely, mud, (S, K,) from the surface of the earth; (TA;) and so ↓ جرّفهُ , (K,) inf. n. تَجْرِيفٌ; (TA;) and ↓ تجرّفهُ : (K:) or ↓ تَجْرِيفٌ signifies the act of clearing away mud or the like well; in Persian, نيك رنديدن: (KL: [Golius, app. misled by a mistranscription, has explained the verb, جرّف, as on the authority of the KL, by “ bene effudit: ”]) and الشَّىْءَ ↓ اجترف he swept away the thing (جَرَفَهُ) from the surface of the earth. (TA.) You say also, جَرَفَتْهُ السُّيُولُ, (Msb,) or ↓ جرّفتهُ , inf. n. تَجْرِيفٌ; (S;) and ↓ تجرّفتهُ ; (S, K;) The torrents swept it away; (TA;) [or swept it partially away; or wore it away;] namely, a portion of land. (S, Msb, K. See جُرُفٌ.) And, of a death commonly prevailing, جَرَفَ النَّاسَ كَجَرْفِ السَّيْلِ (tropical:) [It swept away, or destroyed, men, like the sweeping away of the torrent]: (TA:) and ↓ يَجْتَرِفُ مَالَ القَوْمِ [It sweeps away, or destroys, the cattle of the people]. (S, TA.) ― -b3- [He shovelled it, or scooped it, away, or up, or out.] You say, جَرَفَهُ بِكِلْتَا يَدَيْهِ [He scooped it up, or out, with both his hands]; i. e. something dry, as flour, and sand, and the like. (S in art. حفن.) ― -b4- جُرِفَ It (herbage) was eaten up utterly. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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