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1 شَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ ذ , aor. 1َ2ُ3َ , [inf. n. app. شَفًا, but said in the TK to be شَفْوٌ,] The sun was, or became, near to setting: (K in art. شفو:) and شَفَت, (K in art. شفى,) [aor. 1َ2ِ3َ ,] inf. n. شَفًا, (TA,) it (the sun) set; as also شَفِيَت: (K:) or, accord. to IKtt, set save a little; and the like is said in the T. (TA.) قُبَيْلَ الشَّفَا means A little before the setting of the sun. (TA.) [See also شَفًا below.] ― -b2- And شَفَا said of the هِلَال [or moon a little after or before the change], It rose. (K.) And said of a شَخْص [or bodily form or figure seen from a distance, or a person], It, or he, appeared, or became apparent. (K.) -A2- شَفَاهُ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. 1َ2ِ3َ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. شِفَآءٌ, (S, Msb,) He (God, S, Msb) recovered him, or restored him to convalescence, syn. أَبْرَأَهُ, so in the M, but in the K بَرَاهُ, (TA,) namely a sick person, (Msb,) مِنْ مَرَضِهِ [from his disease, or sickness]. (S, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence, شَفَيْتُهُ, in art. بضع in the S, said by a person respecting one who asked him concerning a question, as meaning (assumed tropical:) I relieved him from doubt: and شَفَاهُ عَنِ المَسْأَلَةِ in the same art. in the K, as meaning (assumed tropical:) He relieved him from doubt respecting the question. See 8 as quasi-pass. of the verb thus used.] ― -b3- And يَشْفِيكَ إِِنْ قَالَ (assumed tropical:) [He will please thee if he speak; i. e.] his speech will please thee. (Har p. 433.) ― -b4- شَفَاهُ also signifies He sought, or demanded, or desired, for him, recovery, or restoration to convalescence; and so ↓ أَشْفَاهُ : (K, TA:) thus in the M. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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