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1 صَفَحَ عَنْهُ ذ , (Mgh, Msb, K, *) aor. صَفَحَ , (K,) inf. n. صَفْحٌ, (TA,) properly signifying He turned towards [or from] him, or it, the صَفْحَة [i. e. side] of his face, (Mgh,) means he turned away from, (Mgh, Msb, K, *) and left, (Msb, K,) him, or it, (Mgh, Msb,) i. e. [a man, or] an affair. (Msb.) And ضَرَبْتُ عَنْهُ صَفْحًا I turned away from him and left him; (S, TA;) i. e. a man: (TA:) صَفْحًا being here an inf. n., and therefore in the accus. case, as in the phrase قَعَدْتُ جُلُوسًا; or it is in the accus. case as an adv. n., and the meaning is I turned away from him aside. (Har p. 434. [See also, in art. ضرب, a similar phrase in the Kur xliii. 4, cited here in the TA, and in Har ubi suprà.]) ― -b2- And صَفَحَ عَنْهُ, (S, A, K, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) means [also] He turned away from his crime, sin, fault, or offence: (S, A, TA:) or he forgave him. (K, TA.) And صَفَحْتُ عَنْ ذَنْبِ فُلَانٍ I turned away from the crime, sin, &c., of such a one, and did not punish him for it: (TA:) or صَفَحْتُ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ, aor. and inf. n. as above, I forgave the crime, sin, &c. (Msb.) ― -b3- And صَفَحَتْ, (K, TA,) aor. as above, (TA,) inf. n. صُفُوحٌ, said of a she-camel, (K, TA,) and of a ewe, or she-goat, (TA,) [She ceased to yield her milk;] her milk went away. (K, TA.) -A2- صَفَحَ as a trans. verb: see 5, in five places. ― -b2- And see 2. ― -b3- Also, aor. صَفَحَ , inf. n. صَفْحٌ, He (a dog) spread forth, or stretched out, his fore legs: a rájiz says, “ صَفْحَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ لِعَظْمٍ كَلْبَا
” [As the spreading forth of his fore legs, to, or for, a bone; I mean a dog]; كلبا being put in the accus. case as an explicative: or he here uses an inversion; meaning صَفْحَ كَلْبٍ ذِرَاعَيْهِ. (L.) ― -b4- And صَفَحَهُ, (S,) or صَفَحَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ; (K;) and ↓ اصفحهُ , (S,) or اصفحهُ بالسيف; (TA;) He struck him with the side, or flat, of the sword, (بِعُرْضِهِ, TA, or بِعَرْضِهِ, S, K,) [i. e. with its صَفْح, or صُفْح, or صَفْحَة,] not with its edge. (TA.) ― -b5- And صَفَحَهُ, (S, IAth, K, TA,) aor. صَفَحَ , inf. n. صَفْحٌ; (TA;) and ↓ اصفحهُ , (S, K, TA,) inf. n. إِِصْفَاحٌ; (TA;) He turned him back, or sent him away; namely, a person asking, or begging; (S, K, TA;) he refused his request: (IAth, TA:) and صَفَحَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ and عَنْهَا ↓ اصفحهُ He refused him the thing that he wanted. (TA.) ― -b6- And صَفَحَهُ also signifies He gave to him. (IAth, TA.) [Thus it has two contr. meanings.] ― -b7- Also He gave him to drink any kind of beverage (K, TA) and at any time. (TA.) ― -b8- And صَفَحَ الإِِبِلَ عَلَى الحَوْضِ He made the camels to pass by the wateringtrough; [app. watering them;] syn. أَمَرَّهَا عَلَيْهِ. (S, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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