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1 عَصَفَتِ الرِّيحُ ذ , aor. عَصِفَ , (S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. عَصْفٌ and عُصُوفٌ, (O, Msb, K,) The wind blew violently, or vehemently; as also ↓ اعصفت ; (S, O, Msb, K;) the latter of the dial. of BenooAsad. (S, O.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) عَصْفٌ signifies also (tropical:) The being quick, or swift; (Lth, O, TA;) and so [↓ إِِعْصَافٌ and] ↓ تَعَصُّفٌ : (TA:) and is used in relation to anything: (Lth, O:) عَصَفَ signifying (assumed tropical:) He, or it, was quick, or swift. (K.) One says, of a she-camel, تَعْصِفُ بِرَاكِبِهَا (tropical:) She goes quickly, or swiftly, with her rider; (Sh, S, Z, O, TA;) likening her to the wind in the swiftness of her course. (Z, TA.) And ↓ اعصفت فِى السَّيْرِ (assumed tropical:) She (a camel) was, or became, quick, or swift, in going along: (TA:) and ↓ اعصف said of a horse, he went, or passed, along quickly, or swiftly; (S, O, K;) like احصف, (O,) of which it is [said to be] a dial. var. (S.) ― -b3- [Hence, also,] عَصَفَتِ الحَرْبُ بِالقَوْمِ, (O, K, * TA,) aor. تَعْصِفُ بِهِمْ, (S, O, TA,) (tropical:) War, or the war, carried off, and destroyed, the people, or party; (S, O, K, TA;) as also بهم ↓ اعصفت , (O, K,) which is [said to be] the more correct. (O, TA.) ― -b4- And عَصَفَ signifies (assumed tropical:) It (a thing) inclined, or declined. (K.) [See عَاصِفٌ, last sentence.] -A2- عَصَفَ عِيَالَهُ, (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K, TA,) and لِعِيَالِهِ, (Ibn-'Abbád, O,) aor. عَصِفَ , (K,) inf. n. عَصْفٌ, (S, O,) He gained, or earned, or he sought sustenance, (Ibn-Abbád, S, O, K, TA,) for his household, or family; (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K, TA;) and so لِعِيَالِهِ ↓ اعتصف ; (Lh, S, * O, * TA;) like as one says صَرَفَ and اصطرف: and some add, in explaining عَصَفَ عِيَالَهُ, and he sought for his household, or family; and exercised for them art, or skill, in the management of affairs. (TA.) -A3- عَصَفَ الزَّرْعَ, (S, O, K, TA,) aor. عَصِفَ , inf. n. عَصْفٌ, (TA,) He cut, or clipped, the corn before its attaining to maturity; (S, O, K, TA;) i. e. he cut off its leaves that were inclining in its lower part, in order to lighten it; for if he did not thus, it would lean: or he cut it from its stalks. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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