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1 عَلَفَ الدَّابَّةَ ذ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb,) aor. عَلِفَ , (O, Msb, TA,) inf. n. عَلْفٌ; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) and ↓ اعلفها , (Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. إِِعْلَافٌ; (K;) He fed the beast (S, * Mgh, O, * Msb, * K) with عَلَف [i. e. fodder, or provender], (S, * Mgh, O, * Msb,) [i. e. he foddered the beast,] in the مِعْلَف [or manger]: (Mgh:) or ↓ the latter signifies he repaired to it often, putting عَلَف for it. (TA.) Fr cites the following verse: “ عَلَفْتُهَا تِبْنًا وَمَآءً بَارِدًا
حَتَّى شَتَتْ هَمَّالَةً عَيْنَاهَا
” [meaning I fed her with straw, and gave her to drink cool water, so that she passed the winter with her eyes flowing abundantly with tears]: (S, O:) i. e. وَسَقَيْتُهَا مَآءً. (S.) ― -b2- And عَلْفٌ signifies also The drinking much. (AA, O, K.) [Accord. to the TK, one says, عَلَفَهُ, aor. عَلِفَ , inf. n. عَلْفٌ, meaning He drank it much.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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