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maṣdarعَفَآءٌ عَفْوٌ عَفَىٌmuḍāriʿيَعْفُو تعْفُو أَعْفُوهُ

Core sense — it was effaced; he forgave him; it became abundant; he gavegenerated

1.1it was, or became, effaced, erased, or obliterated; it, or he, perished, came to an end, or diedتعفّى

maṣdar عَفَآءٌ, عُفُوٌّ, and عَفْوٌ.

the trace, vestige, or footprint was effacedعَفَا الأَثَرُ
he perished, or diedعَفَا أَثَرُهُ

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the place of alighting, or abode, was effacedعَفَا المَنْزِلُ
the house, or dwelling, was effacedعَفَت الدَّارُ

The muḍāriʿ is as above, and the maṣdars are as in the first sentence.

maṣdar عَفَآءٌ and عُفُوٌّ [and عَفْوٌ]. تَعَفَّت and عَفَّت are used in the same sense.

A'Obeyd cites, as an example of العَفَآءُ meaning being effaced and perishing, the saying of Zuheyr about a dwelling:

shāhid
تَحَمَّلُ أَهُلَهَا عَنْهَا فَبَانُواعَلَى آثَارِ مَا ذَهَبَ العَفَآءُ

[Its occupants departed from it, and separated, or removed far away; may the state of that which is effaced rest upon the traces of what has gone away; or the meaning may be, dust is upon the traces (see عَفَآءٌ as a noun, below); but A'Obeyd does not take it so, for] he says this is like their saying عَلَيْهِ الدَّبَارُ, an imprecation against someone who prays that he may go away and not come back.

MF says that عَفَا is one of the verbs that have opposite meanings, for it means it was, or became, unapparent, or imperceptible, and also it was, or became, apparent, or perceptible; and it has two other opposite meanings, mentioned below.

1.1.1the effacing, erasing, or obliterating of a thingعَفْوٌ
the wind effaced the trace, footprint, or place of alightingعَفَتِ الرِّيحُ الأَثَرَ

Also المَنْزِلَ.

the wind effaced the house, or dwellingالدَّارَ

In عَفَّتِ الرِّيحُ الدَّارَ, maṣdar تَعْفِيَةٌ, the verb is doubled to give an intensive sense: the wind effaced the house utterly.

it, or he, effaced its, or his, trace, vestige, or footprintعَفَّى عَلَى أَثَرِهِ
1.1.2may God efface your sin, may God absolve youعَفَا ٱللّٰهُ عَنْكَ
may he be absolved, forgiven, or pardonedعُفِىَ عَنْهُ
ask God for the effacement of sin, for absolution or pardonسَلُوا ٱللّٰهَ العَفْوَ

From a tradition.

المُعَافَاةَ and العَافِيَةَ have a similar meaning; see form 3.

I left him and did not punish himعَفَوْتُ عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ
I turned away from him, or from his crime, sin, fault, or offenceعَفَوْتُ عَنْهُ

Also عَفَوْتُ عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ and عَفَوْتُ لَهُ عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ, synonymous with صَفَحْتُ عَنْهُ; and it means I turned away from punishing him.

the turning away from the committer of a crime, and the giving up of the punishment of one who deserves itالعَفْوُ

The turning away is الصَّفْحُ.

he turned away from him, or from his crime, and did not inflict the punishment he deserved, that is, he forgave himعَفَا عَنْهُ

Also عَفَا لَهُ ذَنْبَهُ and عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ; or عَفَا عَنْهُ ذَنْبَهُ and عَفَا لَهُ ذَنْبَهُ and عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ.

According to MF the primary meaning of العَفْوُ is التَّرْكُ, but this is not the case. And الصَّفْحُ, by which it is explained in the K, implies the giving up of blame, or of severe or angry blame, and this is more than العَفْوُ means, for the latter is sometimes without the former. The primary meaning of العَفْوُ, when it is transitive, is said to be the purposing to take a thing; and Er-Rāghib says that عَفَوْتُ عَنْكَ is as though it meant I have purposed to remove your crime. [But I think that the primary meaning of العَفْوُ, when its object is a crime or the like, is that of effacement: and hence also what follows.]

1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe withdrawing from a right, or due, and from demanding itالعَفْوُ

This is a figurative use; the verb is used in this way in the Qur'ān 2:238.

we have remitted to you the poor-rate on horses and on slavesعَفَوْنَا لَكُمْ عَنْ صَدَقَةِ الخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ

From a saying of the Prophet.

I have annulled, or remitted, the right, or dueعَفَوْتُ عَنِ الحَقِّ

As though I erased it from the account of the one who owed it.

I have remitted to him what was due to me from himعَفَوْتُ لَهُ عَنْ مَا لِى عَلَيْهِ
Qur’ān 2:238 approximate — somewhere between 2:223 and 2:246 Lane cites “Kur ii. 238”
Qur’ān 2:237 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
وَإِن طَلَّقْتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدْ فَرَضْتُمْ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً فَنِصْفُ مَا فَرَضْتُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يَعْفُونَ أَوْ يَعْفُوَا۟ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ عُقْدَةُ ٱلنِّكَاحِ ۚ وَأَن تَعْفُوٓا۟ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَنسَوُا۟ ٱلْفَضْلَ بَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

And if ye divorce them before consummation, but after the fixation of a dower for them, then the half of the dower (Is due to them), unless they remit it or (the man's half) is remitted by him in whose hands is the marriage tie; and the remission (of the man's half) is the nearest to righteousness. And do not forget Liberality between yourselves. For Allah sees well all that ye do.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2it was, or became, much in quantity, or many in numberعَفَا
they became many, or numerousعَفَوْا
the land became covered with herbageعَفَتِ الأَرْضُ

It also has the opposite meaning: it was, or became, little in quantity, or few in number.

It is used in the first sense of hair and of herbage; said of hair, it became long and abundant; said of the hair of a camel, or of the hair of a camel's back, it became abundant and long and covered his rump; said of herbage, it became abundant and tall.

In the Qur'ān 7:93.

In the CK, والارضَ is wrongly put for وَالأَرْضُ.

Qur’ān 7:95 approximate — somewhere between 7:88 and 7:139 Lane cites “Kur vii. 93”
Qur’ān 7:95 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Then We changed their suffering into prosperity, until they grew and multiplied, and began to say: "Our fathers (too) were touched by suffering and affluence"... Behold! We called them to account of a sudden, while they realised not (their peril).Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2.1I made it much in quantity, or many in numberعَفَوْتُهُ

Also أَعْفَيْتُهُ and عَفَّيْتُهُ.

I left the hair to become abundant and longعَفَوْتُ الشَّعَرَ

According to Es-Sarakustee.

I left the hair to become abundant and longعَفَيْتُهُ

Muḍāriʿ أَعْفِيهِ.

he left the beard to become abundant and long, ceasing to cut itاعفى اللِّحْيَةَ
he commanded that the mustaches be clipped closely, and the beards left to become abundant and longأَمَرَ أَنْ تُحْفَى الشَّوَارِبُ وَتُعْفَى اللُّحَى

From a tradition; or the reading is أَحْفُوا الشَّوَارِبَ وَأَعْفُوا اللِّحَى, clip closely; and the unaugmented verb may also be used, saying وَٱعْفُوا, from عَفَا.

I left the hair of the camel, or of the camel's back, to become abundant and longأَعْفَيْتُ شَعَرَ البَعِيرِ

Also شَعَرَ ظَهْرِ البَعِيرِ, and عَفَّيْتُهُ, this last with teshdeed. In the CK, عَفَيْتُهُ.

he left the wool to become abundant and long, and then shore itعَفَا الصُّوفَ

Explained in the K as meaning he shore, or sheared, the wool.

1.3the exceeding, or being superfluous; the remaining over and aboveعَفْوٌ

The same as فَضَلَ.

take what has exceeded, or become redundant, and has come easilyخُذْ مَا صَفَا وَعَفَا

Correctly مَا عَفَا وَصَفَا; that is, فَضَلَ وَتَسَهَّلَ.

1.3.1he exceeded him in knowledgeعَفَا عَلَيْهِ فِى العِلْمِ

[And he exceeded.]

Synonym زَادَ.

he exceeds, in giving, the wish of the wisher and the request of the petitionerهُوَ يَعْفُو عَلَى مُنْيَةِ المُتَمَنِّى وَسُؤَالِ السَّائِلِ
I went beyond what was incumbent on me with my property, and gave to himعَفَوْتُ لَهُ بِمَالِى
1.3.2he gaveعَفَا

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he gave to himاعفاهُ

Said of one seeking, or asking for, his generosity.

he gave him his right, or due, in fullاعفاهُ بِحَقِّهِ
1.3.3I ladled out for him first, and gave him some of the broth in preferenceعَفَوْتُ لَهُ مِنَ المَرَقِ

See عِفَاوَةٌ.

1.3.4I left in the bottom of the cooking-pot the last of the brothعَفَوْتُ القِدْرَ

Left as a gratuity for the one who lent the pot; this remainder is called the عُفَاوَة.

1.4I asked, or petitioned, the manعَفَوْتُ الرَّجُلَ
I came to him seeking his generosityعَفَوْتُهُ

Also اِعْتَفَيْتُهُ.

such a one — guests come to him seeking his hospitalityفُلَانٌ تَعْفُوهُ الأَضْيَافُ

Also تَعْتَفِيهِ.

1.4.1the camels cropped the pasture near byعَفَتِ الإِبِلُ المَرْعَى

Muḍāriʿ تَعْفُوهُ.

1.5the water was untrodden by anything that would make it turbidعَفَا المَآءُ
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 25
2:52
ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Even then We did forgive you; there was a chance for you to be grateful.

4:99
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَفُوًّا غَفُورًا

For these, there is hope that Allah will forgive: For Allah doth blot out (sins) and forgive again and again.

4:149
إِن تُبْدُوا۟ خَيْرًا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ أَوْ تَعْفُوا۟ عَن سُوٓءٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا قَدِيرًا

Whether ye publish a good deed or conceal it or cover evil with pardon, verily Allah doth blot out (sins) and hath power (in the judgment of values).

42:30
وَمَآ أَصَـٰبَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُوا۟ عَن كَثِيرٍ

Whatever misfortune happens to you, is because on the things your hands have wrought, and for many (of them) He grants forgiveness.

42:34
أَوْ يُوبِقْهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَيَعْفُ عَن كَثِيرٍ

Or He can cause them to perish because of the (evil) which (the men) have earned; but much doth He forgive.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, aor. يَعْفُو , (S, Msb,) inf. n. عَفَآءٌ (S, Msb, K) and عُفُوٌّ and عَفْوٌ , (Msb, K,) It was, or became, effaced, erased, rased, or obliterated; (S, Msb, K;) as also تعفّى : (K:) and it, or he, perished, came to nought or to an end, or died. (S, TA.) One says, عَفَا الأَثَرُ The trace, vestige, or footprint, was, or became, effaced, &c. (TA.) And [hence,] عَفَا أَثَرُهُ , inf. n. عَفَآءٌ , He perished, or died. (K.) And عَفَا المَنْزِلُ , aor. as above. (S, Msb,) and so the inf. ns. as in the first sentence, (Msb,) the place of alighting, or abode, was, or became effaced, &c., (S, Msb:) and عَفَت الدَّارُ . aor. تعْفُو , inf. a عَفَآءٌ and عُفُوٌّ [and عَفْوٌ ]: (TA;) and تَعَفَّت , (S, TA.) and عَفَّت also; (TA;) The house, or dwelling, or abode, was, or became, effaced, &c. (S, TA) A'Obeyd cites, as an ex. of العَفَآءُ signifying the being, or becoming, effaced, &c., and the perishing, &c., the saying of Zuheyr, (S, TA.) mentioning a dwelling, or an abode, (TA.) 1 [Its occupants departed from it, and separated themselves, or removed far away; may the state of that which is effaced, &c., be or rest, upon the traces of what has gone away; or the meaning may be, dust is upon the traces &c., (see عَفَآءٌ as a subst., below;) but it is not thus accord to A 'Obeyd; for] he says, This is like their saying عَلَيْهِ الدَّبَارُ as an imprecation against one expressing a prayer that he may go away and not return. (S, TA.) MF says that عَفَا is one of those verbs that have contr. significations, for at signifies It was, or became, unapparent, or imperceptible and also It was, or became, apparent, or perceptible: and it has two other contr. significations, which will be mentioned in what follows (TA.) تَحَمَّلُ أَهُلَهَا عَنْهَا فَبَانُوا | عَلَى آثَارِ مَا ذَهَبَ العَفَآءُ And عَفْوٌ signifies also The act of effacing, erasing, rasing, or obliterating. (K, TA.) One says, عَفَتِ الرِّيحُ الأَثَرَ , (TA,) or المَنْزِلَ , (S, Msb,) and الدَّارَ , (TA,) the wind effaced, &c, (S, Msb, TA,) the trace, vestige, or footprint, (TA,) or the place of alighting, or abode, (S, Msb,) and the house, or dwelling, or abode: (TA:) and in like manner, عَفَّتِ الرِّيحُ الدَّارَ , (S, TA,) inf. n. تَعْفِيَةٌ , (TA,) in which the verb is with teshdeed to denote intensiveness [of the signification, i. e. the wind effaced, &c., mightily, or utterly, the house, or dwelling, or abode]: (S, TA:) and عَفَّى عَلَى أَثَرِهِ It, or he, effaced its, or his, trace, vestige, or footprint. (MA.) Hence, as some say, عَفَا ٱللّٰهُ عَنْكَ i. e. May God efface [from thee thy sin, &c.; meaning may God absolve thee]; (TA;) or may God efface thy sins: (Msb:) [and عُفِىَ عَنْهُ May he be absolved, or forgiven, or pardoned:] and hence the saying in a trad., سَلُوا ٱللّٰهَ العَفْوَ i. e. [Ask ye of God] the effacement of sin; [or ask ye of God absolution, or forgiveness, or pardon;] and المُعَافَاةَ , and العَافِيَةَ [which have a similar meaning: see 3]: (TA:) and one says, عَفَوْتُ عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ , meaning I left him, and did not punish him: (S:) or عَفَوْتُ عَنْهُ and عَفَوْتُ عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ and عَفَوْتُ لَهُ عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ i. e. I turned away from him, or from his crime, sin, fault, or offence; syn. صَفَحْتُ عَنْهُ ; and I turned away ( أَعْرَضْتُ ) from punishing him: (Mgh:) or العَفْوُ signifies the turning away ( الصَّفْحُ , K, TA) from the committer of a crime or the like; (TA;) and the relinquishing the punishment of the deserving [thereof]: and one says, عَفَا عَنْهُ and عَفَا لَهُ ذَنْبَهُ and عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ [he turned away from him, or from his crime, &c; and relinquished the infliction of his merited punishment, i. e. forgave him, or pardoned him]: (K, TA:) or عَفَا عَنْهُ ذَنْبَهُ and عَفَا لَهُ ذَنْبَهُ and عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ : (so accord. to the CK:) accord. to MF, the primary signification of العَفْوُ is التَّرْكُ : but this is not the case: and الصَّفْحُ [by which it is expl. in the K] is [or rather implies] the relinquishing of blame, or reproof, or of severe, or angry, blame or reproof; and this is more than [is signified by] العَفْوُ , for the latter is sometimes without the former: the primary signification of العَفْوُ [when trans.] is [said to be] the purposing to take a thing; and Er-Rághib says that عَفَوْتُ عَنْكَ is as though it meant I have purposed to remove [or to take away] thy crime or the like: (TA:) [but I think that the primary signification of العَفْوُ when its object is a crime or the like is that of effacement: and hence likewise what next follows:] العَفْوُ is also metaphorically used as meaning The withdrawing from a right, or due, and from seeking, or demanding, it: and thus the verb is used in the Kur ii. 238 [q. v.]: and in the saying of the Prophet, عَفَوْنَا لَكُمْ عَنْ صَدَقَةِ الخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ [i. e. We have remitted to you the poor-rate of horses and of the slave or slaves]: (Mgh:) [and hence] عَفَوْتُ عَنِ الحَقِّ means I have annulled [or remitted] the right, or due; as though I erased it from [the account of] him who owed it: (Msb:) and عَفَوْتُ لَهُ عَنْ مَا لِى عَلَيْهِ I have relinquished [or remitted] to him what was due to me on his part. (TA.) عَفَا signifies also It was, or became, much in quantity, or many in number: (Msb, MF, TA:) and also the contr., i. e. It was, or became, little in quantity, or few in number. (MF, TA.) It is said in the former sense of hair, and of herbage, &c.: (S:) or, said of hair, It was, or became, long, and much in quantity; (TA;) and said of the hair of a camel, (K,) or of the hair of a camel's back, (TA,) it became abundant and long, and covered his rump; (K, TA;) and said of herbage, it was, or became, much in quantity, and tall. (TA.) And عَفَوْا in the Kur vii. 93 means They became many, or numerous. (S, Msb.) And عَفَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became covered with herbage. (K and TK. [In the CK, والارضَ is erroneously put for وَالأَرْضُ .]) And عَفَوْتُهُ I made it to become much in quantity, or many in number; as also أَعْفَيْتُهُ ; (S, * Msb, TA; *) and so عَفَّيْتُهُ . (TA.) Accord. to Es-Sarakustee, one says, عَفَوْتُ الشَّعَرَ , aor. أَعْفُوهُ , inf. n. عَفْوٌ ; and عَفَيْتُهُ , aor. أَعْفِيهِ , inf. n. عَفَىٌ ; meaning I left the hair to become abundant and long. (Msb.) And one says, اعفى اللِّحْيَةَ He left the beard to become abundant and long, (Mgh, K, TA,) having ceased from cutting it: (Mgh:) whence, (TA,) it is said in a trad., أَمَرَ أَنْ تُحْفَى الشَّوَارِبُ وَتُعْفَى اللُّحَى [He commanded that the mustaches should be clipped closely, or much, and that the beards should be left to become abundant and long]: (S, TA:) or أَحْفُوا الشَّوَارِبَ وَأَعْفُوا اللِّحَى [Clip ye &c.], and one may also use the unaugmented verb [saying وَٱعْفُوا , from عَفَا ]. (Msb, TA.) And أَعْفَيْتُ شَعَرَ البَعِيرِ , (K,) or شَعَرَ ظَهْرِ البَعِيرِ , (TA,) I left the hair of the camel, or the hair of the back of the camel, to become abundant and long; as also عَفَّيْتُهُ ; (K, TA;) this latter with teshdeed. (TA. [In the CK, عَفَيْتُهُ .]) عَفَا الصُّوفَ , expl. in the K as signifying He shore, or sheared, the wool, signifies he left the wool to become abundant and long, then shore, or sheared, it. (TA.) Also, inf. n. عَفْوٌ , i. q. فَضَلَ or superfluous; or it remained over and above]. (Msb.) You say, خُذْ مَا صَفَا وَعَفَا , [correctly, مَا عَفَا وَصَفَا ,] meaning فَضَلَ وَتَسَهَّلَ [i. e. Take thou what has exceeded, or become redundant, and has become facilitated]. (Mgh.) [And He exceeded.] You say, عَفَا عَلَيْهِ فِى العِلْمِ He exceeded him in knowledge; syn. زَادَ . (K.) And هُوَ يَعْفُو عَلَى مُنْيَةِ المُتَمَنِّى وَسُؤَالِ السَّائِلِ He exceeds, in giving, the wish of the wisher and the petition of the petitioner. (TA.) And عَفَوْتُ لَهُ بِمَالِى I exceeded to him [what was incumbent on me] with my property, and gave him. (TA.) And عَفَا , aor. يَعْفُو , signifies also [simply] He gave. (TA.) And اعفاهُ He gave to him, namely, one seeking, or demanding, his beneficence. (Ham pp. 377 and 723.) And اعفاهُ بِحَقِّهِ He gave to him fully, or wholly, his right, or due. (Har p. 117.) And عَفَوْتُ لَهُ مِنَ المَرَقِ I laded out for him first, and gave to him in preference, some of the broth. (S. [See عِفَاوَةٌ .]) And عَفَوْتُ القِدْرَ I left in the bottom of the cooking-pot [as a gratuity for the lender thereof] the last of the broth, which is termed the عُفَاوَة . (S.) And عَفَوْتُ الرَّجُلَ I asked, or petitioned, the man. (Msb.) And عَفَوْتُهُ and اِعْتَفَيْتُهُ I came to him seeking, or demanding, his beneficence: you say, فُلَانٌ تَعْفُوهُ الأَضْيَافُ and تَعْتَفِيهِ [Such a one, guests come to him seeking, or demanding, his hospitality]. (S.) And عَفَتِ الإِبِلُ المَرْعَى , (K, TA,) aor. تَعْفُوهُ , inf. n. عَفْوٌ , (TA,) The camels took [or cropped] the pasture near by. (K, TA.) عَفَا المَآءُ The water was untrodden by what would render it turbid. (S, K.)
Form 2عَفَّتِ الدَّارُ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَعْفِيَةٌ

Core sense — the dwelling was effaced; it effaced, or destroyed, themgenerated

2.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferreddestruction effaced them, meaning they diedعَفَّى عَلَيْهِمُ الخَبَالُ

For عَفَّتِ الرِّيحُ الدَّارَ and عَفَّى عَلَى أَثَرِهِ see form 1, first half, in three places.

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he effaced what had come from himعَفَّى عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ

That is, he acted well, or rightly, after acting badly, or wrongly.

2.2

See also form 1, latter half, in two places.

2.2.1leave this camel, that is, the back of this camel, so that he may become fatعَفُّوا ظَهْرَ هٰذَا الجَمَلِ
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: and عَفَّتِ الرِّيحُ الدَّارَ : and عَفَّى عَلَى أَثَرِهِ : see 1, former half, in three places. [Hence] one says, عَفَّى عَلَيْهِمُ الخَبَالُ , inf. n. تَعْفِيَةٌ , [Perdition, or destruction, &c., effaced them,] meaning they died. (Z, K, TA.) And عَفَّى عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ [He effaced what had proceeded from him], meaning he acted well, or rightly, after acting ill, or wrongly. (S.) See also 1, latter half, in two places. [Hence] one says, عَفُّوا ظَهْرَ هٰذَا الجَمَلِ , meaning Leave ye this camel [lit. the back of this camel] so that he may become fat. (TA.)
Form 3عافاهُ ٱللّٰهُ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarمُعَافَاةٌ

Core sense — God granted him health, soundness, and safetygenerated

3.1God granted him health, or soundness, and safety, or securityمِنَ المَكْرُوهِ

Maṣdar مُعَافَاةٌ, عِفَآءٌ, and عَافِيَةٌ, or this last is a noun standing in place of a maṣdar, or is itself also a maṣdar; and اعفاهُ is used likewise.

he was restored to health, or soundnessعُوفِىَ

That is, God defended him from diseases and from trial; or he restored him to health and to safety from punishment, effacing from him diseases and sins. See also form 1, first half.

Said of a sick person. اعفى is used in the same sense [perhaps أَعْفَى, but more probably, I think, أُعْفِىَ, in keeping with what precedes].

3.1.1God's defending you from people and defending them from youمُعَافَاةٌ

IAth says it means his making you independent of them, and them of you, and turning their harm away from you and your harm away from them; and some say it means one's forgiving people and their forgiving him.

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, (S, Msb, K,) مِنَ المَكْرُوهِ , inf. n. مُعَافَاةٌ (K) and عِفَآءٌ (TA as from the K) and عَافِيَةٌ , (K,) or this is a subst. (S, Msb) put in the place of an inf. n., (S,) or also an inf. n.; (Msb;) and اعفاهُ ; (S, K;) God granted him [health, or soundness, and safety, or security, i. e.] defence (S, K) from diseases and from trial: (K:) or [restored him to health, or soundness, and to security from punishment, i. e.] effaced from him diseases, and sins. (Msb. See also 1, former half.) And عُوفِىَ and اعفى [the latter perhaps أَعْفَى , but more probably, I think, أُعْفِىَ , agreeably with what here precedes,] are both used in the same sense, said of a sick person [as meaning He was restored to health, or soundness]. (TA.) And مُعَافَاةٌ signifies also God's defending thee from men and defending them from thee: (K, TA:) IAth says that it signifies his rendering thee independent, or in no need, of them, and rendering them independent, or in no need, of thee, and averting their harm from thee and thy harm from them: and some say that it signifies one's forgiving, or pardoning, men, and their forgiving, or pardoning, him. (TA. [See also 6.])
Form 4اعفاهُ مِنَ الأَمْرِ6 senses · 3 main

Core sense — he exempted, or excused, him from the affair; he became richgenerated

4.1make me free, or exempt me, from this affairأَعْفِنِى مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ

He made him free, or exempted him, from the affair.

Also أَعْفِ عَنِّى مِنْهُ.

exempt me, or excuse me, from going out with youأَعْفِنِى مِنَ الخُرُوجِ مَعَكَ
4.1.1

See also form 3, in two places.

4.1.2

And form 1, latter half, in three places.

4.1.3

And the same paragraph, last quarter, in two places.

4.2he spent the clear, or the surplus, portion of his propertyاعفى

That is, its عَفْو: the clear portion of it, or the portion left over.

4.3

And he was, or became, a possessor of much property, and independent, or in no need.

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He made him to be free, or exempted him, from the affair. (K.) You say, أَعْفِنِى مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ and أَعْفِ عَنِّى مِنْهُ [Make thou me to be free, or exempt thou me, from this affair]. (TA.) And أَعْفِنِى مِنَ الخُرُوجِ مَعَكَ Exempt thou me, or excuse me, from going forth with thee. (S, Mgh, Msb. *) See also 3, in two places: and 1, latter half, in three places: and the same paragraph, last quarter, in two places. اعفى also signifies He expended the عَفْو of his property; (K, TA;) i. e., the clear portion thereof; or the redundant portion of it. (TA.) And He was, or became, a possessor of much property; and independent, or in no need. (TA.)
Form 5تَعَفَّوَ1 sense

Core sense — it was, or became, effaced, or obliteratedgenerated

5.1

See form 1, first and fourth sentences.

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see 1, first and fourth sentences.
Form 6التَّعَافِى2 senses

Core sense — the forgiving of one another; the recovery of healthgenerated

6.1give up the prescribed punishments for what happens between youتَعَافَوُا الحُدُودَ فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ

The forgiving, or pardoning, of one another; the turning away from punishing one another.

Originally تَعَافَوْا عَنِ الحُدُودِ; it means let each of you turn away from punishing his fellow. The phrase has a word left out, or else the verb is made to carry the meaning of التَّرْك and so is made transitive in the same way as الترك.

if I relinquished themلَوْ تَعَافَيْتُهَا

Used by El-Hareeree.

It is also said that التَّعَافِى means التَّجَاوُزُ [apparently when each is followed by عَنْ, and so meaning the passing by, or over, another, or one another, without punishing].

6.2

It also means the finding, experiencing, or obtaining of health, or soundness.

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signifies [The forgiving, or pardoning, one another, or] the turning away from punishing one another: and تَعَافَوُا الحُدُودَ فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ , originally تَعَافَوْا عَنِ الحُدُودِ , [i. e. Relinquish ye the prescribed punishments in respect of what occurs between you,] means let every one of you turn away from [or relinquish] punishing his fellow; the phrase being elliptical, or the verb being made to imply the meaning of التَّرْك , and therefore being made trans. in the same manner as الترك : [hence,] لَوْ تَعَافَيْتُهَا is used by El- Hareeree as meaning If I relinquished them: (Har p. 60:) [and hence it is said that التَّعَافِى signifies التَّجَاوُزُ [app. when each is followed by عَنْ , and thus meaning The passing by, or over, another, or one another, without punishing]. (TA.) And it signifies also The finding, experiencing, or obtaining, health, or soundness. (KL.)
Form 8إِعْتَفَوَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he came to him seeking his generosity, he asked of himgenerated

8.1

See form 1, the last sentence but two, in two places.

8.1.1

And see also the paragraph that follows.

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see 1, last sentence but two, in two places: and see also the paragraph here following.
Form 10الاِسْتِعْفَآءُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the asking to be excused, or exempted, from a taskgenerated

10.1he asked him to exempt, or excuse, him from going out with himاِسْتَعْفَاهُ مِنَ الخُرُوجِ مَعَهُ

The asking of one who imposes a difficult, troublesome, or inconvenient task that he exempt, or excuse, one from doing it.

10.1.1the camels took the dry herbage with their lips from above the dust, picking out the clear, or bestاِسْتَعْفَتِ الإِبِلُ اليَبِيسَ

Also اِعْتَفَتْهُ.

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is Thy seeking, or demanding, of him who imposes upon thee an affair that is difficult, or troublesome, or inconvenient, his exempting, or excusing, thee from doing it. (K.) You say, اِسْتَعْفَاهُ مِنَ الخُرُوجِ مَعَهُ He asked, or petitioned, him to exempt, or excuse, him from going forth with him. (S, Msb, * TA.) اِسْتَعْفَتِ الإِبِلُ اليَبِيسَ and اِعْتَفَتْهُ mean The camels took with their lips the dry herbage (K, TA) from above the dust, (TA,) picking out the clear, or best. (K, TA.)

Derived nouns 19

Nounعَفًا1 sense

Core sense — a young ass; land with no trace of habitationgenerated

1

See عَفْوٌ, second and last sentences.

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: see عَفْوٌ , second and last sentences.
Nounعِفًا1 sense

Core sense — a young assgenerated

1

See the next entry, last sentence.

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: see the next paragraph, last sentence.
Nounعَفْوٌ9 senses · 3 main

Core sense — what is redundant, a surplus of property; untrodden land; a young assgenerated

1

A maṣdar; for which see form 1 throughout.

2land in which there is no sign of the way and no trace of habitation or cultivationعَفًا

Untrodden, with no traces or footprints in it; or a country, or tract of land, in which there is no trace of anyone's possessing it.

2.1say: spend what is redundant and abundantقُلِ العَفْوَ
take, or accept, what is redundantخُدِ العَفْوَ
I gave him, of the property, what he did not ask for, without being askedأَعْطَيْتُهُ عَفْوَ المَالِ
I gave him spontaneously, without being asked, or without constraintأَعْطَيْتُهُ عَفْوًا
he attained the thing easilyأَدْرَكَ الأَمْرَ عَفْوًا
that came to me easilyأَتَانِى ذٰلِكَ عَفْوًا

And a surplus portion, that is, what is left of property over and above what is spent.

A poet says, apparently addressing his wife:

shāhid
خُذِى العَفْوَ مِنِّى تَسْتَدِيمِى مَوَدَّتِىوَلَا تَنْطِقِى فِى سَوْرَتِى حِينَ أَغْضَبُ

[Take what is left over from me, seeking the continuance of my affection; and do not speak in my fit of irritation, when I am angry].

In the Qur'ān 2:217.

In the Qur'ān 7:198; or, accept what is easily obtained from people's dispositions, and do not oppose them, for then they would oppose you, and hatred and enmity would be bred from it.

In the A and the K, in the article on غمض.

2.2

Also the portion of water left over beyond what is required by the شَارِيَة — which may mean either the people who dwell by it and own it or the drinkers — and taken without constraint and without crowding or pressing.

2.3

And the most lawful, so in the copies of the K, but in the M أَجْمَلُ, most beautiful or goodly, and the most pleasant, of wealth, or property; and the clear portion of it.

2.4

And the choice, best, or most excellent portion of a thing, and such as brings no fatigue or weariness.

2.5

And goodness, or beneficence; a benefit, or benefaction; synonym مَعْروفٌ.

2.6he has a first run, and a later, more violent runهُوَ ذُو عَفْوٍ وَعَقِبٍ

Also a first run.

Said of a courser. In the A, in the article on عقب.

3a young assعُفْوٌ

Also عِفْوٌ, and عَفًا, or, according to ISk, عِفًا; the female is called عَفْوَةٌ and عِفَاوَةٌ.

The plural of many, according to the copies of the K, is عَفْوَةٌ, but correctly عِفَوَةٌ, said by ISd to be the only instance of a word having و as a final radical letter with a vowel after a fatḥah; also عِفَآءٌ; and the plural of few is أَعْفَآءٌ.

the ass, literally the father of the young assesأَبُو العِفَآءِ

العفَآء is the plural of عَفْوٌ, meaning the young ass.

Qur’ānic occurrences عَفْو
2:219
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْخَمْرِ وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ ۖ قُلْ فِيهِمَآ إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَمَنَـٰفِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَإِثْمُهُمَآ أَكْبَرُ مِن نَّفْعِهِمَا ۗ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ قُلِ ٱلْعَفْوَ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَ

They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: "In them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit." They ask thee how much they are to spend; Say: "What is beyond your needs." Thus doth Allah Make clear to you His Signs: In order that ye may consider-

7:199
خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ

Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; But turn away from the ignorant.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[an inf. n.; for which see 1, throughout. And also] A land in which is no sign of the way nor trace of habitation or cultivation; untrodden, and not having in it any traces, or vestiges, or footprints: (S:) or a country, or portion of the earth or of land, in which is no trace of its being possessed by any one: and so عَفًا . (K.) And A redundant portion, (S, Mgh, K,) being such as is left, (Mgh,) of property, remaining over and above what is expended. (S.) A poet says, [app. addressing his wife,] 1 [Take thou what is redundant from me, seeking the continuance of my affection; and speak not in my fit of irritation, when I am angry]. (S.) قُلِ العَفْوَ , in the Kur [ii. 217], means Say thou, Expend ye what is redundant and abundant. (TA.) And خُدِ العَفْوَ , in the same [vii. 198]. means [Take thou, or accept thou,] what is redundant: or accept thou what is easily obtained from the dispositions of men; and oppose them not, for in that case they would oppose thee, and thence would be engendered hatred and enmity. (TA.) And you say, أَعْطَيْتُهُ عَفْوَ المَالِ i. e. [I gave him, of the property, that for which he did not ask; or spontaneously;] without being asked. (S.) And أَعْطَيْتُهُ عَفْوًا [I gave him spontaneously;] without being asked: (K, TA:) or without constraint. (TA.) And أَدْرَكَ الأَمْرَ عَفْوًا He attained the thing easily. (TA.) And أَتَانِى ذٰلِكَ عَفْوًا [That came to me easily]. (A and K in art. غمض .) خُذِى العَفْوَ مِنِّى تَسْتَدِيمِى مَوَدَّتِى | وَلَا تَنْطِقِى فِى سَوْرَتِى حِينَ أَغْضَبُ Also The portion of water that remains over and above what is required by the شَارِيَة [which may mean either the people that dwell thereby and to whom it belongs or the drinkers], (K, TA,) and is taken without constraint and without crowding or pressing. (TA.) And The most lawful, ( أَحَلُّ ,) so in the copies of the K, but in the M أَجْمَلُ [most beautiful, or goodly], (TA,) and most pleasant, of wealth, or property: (M, K, TA:) and the clear portion thereof. (TA.) And The choice, and best, or most excellent, portion of a thing, (K, TA,) and such as is not attended with fatigue, or weariness. (TA.) And Goodness, or beneficence; or a benefit, or benefaction: syn. مَعْروفٌ . (K.) And A first run: one says of a courser, هُوَ ذُو عَفْوٍ وَعَقِبٍ He has a first run, and a subsequent, and more vehement, ran. (A in art. عقب .) Also, and عُفْوٌ , and عِفْوٌ , A young ass; and so عَفًا ; (S, K;) or, accord. to ISk, عِفًا : (S:) and the female is called عَفْوَةٌ (S, TA) and عِفَاوَةٌ : (TA:) pl. [of mult.], accord. to the copies of the K, عَفْوَةٌ , but correctly عِفَوَةٌ , said by ISd to be the only instance of a word with و as a final radical movent after a fet-hah, (TA,) and عِفَآءٌ , (ISd, K, TA,) and [of pauc.] أَعْفَآءٌ : (ISd, TA:) and [hence] أَبُو العِفَآءِ means The ass; (K, TA;) [lit. the father of the young asses;] العفَآء being pl. of عَفْوٌ signifying the young ass. (TA.)
Nounعُفْوٌ1 sense

Core sense — a young assgenerated

1

And عِفْوٌ: see the sentence just before this.

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and عِفْوٌ : see the next preceding sentence.
Nounعَفْوَةٌ5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a bloodwit; the froth of the cooking-pot; the best part of a thinggenerated

1

A bloodwit: so called because by means of it pardon is obtained from the heirs of the slain man.

2the froth, or foam, of the cooking-pot; the best, or choice, portion of what is in itعَفْوَةُ القِدْرِ

Also عِفْوَتُهَا, عُفْوَتُهَا, عَفَاوَتُهَا, عِفَاوَتُهَا, and عُفَاوَتُهَا.

the broth first taken up out of the cooking-pot, with which one who is honoured is specially favouredالعِفَاوَةُ
the last of the broth, which the borrower returns with the cooking-potالعَفَاوَةُ

Or, as some say, the first and best of the broth.

See also عَافٍ.

2.1herbage that has not been grazed and is therefore abundantعَفْوَةُ المَرْعَى
2.2the supply of water that has collected before any is drawn from itعَفْوَةُ المَآءِ
2.3

See also عِفْوَةٌ.

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A bloodwit: (K, TA:) because by means of it pardon is obtained from the heirs of the slain man. (TA.) عَفْوَةُ القِدْرِ and عِفْوَتُهَا and عُفْوَتُهَا , as also عَفَاوَتُهَا , and عِفَاوَتُهَا and عُفَاوَتُهَا , signify The froth, or foam, of the cooking-pot; (K, TA;) and the best, or choice, portion thereof, i. e., [of the contents] of the cookingpot; (TA:) or العِفَاوَةُ signifies the broth that is first taken up out of the cooking-pot, and with which he who is honoured is peculiarly favoured: or, as some say, the first and best of the broth: and العَفَاوَةُ , the last of the broth, which the borrower of the cooking-pot returns with the cooking-pot. (S, TA. [See also عَافٍ .]) عَفْوَةُ المَرْعَى is What has not been depastured, of herbage, and is therefore abundant. (TA.) And عَفْوَةُ المَآءِ is The supply of water that has collected before the drawing from it. (TA.) See also عِفْوَةٌ .
Nounعُفْوَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the best, or choice, part of a thing; the froth of the cooking-potgenerated

1

See the entry just before this.

1.1

And also the entry that follows, in two places.

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: see the next preceding paragraph: and also the next following, in two places.
Nounعِفْوَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the best, choice, and abundant part of a thing; the hair of the headgenerated

1

See عَفْوَةٌ.

1.1the best, or choice, and abundant part of a thing, of property, of food, and of drinkعَفْوَةٌ
the soft, or tender, and best of this herbage has goneذَهَبَتْ عِفْوَةُ هٰذَا النَّبْتِ

This word has the same meaning.

According to the M, عُفْوَةٌ, with damm, means what is soft, or tender, of any herbage, and has nothing in it that is troublesome or burdensome to the pasturing cattle.

1.2the hair of a man's headعِفْوَةٌ

Also عُفْوَةٌ.

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: see عَفْوَةٌ . Also, (S, TA,) and عَفْوَةٌ , (TA,) The best, or choice, (S, TA,) and abundant, (TA,) of a thing, (S,) or of property, (TA,) and of food, and of beverage. (S, TA.) One says, ذَهَبَتْ عِفْوَةُ هٰذَا النَّبْتِ The soft, or tender, and best, of this herbage, has gone: (S, TA:) and accord. to the M, عُفْوَةٌ , with damm, signifies such as is soft, or tender, of any herbage, and such as has not in it anything troublesome, or burdensome, to the pasturing cattle. (M, TA.) And عِفْوَةٌ and عُفْوَةٌ signify The hair of the head of a man. (TA.)
Nounعَفَآءٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — dust; the state of being effaced; raingenerated

1

A maṣdar, used as a noun: the state of being effaced, erased, or obliterated; and of perishing, or dying.

2may dust be in his mouth, and may the state of that which is effaced rest upon himبِفِيهِ العَفَآءُ وَعَلَيْهِ العَفَآءُ

Said in reviling. See also the verse cited near the beginning of this article.

Also dust.

2.1

And rain: because it effaces the traces of the places where people have alighted.

2.2

And a whiteness upon the black of the eye.

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[an inf. n.: used as a subst., signifying The state of being effaced, erased, rased, or obliterated: and of perishing, or dying. Also] Dust. (S, K.) One says, in reviling, بِفِيهِ العَفَآءُ وَعَلَيْهِ العَفَآءُ [In his mouth be dust, and may the state of that which is effaced, &c., be, or rest, upon him: see also the verse cited near the beginning of this art.]. (TA.) And Rain: (K:) because it effaces the traces of the places of alighting. (TA.) And A whiteness upon the black of the eye. (K.)
Nounعِفَآءٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — abundant plumage, abundant fur, long and abundant hairgenerated

1a she-camel having abundant furنَاقَةٌ ذَاتُ عِقَآءٍ

What is abundant of the plumage of the ostrich, and of the fur, or soft hair, of the camel; and long and abundant hair. [See an example of the last meaning in a verse cited in the article صب, form 6.] The ism waḥda is formed with ة, but it is said that a single feather is not called عِفَآءَةٌ unless it is one of feathers that are dense and abundant.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredwhat resembles nap, or pile, on the surface of the cloudsعِقَآءُ السَّحَابِ

Clouds that have this scarcely ever fail in their promise of rain.

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Such as is abundant of the plumage of the ostrich, (S, K,) and of the fur, or soft hair, of the camel, (S, and so in the K accord. to the TA,) and long and abundant hair: (K:) [see an ex. of the last meaning in a verse cited in art. صب , conj. 6:] the n. of un. is with ة ; but it is said that a single feather is not termed عِفَآءَةٌ unless it be [one of feathers that are] dense and abundant. (TA.) One says نَاقَةٌ ذَاتُ عِقَآءٍ [A she-camel having abundant far]. (S.) عِقَآءُ السَّحَابِ means What resembles nap, or pile, in the surface of the clouds, which [when they have this] scarcely ever, or never, break their promise of yielding rain. (TA.)
Nounعَفُوٌّ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ1 sense

Core sense — one who forgives much, very forgivinggenerated

1one who forgives muchالعَفُوُّ

In this sense, or as meaning the Very Forgiving, it is one of the names of God.

A man forgiving, or who forgives, the crime, or misdeed.

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A man forgiving [or who forgives] the crime, or misdeed: (K:) [or rather] العَفُوُّ signifies he who forgives much: (S:) and [as meaning thus, or the Very Forgiving,] it is one of the names of God. (TA.)
Nounعَفَاوَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the first, or best, of the broth taken from the cooking-potgenerated

1

See عَفْوَةٌ.

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: see عَفْوَةٌ .
Nounعُفَاوَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the first, and best, of the broth of the cooking-potgenerated

1

See عَفْوَةٌ, in two places.

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: see عَفْوَةٌ , in two places.
Nounعِفَاوَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — the first, and best, of the broth; the best part of a thinggenerated

1

See عَفْوَةٌ, in two places.

2

And see also عَفْوٌ, last sentence.

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: see عَفْوَةٌ , in two places: and see also عَفْوٌ , last sentence.
Nounعَافٍ8 senses · 4 main

Core sense — being effaced, obliterated; a guest, one seeking bounty; having long hairgenerated

1

Being, or becoming, effaced, erased, or obliterated, and the other meanings of form 1, of which it is the ism fāʿil. Plural عُفِىٌّ.

2

Having long hair.

2.1a she-camel having much fleshعَافِيَةُ اللَّحْمِ

A fleshy, plump boy.

Plural عَافِيَاتٌ.

2.2land whose herbage, not having been grazed, has become abundantأَرْضٌ عَافِيَةٌ
3what is left in the cooking-pot by the borrower, for the lenderعَافِى القِدْرِ

Some broth that is returned in the cooking-pot when it has been borrowed.

[See also عَفْوَةٌ.]

4he is one who has many guests, or many seekers of his bountyهُوَ كَثِيرُ العُفَاةِ

A guest; and anyone seeking, or demanding, a favour or bounty, or the means of subsistence; also مُعْتَف, plural عُفَاةٌ and عُفِىُّ, both meaning guests and the like; also عَافِيَةٌ, which is used of beasts and birds as well as of men, seeking the means of subsistence, its plural being عَوَافٍ.

Also العَافِيَةِ and العُفِىِّ.

4.1

And one who seeks herbage. In the CK, الزّائِدُ is wrongly put for الرَّائِدُ.

4.2those who come to the waterعَافِيَةُ المَآءِ

And one who comes to water.

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Being, or becoming, effaced, erased, rased, or obliterated: [&c.: see 1, of which it is a part. n.:] pl. عُفِىٌّ . (S, TA.) Having long hair. (S, K.) A fleshy, plump, boy. (TA.) And عَافِيَةُ اللَّحْمِ A she-camel having much flesh: pl. عَافِيَاتٌ . (K.) And أَرْضٌ عَافِيَةٌ A land of which the herbage, not having been depastured, has become abundant. (TA.) Some broth that is returned in the cooking-pot when it has been borrowed: (K:) or عَافِى القِدْرِ means what is left in the cooking-pot (As, S, M) by the borrower, for the lender. (M, TA.) [See also عَفْوَةٌ .] A guest: (S, * K:) and any seeker, or demander, of a favour or bounty, (S, K,) or of means of subsistence: as also مُعْتَف : (K:) pl. عُفَاةٌ (S, TA) and عُفِىُّ , (S, * K,) both signifying guests, &c., (TA,) as also عَافِيَةٌ ; (S, * TA;) which last signifies also beasts, and birds, (S, TA,) as well as men, (S,) seekers of, or seeking, the means of subsistence; (S, TA;) and its pl. is عَوَافٍ . (TA.) One says, هُوَ كَثِيرُ العُفَاةِ and العَافِيَةِ and العُفِىِّ [He is one who has many guests, &c.]. (S, TA.) And A seeker of herbage. (K, * TA. [In the CK, الزّائِدُ is erroneously put for الرَّائِدُ .]) And A comer to water: (K, * TA:) and عَافِيَةُ المَآءِ the comers to the water. (S, TA.)
Nounعَافِيَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — health and safety, God's defence from disease and trialgenerated

1

A noun from عَافَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ, and from الإِعْفَآءُ, the maṣdar of form 4, meaning health, or soundness, and safety, or security — best rendered health and safety considered as coming from God, that is, God's defence of a man from diseases and from trial; or freedom from evil.

See also form 1, first half.

2

Also the feminine of عَافٍ, and used as a plural.

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a subst. from عَافَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ , q. v., (S, Msb,) and from الإِعْفَآءُ [inf. n. of 4, q. v.], (TA,) signifying Health, or soundness, and safety, or security: (TK:) [or, as it may be best rendered, health and safety, considered as proceeding from God; i. e.] God's defence of a man (S, K) from diseases and from trial: (K:) or freedom from evil. (KL.) See also 1, former half. [Also fem. of عَافٍ (q. v.), and used as a pl.]
Nounأَعْفَى1 sense

Core sense — easier in respect of sustenance, less costly to keepgenerated

1by my life, the hackneys are not easier in respect of sustenance than the horse, or mare, of good breedلَعَمْرِى مَا البَرَاذِينُ بِأَعْفَى مِنَ الفَرَسِ فِيمَا كَانَ مِنْ مَؤُونَةٍ وَحَرْسٍ

A word occurring in a saying of 'Omar Ibn-'Abd-El-'Azeez; the oath may be by his life or by his religion, and the comparison is in respect of sustenance and guardianship. See فَرَسٌ.

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a word occurring in the saying of 'Omar Ibn-'Abd-El-'Azeez, لَعَمْرِى مَا البَرَاذِينُ بِأَعْفَى مِنَ الفَرَسِ فِيمَا كَانَ مِنْ مَؤُونَةٍ وَحَرْسٍ i. e. [By my life, or by my religion, the hackneys] are not more easy in respect of sustenance [and guardianship than the horse, or mare, of good breed: see فَرَسٌ ]. (Mgh.)
Nounمُعْفٍ1 sense

Core sense — one who associates with another without seeking his bountygenerated

1we associated, neither of us seeking to obtain the other's bountyاِصْطَحَبْنَا وَكِلَانَا مُعْفٍ

The correct form is like مُكْرِمٌ, as in the M; in the K it is said to be like مُحَدِّثٌ. It means one who associates with another without seeking to obtain his bounty.

Hence the saying of Ibn-Mukbil:

shāhid
فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَبْلُو ٱمْرَأَ دُونَ صُحْبَةٍوَحَتَّى تَعِيشَا مُعْفِيَيْنِ وَتَجْهَدَا

[For you will not test a man before companionship, and until you live associating without either of you seeking to obtain the other's bounty, and toil in living so].

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, thus correctly, like مُكْرِمٌ , as in the M, in the K said to be like مُحَدِّثٌ , (TA,) One who associates with another without seeking to obtain his bounty. (K, TA.) You say, اِصْطَحَبْنَا وَكِلَانَا مُعْفٍ [We associated, each of us doing so without seeking to obtain the other's bounty]: and hence the saying of Ibn-Mukbil, 1 [For verily thou wilt not test a man before companionship, and until ye live associating without either's seeking to obtain the other's bounty, and toil in so living]. (TA.) فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَبْلُو ٱمْرَأَ دُونَ صُحْبَةٍ | وَحَتَّى تَعِيشَا مُعْفِيَيْنِ وَتَجْهَدَا
Nounمُعَفًّى1 sense

Core sense — a camel left unriddengenerated

1

A camel left unridden. In the K and the TA, in the article on سنم.

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A camel left unridden. (K and TA in art. سنم .)
Nounمُعْتَفٍ1 sense

Core sense — one who seeks another's bounty, an askergenerated

1

See عَافٍ.

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: see عَافٍ .