سفع

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
س ف ع (s f ʕ)
2 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

سَفَعَ (safaʕa) I (non-past يَسْفَعُ (yasfaʕu), verbal noun سَفْع (safʕ))

  1. to scorch, to burn
  2. to strike, to hit (with the hand)
  3. to drag, to pull intensively
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 96:15:
      كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِٱلنَّاصِيَة
      kallā laʔin lam yantahi lanasfaʕan bi-n-nāṣiya
      No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Noun

سَفْع (safʕm

  1. verbal noun of سَفَعَ (safaʕa) (form I)
Declension