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عَصَفَتِ الرِّيحُ , 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.) ―
2-b2- Hence, (TA,) عَصْفٌ signifies
also (tropical:) The being quick, or swift; (Lth, O, TA;)
and so [↓ إِعْصَافٌ 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.) ―
2-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 اعصفت ↓ بهم, (O, K,)
which is [said to be] the more correct. (O, TA.)
―
2-b4- And عَصَفَ signifies (assumed tropical:) It (a thing) inclined, or
declined. (K.) [See عَاصِفٌ, last sentence.] ＝
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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
اعتصف ↓ لِعِيَالِهِ; (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.) ＝
1-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.)