عَفِنَ
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, aor
عَفَنَ
, verbal noun عَفَنٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA, in the CK [erroneously] عَفْن,) and عُفُونَةٌ, (K,) It (a thing) was, or became, putrid, or rotten; i. e. it became decayed, (Mgh,) or in a corrupt, or an unsound, state, (Msb,) by the effect of moisture upon it, (Mgh, * Msb,) so as to become dissundered when felt: (Msb;) said of a rope, (S, K.) it became decayed (S,) or in a corrupt, or an unsound, state, (K,) from the effect of water, (S,) or from moisture, or some other cause, (TA,) so as to crumble on its being felt; as also
تعفّن. (K.) And عَفِنَ اللَّحْمُ
The flesh, or flesh-meat, became [stinking, or] altered [for the worse] in odour; and so
تعقّن. (Msb.)
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