دَفَنَهُ
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, (S, M, Msb, K,) aorist
دَفِنَ
, (M, Msb, K,) verbal noun دَفْنٌ, (M, Msb, TA,) He buried it; interred it; i. e. hid it, concealed it, or covered it, (M, Msb, K, TA,) in the earth, or dust, (TA,) or beneath layers, or strata, of earth, or dust; (Msb;) namely, a thing; (S, Msb;) primarily having for its object a dead body: (M:) and
دفّنهُ signifies the same; [but apparently in an intensive sense or applying to a number of objects;] (M, TT;) or
اِدَّفَنَهُ, of the measure اِفْتَعَلَهُ. (K. [So too, according to the TA, in the M; but in the text of the M as given in the TT, دفّنهُ.]) One says to a man who is obscure, unnoted, or of no reputation, دَفَنْتَ نَفْسَكَ فِىحَيَاتِكَ (tropical:) [Thou hast buried thyself in thy lifetime]. (TA.)
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[Hence also, دَفَنَ الرَّكِيَّةَ
He filled up, stopped up, or choked up, with earth or dust, the well.] And دَفَنْتُ عُيُونَ المِيَاهِ
I stopped up the sources of the waters; synonym عَوَّرْتُهَا, and سَدَدْتُهَا. (Sh, TA in in article عور.)
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دَفَنَتْ, aorist
دَفِنَ
, verbal noun دَفْنٌ, said of a she-camel, She went her own way, or at random, or heedlessly, (M, K,) without need: (M:) or it signifies, (M,) or signifies also, (K,) she was, or became, (M, K,) usually, (K,) in the midst of the other camels when they came to water: (M, K:) and
اِدَّفَنَتْ, (En-Nadr, T, TA,) of the measure اِفْتَعَلَتْ, (TA,) said of a she-camel, she was, or became, such as is termed
دَفُونٌ; (En-Nadr, T, TA;) i. e. she absented, or hid, herself from the other camels: or went her own way, at random, or heedlessly, alone. (En-Nadr, T.)