افادهُ

He gave it, namely, property, (AZ, Ks, T, S, M, O, L, K,) to another: (AZ, Ks, T, S, M, L:) and افادهُ مَالًا, verbal noun إِفَادَةٌ, He gave him property. (Mgh, Msb.) It belongs to this article and to article فود. (L in article فود.)

[And He, or it, profited, advantaged, or benefited, him; فَايءِدَةً being understood. Hence,] one says, إِنْ أَفَدْتَنِى حَرْفًا فَقَدْ أَصْفَدْتَنِى أَلْفًا [If thou teach me a word, thou givest me what is worth a thousand dirhems]. (A in article صفد.)

[Hence, also, افاد said of a word, and a phrase, It had, or performed, a useful office, as expressive of a meaning, or as contributing to the expression thereof, or as adding to a meaning previously expressed. And hence, It imported, or conveyed, a meaning; and particularly, when said of a phrase, a complete meaning, so that a pause might be well made after uttering it; فَايءِدَةً being understood.]

-A2- See also 10.

And see 1, last signification.

Also, افادهُ, verbal noun as above, He killed him; destroyed him; slaughtered him; namely, a man, and a beast. (T, * L, and K * in article فود.)