لَفَأَ

, aorist لَفَاَ , verbal noun لَفْءٌ and لَفَاءٌ; and ↓ التفأ; He stripped off, or peeled off, (K,) meat from a bone. (AZ, S.)

لَفَأَتِ الرِّيحُ السَّحَابَ عَنْ وَجْهِ السَّمَاءِ (assumed tropical:) [The wind stripped off the clouds from the face of the sky]. (S.)

لَفَأَ, verbal noun لَفْءٌ, He peeled a bone (TA) or a stick. (S.)

لَفَأَ He beat (S, K) with a staff or stick. (S.)

He turned a person back, or away, from his purpose. (K.)

لَفَأَ i. q. إِغْتَابَ; (assumed tropical:) He traduced a person behind his back, or in his absence, but saying of him what was true. (K.) Thought to be tropical, from the same verb signifying “ he peeled. ” (TA.)

-A2- لَفِىءَ, aorist لَفَاَ , He, or it remained, or endured. (K.)

-A3- لَفَأَهُ حَقَّهُ He gave him the whole of what was due to him: (like لَكَأَهُ: T:) or لفأه signifies he gave him less than his due. (K.) Accord. to Aboo-Turab, the verb is used in these two contr. senses. (TA.)