1.
He took for himself a mule such as is termed
سَفْوَاء, i. e.
quick [&c.]. (
K.)
2.
-A2- أسْفَتْ said of the wind, intrans. and transitive: see 1, in two places.
3.
-A3- اسفى said of corn,
It became rough, or
coarse, in the extremities [or
awn]
of its ears. (
S,
K.)
4.
اسفت said of
بُهْمَى [or barley-grass],
It let fall its
سَفَا [or
prickles, or
awn, or
extremities]. (
M,
K.)
5.
And
اسفى said of a man,
He took the prickles [or
awn or
extremities]
of the
بُهْمَى [or
barley-grass]. (
TA.)
6.
-A4- Also, said of a man,
He removed dust, or
earth, (
سَفًا, TA)
from one place to another.
(
Az,
K.)
7.
-A5- And
اسفت said of a she-camel, (tropical:)
She became lean, or
emaciated, (
K,)
so that she was like the
سَفا [or
prickles of barley-grass]. (
TA.)
8.
-A6- See also 1, last sentence.
9.
-A7- اسفاهُ
It (an affair, or event, M)
incited him (a man, K)
to unsteadiness, and levity. (
M,
K.)
10.
And hence, perhaps, (
M,)
اسفى بِهِ
He did evil or
ill, or
acted ill, to him, or
with him, (
M,
K,) i. e., his companion. (
M.)