سَافَ الشَّىْءَ

, aorist يَسُوفُ (S, M, Msb) and يَسَافُ, (M,) verbal noun سَوْفٌ; (S, M, K;) and so ↓ ساوفهُ; (M, TA;) and ↓ استافهُ, (M, Msb, K, *) verbal noun اِسْتِيَافٌ; (S;) [and, according to Freytag, ↓ سوّفهُ; but he has not named his authority; if correct, probably having an intensive signification;] He smelled the thing. (S, M, Msb.) A poet says, (Msb,) namely, Ru-beh, (S, M,)

أَخْلَاقَ الطُّرُقْ ↓ إِذَا الدَّلِيلُ اسْتَافَ

[When the guide smells the natures of the roads to know whether he be pursuing the right course or deviating therefrom]. (S, M, Msb.)

[And hence, He hunted. (Freytag, from the Deewán el-Hudhaleeyeen.)]

-A2- سَوْفٌ is also Syn. with صَبْرٌ. (IAar, K.) You say, of a man, ساف عَلَيْهِ, verbal noun سَوْفٌ, He endured it with patience. (TK.)

-A3- سَافَ, (S, M, O, K,) aorist يَسُوفُ (S, O, K) and يَسَافُ, (O, K,) verbal noun سَوْفٌ, (M,) said of a man, (M,) and of cattle, (مَال, M, O, K,) He, or they, perished, or died: (S, M, O, K:) or, said of cattle, they had a murrain occurring among them. (K.)

-A4- [سَافَ explained by Freytag in this article, as though having for its aorist يَسُوفُ, and meaning He smote a person with a sword, is a mistake, caused by a mistranscription (of سُفْتُهُ for سِفْتُهُ) in article سيف in some copies of the K.]