Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
س ف ع (s f ʕ)
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Verb

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سَفَعَ (safaʕa) I (non-past يَسْفَعُ (yasfaʕu), verbal noun سَفْع (safʕ))

  1. to scorch, to burn
  2. to strike, to hit (with the hand)
  3. to drag, to pull intensively
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 96:15:
      كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِٱلنَّاصِيَة
      kallā laʔin lam yantahi lanasfaʕan bi-n-nāṣiya
      No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock
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Etymology 1.2

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Noun

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سَفْع (safʕm

  1. verbal noun of سَفَعَ (safaʕa) (form I)
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