to destroy, annihilate
→
to forgive
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ʕafā | |
| meaning 1 | to efface, to erase | ʕafat-i r-rīḥ-u l-ʔaṯar-a The wind effaced the trace, footprint. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to forgive | ʕafā llāh-u ʕanka May God absolve thee! |
| reference | Lane: 2092-2093 BK: II 303 | |
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