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Entries on لفو in 6 Arabic dictionaries by the authors Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane, Ibn Sīda al-Mursī, Al-Muḥkam wa-l-Muḥīṭ al-Aʿẓam, Al-Ṣāḥib bin ʿAbbād, Al-Muḥīṭ fī l-Lugha, and 3 more

لفو

6 تَلَافَاهُ i. q. تَدَارَكَهُ [He repaired it; a meaning well known]; (S, Msb, K, TA;) namely, a short-coming; or failing, or falling short, of what was requisite, or due; and an inconsistent act. (TA.) You say, هٰذَا أَمْرٌ لَا يُتَلَافَى [This is an affair that will not be repaired]. (TA.) and تَلَافَى أَمْرَهُمْ بِالصُّلْحِ [He repaired their condition by peace, or reconciliation]. (EM, p. 117.) See دَقَّهُ لَفَاةٌ: see لفَاتٌ.
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