صرَفَ يصرِف، صَرْفًا، فهو صارِف، والمفعول مَصْروف
Root: ص ر فSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
صرَف المالَ ونحوَه
أنفقه
🇬🇧 Translation:
Spent it (To spend/expend).
صرَف العُملةَ
حوَّلها وبدَّلها بمثلها، باعها بعملة أخرى
🇬🇧 Translation:
Converted it and exchanged it for its like, sold it for another currency (To exchange currency).
انقطع له.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Devoted himself to it.
صرَف الشَّخصَ
خلَّى سبيله
🇬🇧 Translation:
Let him go/released him (To dismiss/let go).
ردَّه، أمره بالابتعاد
🇬🇧 Translation:
Turned him away, ordered him to stay away (To send away/turn away).
صرَف اللهُ قلوبَهم
أضلَّهم
🇬🇧 Translation:
Misled them (To turn away/misguide).
صرَف الاسمَ
(نح) جرَّه بالكسرة
🇬🇧 Translation:
(Grammar) Inflected it with a kasrah in the genitive (To inflect a noun fully).
صرَفه عن الأمر
ردَّه عنه
🇬🇧 Translation:
Turned him away from it (To turn away/avert from).
Example / Citation:
- " صرَف أموالَه على أسرته
- صرف وقتَه في القراءة
- اصرِف يعوِّض اللهُ عليك [مثل أجنبيّ] : يماثله في المعنى المثل العربيّ : اصرف ما في الجيب يأتِك ما في الغيب "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " sarafa amwalahu 'ala usratihi
- sarafa waqtahu fil-qira'ati
- isrif yu'awwidhi allahu 'alayka [mathal ajnabiyy] : yumathiluhu fil-ma'na al-mathalu al-'arabiyyu: isrif ma fil-jaybi ya'tika ma fil-ghaybi (He spent his money on his family
- He spent his time reading
- Spend and Allah will compensate you [foreign proverb]: The Arabic proverb with similar meaning is: Spend what is in the pocket, what is in the unseen will come to you). "
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