istafāda

benefit from, make use of

اِسْتَفادَ

Word

Verb

Root

ف و د

Forms

Present
يَسْتَفِيدُ

In the library

وقال له: تجهز فإني مرحلك إلى أرض الهند؛ فتلطف بعقلك وحسن أدبك وناقد رأيك، لاستخراج هذا الكتاب من خزائنهم ومن قبل علمائهم؛ فتستفيد بذلك وتفيدنا.

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Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ اِسْتَفادَيَسْتَفِيدُ—
she هِيَ اِسْتَفادَتتَسْتَفِيدُ—
they two (m.) هُما اِسْتَفادايَسْتَفِيدانِ—
they two (f.) هُما اِسْتَفادَتاتَسْتَفِيدانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ اِسْتَفادُوايَسْتَفِيدُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ اِسْتَفَدْنَيَسْتَفِدْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ اِسْتَفَدْتَتَسْتَفِيدُاِسْتَفِيدْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ اِسْتَفَدْتِتَسْتَفِيدِينَاِسْتَفِيدِي
you two أَنْتُما اِسْتَفَدْتُماتَسْتَفِيدانِاِسْتَفِيدَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ اِسْتَفَدْتُمتَسْتَفِيدُونَاِسْتَفِيدُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ اِسْتَفَدْتُنَّتَسْتَفِدْنَاِسْتَفِيدْنَ
I أَنا اِسْتَفَدْتُأَسْتَفِيدُ—
we نَحْنُ اِسْتَفَدْنانَسْتَفِيدُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 10 entries
  • فَادَ Form I He died
    , aor. يَفُودُ, (S, Mgh, O, K, and T in art. فيد,) inf. n. فَوْدٌ; (AA, K, and T in art. فيد;) as also فَادَ, aor. يَفِيدُ, (S, O, K, and T &c. in art. فيد,) inf. n. فَيْدٌ; (IAar, K, and T in art. فيد;) He died. (T, S, Mgh, O, K.) -A2- And فاد, aor. يَفُودُ, (M,) inf. n. فَوْدٌ, (K,) It (property) continued, or belonged, or appertained, syn. ثَبَتَ, (M, K,) لِصَاحِبِهِ to its owner; (M;) as also فاد, aor. يَفِيدُ, (S, L, K, in art. فيد,) inf. n. فَيْدٌ: (K:) or (so in the K) it went away, passed away, or departed; (K;) as also فاد, aor. يَفِيدُ, (K in art. فيد,) inf. n. فَيْدٌ. (K. [See also art. فيد.]) -A3- فادهُ, (As, Yaakoob, T, M, L,) aor. يَفُودُهُ, (Yaa- koob, M, * L,) inf. n. فَوْدٌ, (K,) He mixed it, (M, L, K,) namely, saffron [&c.], (M, L,) or perfume &c., (As, T,) or moistened it with water &c.; (L;) syn. دَافَهُ; (As, Yaakoob, T, M, L;) from which it is formed by transposition [accord. to the lexicologists; but not accord. to the grammarians, because it has an inf. n.]: (M, L:) and so فادهُ, aor. يَفِيدُهُ, (S, L, K, in art. فيد,) inf. n. فَيْدٌ. (L. [See also art. فيد.])
  • أَفَدْتُهُ Form IV I killed him; destroyed him
    I killed him; destroyed him. (O, K. [See also art. فيد.]) -A2- And I gave him property. (M, L, K.) It belongs to this art. and to art. فيد [q. v.]. (L.) ― -b2- See also 10.
  • تفوّد فَوْقَ الجَبَلَ Form V He (a mountain-goat) ascended
    He (a mountain-goat) ascended (أَشْرَفَ) upon the mountain. (O, * L, K.)
  • هُمَا يَتَفَاوَدَانِ العِلْمَ Form VI They two impart knowledge, each to the other
    (ISh, K) is a phrase used by the vulgar, (ISh,) but the correct expression is يَتَفَايَدَانِ, meaning They two impart knowledge, each to the other: (K:) or يتفايدان بَالْمَالِ بَيْنَهُمَا They two give, of the property, each to the other; or profit, or benefit, each other therewith: (ISh:) or, in the opinion of MF, each is allowable. (TA. [See also art. فيد.])
  • استفادهُ Form X He gained it, acquired it, or got it, for himself
    , (M, L, K,) and ↓ افادهُ, (M, K,) [respecting which latter see 10 in art. فيد,] as also تقيّد, (K, [but this belongs to art. فيد only,]) He gained it, acquired it, or got it, for himself, namely, property [&c.]. (M, L, K.) [See more in art. فيد.]
  • فَوْدٌ Each of the two sides of the head
    Each of the two sides of the head: (As, S, M, A, O, L, Msb, K:) pl. أَفْوَادٌ: (M, L, Msb:) one says, بَدَا الشَّيْبُ بِفَوْدَيْهِ [Hoariness appeared in the two sides of his head]. (S, O, L.) And The main, or chief, portion of the hair of the head, next the ear; (M, L, K;) or of the hair that descends below the lobe of the ear, next the ear: (IF, L, Msb:) or فَوْدَانِ signifies [two locks, or plaited locks, of hair, such as are termed] ضَفِيرَتَانِ (ISk, S, O, L, Msb) of a man (ISk, S, O, L) and of a woman. (O.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) The side (K, TA) of anything; (TA;) each of the two sides (M, L) of a thing. (L.) You say, اِرْفَعْ فَوْدَ الخِبَآءِ (tropical:) Raise thou the side of the tent. (A.) And نَزَلُوا بَيْنَ فَوْدَىِ الوَادِى (tropical:) [They alighted, or abode, between the two sides of the valley]. (A.) ― -b3- (tropical:) Each of the two equiponderant halves of the load of a beast: (S, M, O, L, K, TA:) one says, قَعَدَ بَيْنَ الفَوْدَيْنِ (tropical:) [He sat between the two equiponderant halves of the load of the beast]. (S, O, L, TA.) And [hence, app.,] (assumed tropical:) A [sack such as is termed] جُوَالِق. (K.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) The part that is abundant in plumage of each of the wings of the eagle: (M:) [or each of the wings; for] one says, أَلْقَتِ العُقَابُ فَوْدَيْهَا عَلَى الهَيْثَمِ (tropical:) [The eagle cast] its wings [upon, or over, the eaglet]. (A.) ― -b5- One says also, جَعَلْتُ الكِتَابَ فَوْدَينِ, meaning (tropical:) I doubled the upper part of the letter, or writing, over the lower part, so that it became two halves. (A, O.) ― -b6- And اِسْتَلَمْتُ فَوْدَ البَيْتِ (tropical:) [I touched, by kissing, or with the hand,] the corner of the House [of God; i. e., of the Kaabeh]. (A.) -A2- Also A company, congregated body, party, or group, of men; or a crowd, or dense company &c.; or a great crowd of men; syn. فَوْج: (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, K:) pl. أَفْوَادٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád, O.)
  • فَوَادٌ heart
    , (O, K,) with fet-h to the ف, (O,) like سَحَاب [in form], (K,) i. q. فُوأَادٌ [generally meaning The heart (see other explanations in art. فأد)]; (O, K;) a dial. var. of the latter word. (O.)
  • فَايأِدَةٌ Open entry
    a subst. from فَادَ المَالُ, (M, K, and L in art. فيد,) in the sense of ثَبَتَ: (M, and L in art. فيد:) it belongs to this art. and to art. فيد. (TA. [See the latter art.])
  • مَفُودٌ Mixed, or moistened with water &c
    , applied to perfume &c., i. q. مَدُوفٌ [Mixed, or moistened with water &c.]; (As, T;) as also مُفِيدٌ. (S and O and L in art. فيد.)
  • رَجُلٌ مِتْلَافٌ مِفْوَادٌ A destructive man
    A destructive man; as also مِفْيَادٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)

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