wafī

faithful, complete

وَفِيّ

Word

Adjective · pattern فَعِلّ

Root

و ف ي

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وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُمْ بَلَاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries

1 Form I He fulfilled, performed, kept, or was faithful to, the compact, or covenant, and the promise

[He fulfilled, performed, kept, or was faithful to, the compact, or covenant, and the promise]: act. part. n. وَفِىٌّ; pl. أَوْفِيَآءُ. (Msb.) ― -b2- وَفَآءٌ signifies The being faithful to an engagement, or promise: see 1, last sentence, in art. رعى. ― -b3- وَفَاهُ He paid it: see an ex. (فِى ثَوْبَىْ أَبِى أَنْ أَفِيَهُ) voce ثَوْبٌ.
وَفَّاهُ حَقَّهُ Form II He paid, or rendered, to him fully, or completely, his right, or due

and ↓ اوفاهُ and ↓ وافاهُ and ↓ توفّاهُ and ↓ استوفاهُ He paid, or rendered, to him fully, or completely, his right, or due. (K. [In the CK, اَوْفاهُ is erroneously put for وَافَاهُ.])
وَافَى بِهِ Form III He brought it

He brought it: see a verse cited in art. سجد. ― -b2- See 2.
أَوْفَى عَلَيْهِ Form IV He looked upon it, looked upon it from above, looked down upon it

He looked upon it, looked upon it from above, looked down upon it; got a view of it; or saw it; syn. أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْهِ, (S, Msb, K, TA,) and اِطَّلَعَ; and اوفى فِيهِ [likewise] signifies اشرف. (TA.) ― -b2- See 2.
تَوَفَّاهُ ٱللّٰهُ Form V God took his soul

God took his soul, (S, K,) [either at death, or in sleep. See the Kur-án, vi. 60]: or caused him to die. (Msb.) ― -b2- See 2 and 10.
اِسْتَوْفَاهُ Form X exacted

and ↓ تَوَفَّاهُ He [exacted,] took, or received, it fully, or wholly. (Mgh.) See an ex. voce عَلَى. ― -b2- See 2. ― -b3- اِسْتَوْفَى [He completed] so many years of his age. (A, O, in TA, voce احفر.)
وَفِىٌّ A fulfiller, performer, or keeper, of the compact, or covenant

: see وَفَى. ― -b2- وَفِىُّ العَهْدِ [A fulfiller, performer, or keeper, of the compact, or covenant. (TA, voce إِلٌّ.)

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