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حَرَفَ الشَّىْءَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ , (AO, S, Msb, K,)
aor.
حَرُفَ , (Msb,) or
حَرِفَ , (K,) inf. n. حَرْفٌ, (S, Msb,)
He turned the thing from its proper way, or
manner: (K:) or altered it therefrom: (Msb:)
and ↓ حرّفهُ, inf. n. تَحْرِيفٌ, has this latter meaning: (K, * TA:) or has an intensive signification of this kind. (Msb.) الكَلِمِ عَنْ ↓ تَحْرِيفُ
مَوَاضِعِهِ signifies The altering words from their
proper meanings: (S, * TA:) and agreeably with
this explanation, the verb is used in the Kur
iv. 48, &c.: (TA:) or تحريف signifies the perverting of language: (Msb:) or the altering a word
in form; as in writing بُرْدٌ for بَرْدٌ; or vice versâ:
(KT:) [and the mistranscribing a word in any
manner: commonly used in this sense in the
lexicons &c.: or the altering a word by substituting one letter, or more, for another, or others.
See also صَحَّفَ.] ＝
1-A2- See also 7. ＝
1-A3- حَرَفَ لِعِيَالِهِ,
(Msb, K,) aor.
حَرِفَ , (As, S, K,) or
حَرُفَ , (Msb,) He
earned or gained [subsistence], or laboured to do
so, for his family, or household, (As, S, Msb, K,)
from this and that quarter; (As, S;) as also
↓ احترف: (Mgh, * Msb, TA:) and بِيَدَيْهِ ↓ احترف
[he earned, or gained, with his hands]: and
لِعِيَالِهِ ↓ تحرّف he applied himself to earn or gain
[subsistence] for his family, or household, by
means of any, or every, art or craft: (TA:)
and ↓ احرف he laboured, or sought gain or sustenance, for his household, or family; expl. by
كَدَّ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ. (IAar, K.) ＝
1-A4- حَرَفَ عَيْنُهُ, inf. n.
حَرْفَةٌ, (K,) not an inf. n. of un., (TA,) He applied
collyrium to his eye (K, TA) with the [style
called] مِيل. (TA.) ＝
1-A5- حُرِفَ فِى مَالِهِ, inf. n. حَرْفَةٌ,
He suffered the loss of somewhat of his property.
(Lh, K.)