عٞافٞر
ˁéfer (yaˁáfor/ľaˁfór)
basic morphological information

v. (Ib)

to forgive someone’s sins (God)
отпускать грехи (о Боге)
غفر
LS 320; CSOL II 404
text examples

a. wa-ˁö́mor ˁag ľaˁfór hek áḷḷaʰ ‘And the man said: “May God forgive you!”’ (CSOL II 15:51)

semantic notes

‘To forgive someone’s (e-) sins’ (a).

root
derivates
  • šáˁfer to ask, to implore God for forgiveness
etymology

Together with Mhr. γefūr ‘to pardon, to forgive’ and Jib. γɔ́fɔ́r ‘to forgive’, a borrowing from Arb. γfr ‘to forgive’.