شوه

1 شَاهَ وَجْهُهُ, aor. ـُ (K;) and شَاهَتِ الوُجُوهُ, aor. ـُ (S, Msb;) inf. n. شَوْهٌ (S, K) and شَوْهَةٌ, (K,) or the latter is a simple subst.; (TA;) and شَوِهَ وَجْهُهُ, (K,) inf. n. شَوَهٌ; (TA;) His face was, (K,) and the faces were, (S, Msb,) foul, unseemly, or ugly. (S, Msb, K.) And شَوِهَ, (Msb,) and شَوِهَتْ, (Mgh,) inf. n. شَوَهٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) He, (a man, Msb,) and she, (a woman, Mgh,) was, or became, foul, unseemly, or ugly, (Mgh, Msb,) in face, (Mgh,) or in make. (Msb.) b2: شَوَهٌ is also syn. with حُسْنٌ [app. as an inf. n., of which the verb is شَوِهَ signifying He was, or became, beautiful: thus having two contr. meanings]. (TA.) b3: Also, (K,) as an inf. n., (TK,) The neck's being long, (K, TA,) and high, and the head's overtopping; whence ↓ أَشْوَهُ applied to a horse: (TA:) and the neck's being short: thus [again] having two contr. meanings: (K:) one says, [app. of a horse,] شَوِهَتْ عُنُقُهُ His neck was long [&c.]: and his neck was short: (TK:) or شَوَهٌ said of the neck [of a horse] signifies the being extended: and said of the شِدْق [or side of the mouth], the being wide, (JK. [It probably signifies any of the attributes denoted by the epithet أَشْوَهُ, q. v.]) b4: Also, [and app. in this sense likewise an inf. n. of which the verb is شَوِهَ,] The being quick to smite with the [evil] eye. (S.) b5: And one says, شَاهَ فُلَانًا, (K,) inf. n. شَوْهٌ, (TA,) He smote such a one with the [evil] eye; (K, TA;) as also ↓ اشاههُ: (TA in art. شهو:) and in like manner, مَالَهُ [his cattle, or property]: (Lh, TA:) or شَوْهٌ signifies the smiting vehemently therewith. (TA.) And عَلَىَّ ↓ لَا تُشَوِّهْ Smite not thou me with an [evil] eye: (K:) or, accord. to Abu-l-Mekárim this means say not, How eloquent art thou! (Az, TA,) or say not, How beautiful art thou! (ISk, S,) and so doing smite me with the [evil] eye, or with an [evil] eye. (ISk, Az, S, TA.) ↓ تشوّه signifies He practised artifice to smite people with the evil eye. (JK.) And one says, هُوَ يَتَشَوَّهُ ↓ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ لِيُصِيبَهَا بِالعَيْنِ i. e. He raises his look towards the cattle, or possessions, of the people to smite them with the [evil] eye. (TA.) [See also 1 in art. شيه.] b6: Also, He frightened, or terrified, such a one. (Lh, K.) b7: And He envied such a one. (K.) b8: And شَاهَتْ نَفْسُهُ إِلَى كَذَا His desire became raised towards such a thing. (AA, K.) 2 شوّههُ, (S, K,) inf. n. تَشْوِيهٌ, (TA,) He (God) rendered foul, unseemly, or ugly, his face: (S, K, TA:) and it, i. e. the conformation of the face. (TA, from a verse of El-Hotei-ah.) And شَوَّهْتُ الوُجُوهَ I rendered foul, unseemly, or ugly, the faces. (Msb.) b2: And شَوَّهَ اللّٰهُ حُلُوقَكُمْ God rendered, or may God render, wide your throats, or fauces. (TA.) b3: لَا تُشَوِّهْ عَلَىَّ: see 1, latter half. b4: شوّه بِيَدِهِ He (a man) made a sign with his arm, or hand. (JK.) 4 اشاههُ: see 1.5 تشوّه لَهُ He became altered in countenance to him, so as to be not known by him, (syn. تَنَكَّرَ, S, K,) and assumed various appearances. (S.) b2: See also 1, in two places, near the end.

A2: تشوّه شَاةً He hunted a شاة [app. here meaning a wild bull, as seems to be indicated by the context in the S]. (S, K.) شَآءٌ: see the next paragraph.

شَاةٌ, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) originally شَاهَةٌ, (S, Msb, TA,) A sheep, or goat; [each and either, but more commonly the former; see an instance voce صُوفٌ;] i. e. one of what are termed غَنَم; (S, * Msb, * K;) applied to the male and to the female; (S, Msb, K;) so that one says of the male, هٰذَا شَاةٌ, (Msb,) which is said by Kh to be like the phrase هٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّى; (Sb, TA;) and of the female, هٰذِهِ شَاةٌ; and شَاةٌ ذَكَرٌ and شَاةٌ أُنْثَى: (Msb:) or it may be [one] of sheep, and of goats, and of gazelles or antelopes, and of the bovine kind [app. of the wild bovine kind i. e. of bovine antelopes], and of ostriches, and of wild asses; (K;) it is applied to a wild bull by Tarafeh, in his saying, كَسَامِعَتَىْ شَاةٍ بِحَوْمَلَ مُفْرَدِ (S) i. e. Like the two ears of a wild bull, in Howmal, solitary; the poet likening thereto the ears of a she-camel in respect of sharpness and erectness; (EM p. 76;) and likewise by Lebeed, and by El-Farezdak: (IB, TA:) and it is also applied to [a wild cow; (though said in the K in art. شوى to signify the wild bull, specially the male;) and hence, as being likened thereto,] (tropical:) a woman; (K, TA;) thus by El-Aashà; and thus also by Antarah, in his saying, يَا شَاةَ مَا قَنَصٍ لِمَنْ حَلَّتْ لَهُ حَرُمَتْ عَلَىَّ وَلَيْتَهَا لَمْ تَحْرُمِ (TA) O شاة [i. e. wild cow] of the chase (ما being redundant) for him to whom she is lawful: she has become forbidden to me, and would that she were not forbidden: (EM p. 246:) pl. ↓ شَآءٌ, (S, Msb, K,) originally شَاهٌ, (K,) used when they are many in number, (S,) [but this is properly termed a coll. gen. n.,] and شِيَاهٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) with ه, which is used of a number from three to ten [inclusive], for more than which it is with ت [meaning ة, i. e. شَاةٌ, agreeably with a general rule], (S,) and شِوَاهٌ, [the original of شِيَاهٌ,] (K,) and ↓ شَوِىٌّ, (S, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, شَوًى,]) which is pl. of شَآءٌ, (S, TA,) or rather a quasi-pl. n., originally شَوِيهٌ, the ه being changed into ى like as it is in ذِى for ذِهْ, (TA,) and أَشَاوِهُ, (K,) and ↓ شَيْهٌ, (so in copies of the K, [in the TA said to be like عِنَبٌ, which is a mistake, (perhaps for عَيْنٌ,) for it is there said to be a quasi-pl. n., which could not be said if it were شِيَهٌ,]) and ↓ شِيهٌ, (CK, [but this, which is another quasi-pl. n., is not in my MS. copy of the K nor in the TA,]) and ↓ شَيِّهٌ, (K,) originally شَيْوِهٌ, but this, also, is a quasi-pl. n., (TA,) and ↓ شِيَةٌ also is syn. with شَآءٌ: (IAar, K in art. شوى:) it has not a pl. formed with ا and ت, [i. e. it has not for a pl. شَاآتٌ,] whether it be used as a gen. n. or as a proper name: (TA:) the dim. is ↓ شُوَيْهَةٌ. (S, Msb.) The sing. is also used in the sense of the pl., in the saying فُلَانٌ كَثِيرُ الشَّاةِ وَالبَعِيرِ [Such a one is possessor of a large number of sheep or goats, and of camels], because the article ال denotes the genus. (S.) And it is said in a trad.

فَأَمَرَ لَهَا بِشِيَاهِ غَنَمٍ [And he ordered that sheep or goats should be given to her]: شياه being prefixed to غنم, governing it in the gen. case, for the sake of distinction; because the Arabs [sometimes] call an animal of the wild bovine kind شاة. (IAth, TA.) b2: الشَّاةُ is also the name of (assumed tropical:) Certain small stars (K in art. شوى) between القرحه [or الفرجة, thus in the work of Kzw, in his descr. of Cepheus, and there said to be the star in the breast of Cepheus,] and الجَدْىُ [i. e. the pole-star]; (TA in that art.;) [the same that are described by Kzw as certain small stars, called by the Arabs الأَغْنَامُ, between the legs of Cepheus and the star الجَدْىُ.]

شَاهُ البَصَرِ, and شَاهِى البَصَرِ: see شَائِهٌ.

شَوَهٌ an inf. n., of شَوِهَ. (Mgh, Msb, TA. [See 1, in several places.]) A2: Also a subst. meaning Unluckiness, or inauspiciousness, of a woman. (TA.) شَيْهٌ and شِيهٌ and شِيَةٌ: see شَاةٌ.

شُوهَةٌ Remoteness: (K, TA:) and so بُوهَةٌ: one says, in dispraise, شُوهَةً لَهُ وَبُوهَةً [i. e. بُعْدًا لَهُ, lit. Remoteness to him! meaning may God alienate him or estrange him, from good, or prosperity! or, curse him!]. (TA.) شَوِىٌّ, originally شَوِيهٌ: see شَاةٌ.

شُوَيْهَةٌ dim. of شَاةٌ, q. v. (S, Msb.) شَائِهٌ Envying: pl. شُوَّهٌ: (As, Lh, TA:) or the latter signifies persons practising artifice to smite men with the [evil] eye. (JK.) b2: And شَائِهُ البَصَرِ, (JK, S, K,) and البَصَرِ ↓ شَاهُ, (JK, K,) and شَاهِى

البَصَرِ, (JK, TA, and S and K in art. شهو,) the last formed by transposition from the first, (S in art. شهو,) A man sharp of sight. (JK, S, K.) شَائِىٌّ: see the next paragraph.

شَاهِىٌّ: see the next paragraph.

شَاوِىٌّ and ↓ شَاهِىٌّ A man possessing شَآء [meaning sheep or goats or both]: (K:) the former is the rel. n. of شَآءٌ; and the latter, that of شَاةٌ: but used as a proper name of a man, it is ↓ شَائِىٌّ, and, if you will, شَاوِىٌّ. (S, TA. *) شَيِّهٌ: see the next paragraph: A2: and see شَاةٌ.

أَشْوَهُ, applied to a man, (Msb,) Foul, unseemly, or ugly, (JK, Msb, K,) in face, (JK, K,) or in aspect, (Msb,) and, as also ↓ شَيِّهٌ, of which the pl. is شَيِّهُونَ, in make: (JK:) fem. شَوْهَآءُ: (JK, Mgh, Msb:) and pl. شُوهٌ. (Msb.) Any created thing incongruous in its several parts; as also ↓ مُشَوَّهٌ. (TA.) And the fem., A woman frowning, or morose, in face; (K, * TA;) foul, unseemly, or ugly, in make: (TA:) and also beautiful, goodly, or comely; (K, * TA;) that excites admiration and approval by her beauty: (TA:) thus having two contr. meanings. (K, TA.) Also, the fem., Unlucky, or inauspicious. (K.) b2: and the masc. applied to a man, (Lth, S, TA,) and the fem. applied to a woman, (Lth, TA,) That smites quickly with the [evil] eye: (Lth, S, TA:) or that smites people effectually with his, and her, [evil] eye. (TA.) And أَشْوَهُ العَيْن Having an evil eye. (Fr, TA in art. شزر.) b3: The fem. is also applied to a mare, (JK, T, S, K,) as an epithet of commendation, but not the masc. to a horse, meaning, it is said, Wide in the شِدْقَانِ [or two sides of the mouth]: (S:) or long in the head, and wide in the nostrils: (JK:) or tall, and such as excites admiration and approval by her beauty or excellence: (K, * TA:) or exceedingly wide in the شِدْقَانِ [or two sides of the mouth] and the nostrils: (K, TA:) or, as some say, wide in the mouth: (TA:) and small in the mouth: thus having two contr. meanings: (K, TA:) or sharpsighted: (T, TA:) or sharp in spirit: (TA:) see also 1. b4: Also, the masc., Proud, and self-conceited. (K.) b5: And خُطْبَةٌ شَوْهَآءُ [An oration from the pulpit] in which a blessing is not invoked on the Prophet. (TA.) أَرْضٌ مَشَاهَةٌ A land in which are شَآء; (A'Obeyd, S, K;) like as one says أَرْضٌ مَأْبَلَةٌ: (A'Obeyd, S:) or in which are many thereof. (K.) مُشَوَّهٌ Rendered foul, unseemly, or ugly, in face, by God: (TA:) or foul, &c., in shape. (K.) See also أَشْوَهُ, second sentence. b2: and Bad in intellect. (TA.)

ثف

ى1 ثَفَاهُ, aor. ـِ (M, K) and ثَفُىَ, (K,) He followed him; (M, K;) as also أَثَفَهُ: or he was with him, near after him, or at his heels, as though treading in his footsteps: (TA:) or ثَفَوْتُ الرَّجُلَ signifies I was with the man, near after him, &c.: and جَآءَ يَثْفُوهُ, he came following him. (M.) b2: ثَفَيْتُ القَوْمَ I drove away, or drove away and pursued closely, or hunted, the people, or company of men; syn. طَرَدْتُ: (K:) perhaps from أَثَفَهُ, which also signifies طَرَدَهُ. (TA.) 2 ثفّى القِدْرَ, (S, M, K, [in the CK, the verb is erroneously without teshdeed,]) He put the cooking-pot upon the أَثَافِى [pl. of أُثْفِيَّةٌ, q. v.]; (S, M, K; *) as also ↓ أَثْفَاهَا; (M, K;) and اثّفها, (K,) inf. n. تَأْثِيفٌ; (TA;) and أَثَفَهَا; (so in some copies of the K;) or آثَفَهَا, (so in other copies of the K, and in the TA,) inf. n. إِيثَافٌ: (TA:) or ↓ اثفاها signifies he put, or made, for it أَثَافِى. (S.) b2: [Hence,] ثُفِّيَتِ المَرْأَةُ (tropical:) The woman was a wife of a man who had two wives beside herself; she being the third of them; they being likened to the أَثَافِى of the cooking-pot. (M.) And ↓ أَثْفَى (assumed tropical:) He took three women as his wives. (K.) 4 اثفى القِدْرَ: see 2, in two places. See also Q. Q. 1 in art. اثف. b2: And اثفى said of a man: see 2.5 تثفّى فُلَانًا عِرْقُ سَوْءٍ [Evil origin, or a bad hereditary disposition,] withheld such a one (قَصَّرَ بِهِ [in the CK, erroneously, قَصُرَ به]) from generous actions. (K) ثُفَّآءٌ, or ثُفَآءٌ; n. un. with ة: see art. ثفأ.

أُثْفِيَّةٌ (S, M, K, &c.) and إِثْفِيَّةٌ (Fr, A 'Obeyd, K) The stone [which is one of the three] whereon the cooking-pot is placed: (M, * K:) it is a stone like the head of a man: (T, TA:) pl. أَثَافِىُّ and أَثَافٍ. (S, K, &c.) [See more in art. اثف.]

مِثْفًى, and its fem. مثْفَاةٌ: see what next follows, in three places.

مُثَفًّى, (M,) or ↓ مِثْفًى, (K, [but this is probably a mistranscription,]) (assumed tropical:) A man of whom many wives die: (M, K:) or of whom three wives have died: (M, K: *) and مُثَفَّاةٌ, (T, M,) or ↓ مِثْفَاةٌ, (K, [but this, again, is probably a mistranscription,]) (assumed tropical:) a woman of whom many husbands die: (M, K:) or of whom three husbands have died: (M:) or it signifies also (K) a woman who has buried three husbands: (IAar, T, K:) or مُثَفَّاةٌ signifies [like مُؤَثَّفَةٌ] (assumed tropical:) a woman whose husband has two wives beside her; she being the third of them; they being likened to the أَثَافِى of the cooking-pot: and ↓ مُثَفِّيَةٌ, (assumed tropical:) a woman of whom three husbands have died: and ↓ مُثَفٍّ, (assumed tropical:) a man of whom three wives have died. (S.) b2: مُثَفَّاةٌ, (S,) or ↓ مِثْفَاةٌ, (K,) also signifies (assumed tropical:) A brand, or mark made with a hot iron, upon an animal, resembling the أَثَافِى [of the cooking pot]. (S, K.) مُثَفٍّ, and its fem. مُثَفِّيَةٌ: see what next precedes.

قَدْرٌ مُؤَثْفَاةٌ A cooking-pot put upon the أَثَافِى. (K * and TA, and M in art. اثف, q. v. [In the CK, erroneously, مُؤْثَفاةٌ.])

سف

1 سَفَّ, (A'Obeyd, Az, S, M, K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. سَفُّ; (S, TA;) and ↓ اسفّ, (A'Obeyd, S, M, K,) inf. n. إِسْفَافٌ; (TA;) He wove (A'Obeyd, Az, S, M, Z, K) with his fingers (Z, TA) [or plaited] a mat, (A'Obeyd, TA,) or palm-leaves, (Az, S, M, K,) and any other thing that may be woven with the fingers; (TA;) like رَمَلَ and أَرْمَلَ. (A'Obeyd, TA.) A2: سَفَّ (Lth, O, K) عَلَى وَجْهِ الأرْضِ, (Lth, O,) [aor. ـُ accord. to the TK, but more probably سَفِّ, agreeably with a general rule relating to intrans. verbs of this class,] inf. n. سَفِيفٌ, He (a bird) went along upon the surface of the earth. (Lth, O, K.) [See also 4.]

A3: سَفِفْتُ, (S, M, Mgh, * Msb, K,) third Pers\. سَفَّ, (Mgh,) aor. ـَ (Msb, TA,) inf. n. سَفٌّ; (M, Msb, K;) and ↓ اِسْتَفَفْتُ; (S, M, Msb, K; [in one of my copies of the S, erroneously, أَسْفَفْتُ;]) I took [into my mouth], (S, K,) or ate, (Mgh, Msb,) medicine, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) and meal of parched barley or wheat, (S, M, Mgh,) and the like of either of these, (M,) or anything dry, (Mgh, Msb,) not moistened, (S, Msb, K,) and not kneaded [with water &c.]; (S;) or i. q. قَمِحْتُ, (M, K, TA,) which signifies as above, (TA,) or I took it in the palm of my hand, (A and L in art. قمح,) and conveyed it to my mouth, (A in that art.,) or licked it up: (L in that art.:) and ↓ سَفَّةٌ signifies the doing thus once. (TA.) And [hence,] سَفٌّ signifies also Camels' eating dry herbage. (K.) Hence the saying of 'Amr Ibn-Kulthoom, تَسَفُّ الجِلَّةُ الخُورُ الدَّرِينَا The she-camels advanced in age, abounding with milk, eating the [dry and] old and wasted herbage. (Mgh. [See EM p. 208: and the same, p. 224.]) Hence also the phrase, لَأَنْ أَسَفَّ التُّرَابَ Assuredly that I should eat the dust. (Mgh.) b2: And سَفِفْتُ المَآءَ, (M, K,) aor. ـَ inf. n. سَفٌّ, (TA,) I drank much of the water without satisfying my thirst: (M, K:) and so سَفِتُّهُ, aor. ـْ inf. n. سَفْتٌ. (TA.) b3: سُفَّ الرَّمَادُ فِى وَجْهِهِ: see 4.4 اسفّ: see 1, first sentence. b2: [Hence,] أَسْفَفْتُ الشَّىْءَ, inf. n. إِسْفَافٌ, I stuck one part of the thing to another. (Yz, TA.) b3: [And from the same signification, as is indicated in the O and TA,] اسّف النَّظَرَ (tropical:) He looked sharply, (S, M, A, O, K,) and hardly, (S, O,) and minutely, (A,) towards, or at, (إِلَى,) a person, (S, A, O,) and an affair, (A,) and AAF adds, and inclined towards the ground. (M.) A2: Also He fed a camel with dry herbage. (K.) b2: [Hence,] اسفّ الفَرَسَ اللِجَامَ (assumed tropical:) He put the bit into the mouth of the horse. (Moheet, L, K.) b3: And اسفّ الدَّوَآءَ (assumed tropical:) He stuffed the wound with the medicament: (M:) or اسفّ الجُرْحَ دَوَآءً (tropical:) he put a medicament into the wound; (K, TA;) as though he put سَفُوف to it. (TA.) b4: And اسفّ الوَشْمَ نَؤُورًا (assumed tropical:) He filled in the tattoo with نؤور [i. e. smoke-black of fat]. (M.) b5: And أُسِفَّ وَجْهُهُ النَّؤُورَ (assumed tropical:) His face was sprinkled with نؤور. (S.) It is said in a trad., فَكَأَنَّمَا أُسِفَّ وَجْهُهُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) His face was altered, (S, K, *) as though something that altered it had been sprinkled upon it. (S.) You say also, كَأَنَّ وَجْهَهُ أُسِفَّ رَمَادًا, meaning (assumed tropical:) His face became of a blackish, or an ashy, hue, altered, as though ashes had been sprinkled upon it: and ↓ سُفَّ الرَّمَادُ فِى وَجْهِهِ (assumed tropical:) [Ashes were sprinkled upon his face], meaning his face became altered. (Har p. 626.) A3: Also It approached the earth, or ground; (S, M, K;) said of a bird in its flight; (S, K;) or of a bird &c.: (M:) or it (a bird) flew over the ground so near that its feet almost reached it. (A.) And اسفّت السَّحَابَةُ The cloud approached the earth. (S, K.) b2: Said of a stallion, He stooped his head to bite. (M, K.) and one says of man, اسفّ مِنَ الأَرْضِ [and إِلَى الارض He stooped towards the ground]. (O in art. شب.) b3: And, said of a man, (S,) (assumed tropical:) He pursued small, or little, things: (S, K:) and (assumed tropical:) he followed after low, or mean, things: (K:) [(assumed tropical:) he stooped to such things:] or اسفّ إِلَى مَدَاقِ الأُمُورِ وَ أَلَائِمِهَا (assumed tropical:) He approached [or pursued] small, or little, things, and the meanest, or most ignoble, thereof; or became mean, or ignoble: (M, * TA:) and اسفّ لِلْأَمْرِ الدَّنِىّ, [or correctly الدَّنِىْءِ,] and إِلَيْهِ, (assumed tropical:) He approached [the thing that was near, or that was low, or mean]; from اسفّ said of a bird in its flight, meaning It approached the ground so that its feet almost touched it. (Har p. 206.) [Hence the saying,] تَحَفَّظْ مِنْ الغَمَلِ السَّفْسَافِ وَلَاتُسِفَّ لَهُ بَعْضَ لإِسْفَافِ (tropical:) [Guard thyself from the bad action, and approach it not with any degree of approaching]. (TA.) b4: You say also, مَاأَسَفَّ مِنْهُ بِتَافِهٍ He obtained not [from him, or of it, a paltry acquisition], (K, TA,) [or] anything. (TA.) b5: And اسفّ He fled from his companion, (K, TA,) running most vehemently. (TA.) 8 إِسْتَفَ3َ see 1.

R. Q. 1 سَفْسَفَ, (K,) inf. n. سَفْسَفَةٌ, (S, M,) He cleared, or sifted, (اِنْتَخَلَ,) flour, (S, M, K,) and the like, (S, K,) with the مُنْخُل [or sieve], and the like. (L, TA.) One says, سَمِعْتُ سَفْسَفَةَ المُنْخُلِ [I heard the sifting of the sieve]. (TA.) b2: And سَفْسَفَ عَمَلَهُ (tropical:) He did his deed imperfectly, or not soundly. (IDrd, M, K, TA.) b3: And سَفْسَفَتِ الرِيحُ The wind raised the fine dust, blowing a little above the surface of the earth. (TA.) R. Q. 2 لَا تَزَالُ تَتَسَفْسَفُ فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ a phrase mentioned by Ibn-'Abbád as meaning Thou wilt not cease to destroy, or bring to nought, this thing, or affair. (O, TA.) سَفْ, with the ف quiescent, i. q. سَوْفَ; as in the phrase سَفْ تَفْعَلُ [Thou wilt do such a thing]: mentioned by Th. (M. [See art. سوف; and see also the letter س.]) سَفٌّ, accord. to the K, or ↓ سِفٌّ, with kesr, accord. to Sgh, [in the O,] (TA,) A spadix, or a spathe, (طَلْعَة) of a male palm-tree. (AA, O, K) b2: See also سِفُّ.

سُفٌّ: see what next follows.

سِفٌّ and ↓ سُفٌّ, (O, K,) or the former and ↓ سَفٌّ, (so in a copy of the M,) The serpent called أَرْقَم: (AA, O, K:) or the serpent that flies (M, O, K) in the air: (M, O:) and sometimes peculiarly applied to the أَرْقَم: (M:) or the male serpent. (O.) And the Hudhalee poet EdDákhil Ibn-Harám uses the first of these words as meaning (assumed tropical:) A man like a سِفّ. (M.) b2: See also سَفٌّ.

سَفَّةٌ [an inf. n. un.]: see 1.

سُفَّةٌ A plait of palm-leaves, (M, K, TA,) i. e. a ↓ سَفِيفَة, (TA,) made according to the measure of the زَبِيل or the جُلَّة [of which it is to form a part]. (K, TA.) b2: And A thing of the kind termed قَرَامِلُ [pl. of قِرْمِلٌ], (K, TA,) [i. e. a plait] of [goat's] hair, or of wool, (TA,) which a woman attaches to her [plaits of] hair: it was not disapproved by Ibráheem En-Nakha'ee; (K, TA;) though he disapproved of other things attached to the hair: IAth explains it as a thing that a woman puts upon her head, and attaches to her hair in order that it may be lengthened [thereby]. (TA.) A2: A small portion, (حَبَّةٌ,) and (S) a handful, (S, K,) of meal of parched barley or wheat, (S,) or of wheat, and the like. (K.) b2: See also what next follows.

سَفُوفٌ Medicine, (S, M, Msb, K,) and meal of parched barley or wheat, (S, M,) and the like of either of these, (M,) or anything dry, (Msb,) taken [into the mouth], (S, M, * K,) or eaten, (Msb,) not moistened, (S, M, * Msb, K,) or not kneaded [with water &c.]; (S;) and ↓ سُفَّةٌ signifies the same; (M, K;) each a subst. from سَفِفْتُ السَّوِيقَ and الدَّوَآءَ &c. (M.) A2: Also Blackness of the gum. (M, TA.) سَفِيفٌ Woven [with the fingers, or plaited,] of palm-leaves. (KL.) b2: [And hence,] The girth of the رَحْل [or camel's saddle], (S, M, K,) and of the [women's vehicle called] هَوْدَج: (M:) the fore-girth of the رَحْل; because made broad, like the سَفِيف of palm-leaves. (T, TA.) [See also the next paragraph.]

A2: A certain plant. (IDrd, K.) A3: The sharpness of the ears of the wolf. (M, TA.) A4: And السَّفِيفُ is A name of Iblees: (O, K:) so says AA: (O:) in one or more of the copies of the “ Nawádir,” ↓ السَّفْسَفُ. (TA.) سَفِيفَةٌ A thing woven [with the fingers, or plaited,] of palm-leaves: (S, O:) a piece of woven [or plaited] work of palm-leaves (K voce عَرَقٌ) &c.: (TA ibid.:) pl. سَفَائِفُ. (TA.) See سُفَّةٌ, first sentence. b2: A wide belly-girth with which a رَحْل [or camel's saddle] is bound, or fastened. (M.) [See also سَفِيفٌ.] b3: The appertenance [or suspensory] of a water-skin (قِرْبَة), which the carrier of the قربة puts over his chest [when carrying the قربة on his back]. (K voce عَرَقٌ.) b4: See also جُمَانٌ. b5: A [receptacle for dates, such as is called] دَوْخَلَّة, [made of palmleaves,] before it is woven. (M, TA.) b6: and [the pl.] سَفَائِفُ signifies Wide ribs: or, as some say, all the ribs. (M.) سَفْسَفٌ A certain plant; (M, TA;) said by IDrd to be of the dial. of El-Yemen; that which the people of Nejd call the عَنْقَز, which is the مَرْزَنْجُوش [or marjoram]. (TA.) A2: See also سَفِيفٌ.

سَفْسَافٌ The dust of flour, that rises, (K,) or flies and rises, (TA,) at the sifting. (K, TA.) b2: The fine particles or dust: (S, Mgh, K:) or such as rises, or spreads, of dust. (M.) b3: Hence, (Mgh,) سَفْسَافُ الشِعْرِ (Mgh, K) (assumed tropical:) What is bad of poetry, (K, TA,) imperfectly, or unsoundly, done. (TA. [In the CK, الشَّعَرِ is erroneously put for الشِعْرِ; and Freytag appears to have read الشَّعِيرِ.]) سَفْسَافٌ signifies (assumed tropical:) Bad poetry: and (assumed tropical:) anything imperfectly, or unsoundly, done. (M.) Anything bad. (S, K. [Compare the Hebr.

אֲסַפְסֻף occurring with the article, and with the quiescent, in Numbers xi. 4.]) (assumed tropical:) Such as is bad of natural dispositions. (M.) And (assumed tropical:) A contemptible, or despicable, thing or affair. (S, K.) It is said in a trad., إِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ مَعَالِىَ الأَمُورِ وَ يُبْغِضُ سَفْسَافَهَا, (S, M, Mgh, TA,) or يَكْرَهُ سَفْسَافَهَا, (S, TA,) i. e. (assumed tropical:) [Verily God loves lofty things, or things whereby one acquires eminence or nobility, and] hates paltry, and mean, things. (Mgh, Sgh, TA.) سَفْسَافٌ signifies [also] (assumed tropical:) An action, and a saying, in which is no good. (Ham p. 232; where the foregoing trad. is cited as an ex.) And (assumed tropical:) Any bad wind: (TA:) [or] سَفْسَافَةٌ signifies a wind running a little above the ground; and so ↓ مُسَفْسِفَةٌ: (M:) or the latter, a wind that raises the fine dust, and runs a little above the ground. (S, K.) b2: حَلِفٌ سَفْسَافٌ (tropical:) A false, or lying, swearing, in which is no ratification. (TA.) سُفَاسِفٌ Vehement hunger. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) مُسِفٌّ [act. part. n. of 4, q. v.]. b2: Anything cleaving, or sticking, to another thing. (A'Obeyd, TA.) b3: مَرَّ مُسِفًّا He passed by fleeing from his companion, running most vehemently. (Ibn-'Abbád, TA.) مُسَفْسِفَةٌ: see سَفْسَافٌ, last sentence but one.

A2: Also, without the ة, (tropical:) Ungenerous, or mean, in giving. (S, M.)