صحو

1 صَحَا, said of a day, [aor. ـْ inf. n. صَحْوٌ, It was, or became, cloudless: (TA:) and so ↓ أَصْحَى: (Msb, K, TA, but not in the CK:) [it is said that] صَحْوٌ signifies the departing of the clouds: (S, Mgh, K:) [but] Es-Sijistánee says that the vulgar think it to have this meaning, whereas it only means the dispersing of the clouds with the departing of the cold. (Msb, TA.) and السَّمَآءُ ↓ أَصْحَتِ The sky became cloudless. (Ks, S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA, but not in the CK.) b2: and صَحَا مِنْ سُكْرِهِ, (S, Msb,) aor. ـْ (Msb,) inf. n. صَحْوٌ (S, Msb, K) and صُحُوٌّ, (Msb,) [He recovered, or became free, from his intoxication; or] his intoxication ceased; as also ↓ اصحى: (Msb:) and صَحِىَ, (K, TA,) inf. n. صَحًا; (TA;) as also ↓ اصحى; (IKtt, K, TA;) is [likewise] said of one intoxicated; (K, TA;) both meaning he recovered from his state of insensibility; (TA;) and in like manner both are said of one affected with desire, or yearning or longing in the soul; (K, TA;) [and also of one sleeping, meaning he awoke: see an ex. of the former of these two verbs in this last sense in the latter part of the second paragraph of art. فرط.] b3: صَحْوٌ signifies also (tropical:) The relinquishing of youthful folly, and amorous dalliance, and of what is vain, or futile. (K, TA.) Hence the saying of a poet, صَحَا القَلْبُ عَنْ سَلْمَى وَأَقْصَرَ بَاطِلُهْ (tropical:) [The heart relinquished, or has relinquished, youthful folly and amorousness by becoming rid of Selmà, and its vain, or futile, occupation ceased, or has ceased]. (TA.) b4: And one says, صَحَتِ العَاذِلَةُ (assumed tropical:) The censuring female relinquished censuring. (TA.) 4 اصحى: see 1, in four places. b2: أَصْحَيْنَا We became in a case of cloudlessness [of the sky or day]; (Msb, TA;) the sky became cloudless to us. (S.) A2: أَصْحَيْتُهُ مِنْ سُكْرِهِ [I recovered him, or roused him, from his intoxication], and مِنْ نَوْمِهِ [from his sleep]. (TA.) b2: And sometimes إِصْحَآءٌ is used as meaning The act of rousing, and recalling to mindfulness, from a state of heedlessness, or inadvertence. (TA.) صَحْوٌ [an inf. n. used as an epithet, and therefore applicable to a fem. as well as a masc. noun, and to a dual and a pl. as well as a sing.], applied to a day, Cloudless; (K, TA;) as also ↓ صَاحٍ; (S, TA;) and ↓ مُصْحٍ: (Mgh, Msb:) and (K) in the same sense applied to a sky; (Ks, S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ مُصْحِيَةٌ, or, accord. to Ks, this is not allowable, but only صَحْوٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) though one says of the sky أَصْحَت. (Msb.) صَحْوَةٌ A state [of freedom from intoxication, or] of sensibility, or mental perception. (TA voce سَكْرَةٌ.) يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَهَا بَيْنَ الصَّحْوَةِ وَالسَّكْرَةِ [He desires to take it being in a state between that of sensibility and that of insensibility, or mental perception and inability thereof,] is a prov., applied to him who seeks a thing feigning ignorance while possessing knowledge. (TA.) [See also another ex. voce سَكْرَةٌ.]

صَاحٍ: see صَحْوٌ. b2: It is also said of one intoxicated [as meaning Recovering, or becoming free, from his intoxication; or ceasing to be intoxicated: see 1]. (S, TA.) مُصْحٍ; and its fem. مُصْحِيَةٌ: see صَحْوٌ.

مَصْحَاةٌ is like مَسْلَاةٌ in meaning as well as in measure, [signifying A cause of freedom,] except that the former is from the intoxication of grief and the latter is from distress of mind and anxiety. (TA.) مِصْحَاةٌ A sort of vessel, (S, K,) well known, (K,) used for drinking; (TA;) a طَاس [q. v.], or a جَام [q. v.]: (K:) As says, “I know not of what it is: ” (S, TA:) it is said to be of silver. (TA.) El-Aashà speaks of wine being poured into it. (S, TA.) And one says وَجْهٌ كَمِصْحَاةِ اللُّجَيْنِ [A face like the مصحاة of silver.] (TA.)

سلو

1 سَلَا عَنْهُ, (S, M, Msb, K,) first Pers\. سَلَوْتُ, (S, Msb,) aor. ـْ (Msb, K,) and يَسْلَا also, [or يَسْلَى,] though neither the second nor the third radical is a faucial letter; (Ham p. 568;) and سَلَاهُ, (M, K,) aor. ـْ (K;) and سَلِىَ عَنْهُ, first Pers\. سَليتُ, (S, Msb,) aor. ـْ (Msb;) or ـِ (M, K,) aor. ـْ (K;) and سَلَاهُ, first Pers\. سَلَيْتُهُ, aor. ـْ (TA in art. سلى, on the authority of Esh-Shereeshee;) inf. n. سُلُوٌّ, (S, M, Msb, K,) of the first, (S, Msb, TA,) and سَلْوٌ, (M, K,) [app. of the second,] and سُلْوَانٌ, (M, MA, K,) of the first, as also سَلْوَةٌ, (MA,) or this last is a simple subst., (M, * Msb, K,) and سُلِىٌّ, (S, M, MA, K,) of the third, (S,) or of the first, (MA,) and سِلِىٌّ [with kesr substituted for damm because of the kesr of the medial radical]; (M, TA;) He was, or became, forgetful, unmindful, or neglectful, (M, K, TA,) or diverted from the remembrance, (TA,) of him, or it: (M, K, TA:) he endured with patience the loss, or want, of him, or it: (Msb:) he was, or became, content, or happy, without him, or it: (PS:) [or he experienced comfort, or consolation, for the loss, or want, of him, or it:] accord to Az, السُّلُوُّ [or rather سُلُوُّ الإِلْفِ عَنِ الأِلَفِ] signifies the familiar's being content, or happy, without the familiar: (Msb:) or السُّلُوُّ [or السُّلُوُّ عَنْ شَىْءٍ] signifies the being content, or happy, without a thing. (Ham p. 403.) One says also, سَلَا عَنِ الحُبِّ, meaning He was or became, free from love, or affection. (MA.) [And سَلَا عَنِ الهَمِّ He was, or became, free from anxiety. See also 5.] b2: Also مَا سَلِيتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ ذَاكَ, meaning I did not forget, but neglected, to say that: and one does not say سَلِيتُ أَنْ أَقُولَهُ except as meaning مَا سَلِيتُ أَنْ أَقُولَهُ. (Az, TA.) 2 سَلّاهُ عَنْهُ, (M, TA, *) inf. n. تَسْلِيَةٌ; (TA;) and عَنْهُ ↓ اسلاهُ; (M, K;) He, or it, made him, or rendered him, forgetful, unmindful, or neglectful, (M, K, TA,) or made him to be diverted from the remembrance, (TA,) of him, or it: (M, K, TA:) [made him to endure with patience the loss, or want, of him, or it: made him to be content, or happy, without him, or it: or comforted him, or consoled him, for the loss, or want, of him or it: see 1, first sentence:] and the former verb occurs, in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb, followed by an accus. as a second objective complement, in the place of a gen. preceded by عَنْ. (M, TA.) And one says also, سَلَّانِى مِنْ هَمِّى, inf.n. as above; and ↓ أَسْلَانِى; meaning [He freed me from my anxiety; or] he removed from me my anxiety. (S.) And سلّاهُ [alone] He, or it, [made him to be content, or happy; comforted, or consoled, him; or] freed him from grief [or anxiety]. (MA.) 4 أَسْلَوَ see 2, in two places.

A2: Also اسلى القَوْمُ The people, or party, were, or became, secure, or safe, from the beast of prey. (K.) 5 تسلّى عَنْهُ quasi-pass. of سَلَّاهُ عَنْهُ (M) or of أَسْلَاهُ عَنْهُ (M, K) [and therefore signifying He was made, or rendered, forgetful, unmindful, or neglectful, or was made to be diverted from the remembrance, of him, or it: was made to endure with patience the loss, or want, of him, or it: was made to be content, or happy, without him, or it: or was comforted, or consoled, for the loss, or want, of him, or it]: or تسلّى signifies تَكَلَّفَ السُّلْوَانَ [he affected the being forgetful, &c., of a person, or thing]: (Ham p. 403:) [he made himself content, or happy: comforted, or consoled, himself: diverted, or amused, himself: and, like سَلَا, (with which it is said in the Ham p. 572 to be syn.,) or nearly so,] he became free from, or he relinquished, anxiety. (MA.) See also what next follows.7 انسلى عَنْهُ الهَمُّ Anxiety became removed, or cleared away, from him; as also ↓ تسلّى. (S.) 8 إِسْتَلَوَ see art. سلى.

سَلًا or سَلًى: see art. سلى.

سَلْوَةٌ, (M, Msb, K,) as also ↓ سُلْوَةٌ, (M, K,) a subst. from سَلَا عَنْهُ (M, Msb, K) [as such signifying A state of forgetfulness, unmindfulness, or neglectfulness, or of diversion from remembrance, of a person or thing: patient endurance of a loss or want: content, or happiness, in a case of privation: or comfort, or consolation, for a loss or want: accord. to the MA, the former is an inf. n.]. One says, سَقَيْتَنِى مِنْكَ سَلْوَةً and ↓ سُلْوَانًا Thou hast made me content, or happy, [or hast infused into me content, or happiness,] without thee [or in thine absence]. (As, S.) and هُوَ فِى سَلْوَةٍ مِنَ العَيْشِ He is in a state of life ample in its means or circumstances, unstraitened, or plentiful, and pleasant. (Az, S.) سُلْوَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

سَلْوَى [accord. to those who make the alif to be a sign of the fem. gender] or سَلْوًى [accord. to those who make that letter to be one of quasicoordination] A certain bird, (S, M, Msb, K,) [in the present day applied to the quail,] i. q. سُمَانَى [which is also applied in the present day to the quail], (Ksh and Bd and Jel in ii. 54,) [or] white [?], resembling the سُمَانَى, (M,) or like the pigeon, but longer in the shank and neck than the latter, and of a colour resembling that of the سُمَانَى, quick in motion: accord. to Akh, the word is used as sing. and pl.: (Msb:) [or] Akh says, I have not heard any sing. thereof, and it seems that the single one is thus called like the pl. number, in like manner as دفْلَى is [said to be] applied to one and to the pl. number: (S:) or the n. un. is سَلْوَاةٌ; (M, K;) of which Lth cites as an ex. this saying, [in which بَلَّلَهُ should be بَلَّلَهَا,] كَمَا انْتَفَضَ السَّلْوَاةُ بَلَّلَهُ القَطْرُ [Like as shakes the selwáh which the rain has much wetted]. (TA.) A2: Also Honey; (S, M, K;) and so ↓ سُلْوَانَةٌ, with damm: (K:) the former is used in this sense by a poet, (S, M,) namely, Khálid Ibn-Zuheyr; and Zj says that Khálid has made a mistake, the word سلوى signifying only a certain bird; but, accord. to AAF, (M,) b2: السَّلْوَى signifies [also] Whatever renders thee forgetful, or content, or happy, in a case of privation; (كُلُّ مَا سَلَّاكَ, M, K;) and honey is thus called because it renders thee thus by its sweetness. (M.) سُلْوَانٌ A water which is drunk and which renders one forgetful, or content, or happy, in a case of privation; or comforts, or consoles, for a loss or want: (Lh, M, K:) or a thing that is given to drink to the passionate lover in order that he may be forgetful, or content, or happy, without the woman: (Lh, M:) or it consists in one's taking some of the dust, or earth, of a grave, and sprinkling it upon water, and giving it to drink to the passionate lover, (M, K, *) whereupon his love dies: (K:) or rain-water poured upon a certain bead (خَرَزَةٌ) called ↓ سُلْوَانَةٌ, of which they used to say that when the passionate lover drank this water he became forgetful, or content, or happy, in his privation: (S:) or a certain medicine which is given to drink to him who is in grief and in consequence of which he becomes happy; (S, K;) called by the physicians مُفَرِّحٌ: (S:) or a certain bead (خَرَزَةٌ) for captivating, or fascinating, also called ↓ سُلْوَانَةٌ, (Lh, M, K,) and ↓ سَلْوَانَةٌ, (Sgh, K,) with which women captivate, or fascinate, men, restraining them from other women: (Lh, M:) or ↓ سُلْوَانَةٌ signifies [or, accord. to the K, signifies also] a certain bead (خَرَزَةٌ, M, K,) transparent, (M,) which, when one has buried it in the sand and then scraped the sand up from over it, is seen to be black, and is given [in water] to drink to a man, and renders him forgetful, or content, or happy, in a case of privation: (M, K: *) or a pebble upon which water is poured and given to drink to a man, who thereupon becomes forgetful, or content, or happy, in a case of privation: (M:) Ru-beh says, لَوْ أَشْرَبُ السُّلْوَانَ مَا سَلِيتُ مَابِى غِنًى عَنْكِ وَإِنْ غَنِيتُ (S, M, *) and Nuseyr Ibn-Abee-Nuseyr, in answer to a question of As respecting the meaning of السلوان, said that it is a bead (خَرَزَةٌ) which is bruised, or pulverized, [and upon which water is then poured,] the water of which occasions in the drinker thereof forgetfulness, or content, or happiness, in a case of privation: but As disallowed this, and said that it is an inf. n. of سَلَوْتُ, and that the meaning is لَوْ أَشْرَبُ السُّلُوَّ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) Were I made to drink forgetfulness, &c., I should not become forgetful, &c.: there is not in me freedom from want of thee, though I be free from want of others]. (TA.) See also سَلْوَةٌ.

سَلْوَانَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

سُلْوَانَةٌ: see سَلْوَى: b2: and see also سُلْوَانٌ, in three places.

سُلَّى, [said to be] like رُبَّى, [but it may be سُلًّى, as there is no apparent cause for its being imperfectly decl.,] A quality that renders forgetful of the objects of love or affection, or that renders content, or happy, without them. (TA in art. سلى.) سَالٍ [act. part. n. of 1: as such often signifying] Having his heart free from love, or affection. (Har p. 41.) مُسْلَاةٌ [a noun of the class of مُبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ

&c., originally مَسْلَوَةٌ]. One says, فِيهِ مَسْلَاةٌ عَنِ الكُرَبِ [In him is a cause of forgetfulness of, or freedom from, anxieties]: like مُعْلَاةٌ [in form]. (TA.) المُسَلِّى The third [in arriving at the goal] of the ten horses that are started together for a race: so called because he renders his owner content, or happy (يُسَلِّيهِ). (Ham p. 46.) مُتَسَلًّى [a noun of place from 5]. One says, مَاعَنْهُ مُتَسَلًّى [There is not any place in which one may be rendered forgetful, &c., of him, or it; or in which one may be rendered content, or happy, without him, or it]. (TA.)

صفو: في معجم ألكالا وبوشر: صفى ويقال: صفا (الصديقُ أو الحبيب بمعنى أخلص له الحب. المقري 2: 403) ويقال: صفا له ففي المقري (11: 485) (وانظر إضافات): ثم لم تَصْفُ لي بَعْدُ. أي لم تخلص لي الحب.
صفا. صفا اللون: بهت وصار أقل دكونة (بوشر).
صفا له: خلص له، كان من ملكه. ففي أماري (ص135) (وانظر تعليقات نقدية) في كلامه عن جزيرة صقلية: وقد كانت صَفَتْ للمسلمين ثم صَفَتْ للفرنج.
صفا له: تفرّغ له، تعاطاه، اهتم به. ففي المقري (1: 488): فكان صفوة للعِلْم أكثر منه للعَمَل.
صفا: أنجز، أتم، أكمل (فوك).
صفا: كفّ عن الشرب (ألكالا).
صَفَّى (بالتشديد): رشح، نضح، رَوَّق، نفاه مما يشوبه من الكدر وأمرّه من خلال قطعة نسيج (ألكالا، بوشر). صَفّى: قطّر، صعَّد (ألكالا) وفيه المصدر تصفيه.
صَفّى: مخض، نزع الزبدة من اللبن (ألكالا).
صَفَى: رتّب، نظَّم، فرّق، يقال مثلاً: صَفّى الشعر (ألكالا) وفيه تصفية الشعر.
صَفَّى: أصفى، خلّص من الكدر، نقّى (هلو).
صفَّى: أنجز، أكمل، أتم (فوك).
اللوم المُصَفّى: البخل التام، الشحّ الكامل. (دي سلان، البكري ص62).
صَفّى: اتخذه صَفيّاً أي صديقاً مختاراً (ديوان الهذليين ص203).
أصْفَى. أصفى رئيس الجند: أخذ نصيبه من الغنيمة (معجم البلاذري).
أصفَى: استصفى الأموال، واحتكرها، وصادرها (معجم البلاذري).
أصفى: طلى بالكلس؟ وفي تاريخ البربر (1: 265): وأضفى عليها من الكلس. غير أن في مخطوطة لندن وفي طبعة بولاق: وأضفى عليها بالصاد المهملة.
تصَفَّى: سال، انهمر. فعند أبو الوليد (ص201): يتصفى الغيث من غمامه.
تصفّى المالُ: راج، نفق (بوشر).
تصفَّى دَمُه: فقد كل دمه (ألف ليلة برسل 12: 83).
غير متصفّين من الدين: غير مختصين بالدين. دي سلان تاريخ البربر (1: 53).
تصافَى. والعامة تقول: تصافوا أي توافقوا وارتفع النزاع من بينهم (محيط المحيط) اصطفى. اصطفى رئيس الجند: أخذ حصته من الغنيمة (معجم البلاذري).
اصطفى: استصفى، احتكر، صادر (معجم البلاذري، معجم الطرائف) وفي حيّان (ص29 و): واصطفى الأمير عبد الله في خلافته أيضاً منية نَصْر الخصي.
استصفى: بدل أن يقال استصفى أموال فلان أي صادرها يقال في نفس المعنى استصفى فلاناً (تاريخ البربر 1: 172، 459، 621).
صَفْوَة: بهجة، جذل، بشاشة، سرور. ففي حكاية باسم الحداد: أغلظ الناس طبع من لم يكن في زمان الربيع ذو صفوة.
صَفْوَة: عند العامة رماد (همبرت ص197 محيط المحيط).
صَفْوَة: عند العامة الماء الذي ينقع فيه الرماد (محيط المحيط).
صُفْوة: عند العامة الإناء الذي ينقع فيه الرماد (محيط المحيط).
أولاد فلان ذكور صفوة: عند العامة أي ليس بينهم أنثى (محيط المحيط).
صفية: رماد (بوشر، همبرت ص197).
صَفَوان: تستعمل صفة، ففي حيان - بسام (3: 49) (في مخطوطة ب فقط) صخرة عظيمة الجرم صفوانة الخلق.
صَفَاء: معناه عند المحدثين تسلية، لهو، سرور، ويقولون: عمل صفاء مع أي لها مع فلان (فليشر معجم ص58).
صَفاء: اسم نوع من القلانس تعتمرها الثريات من نساء مصر (وصفت في الجريدة الأسيوية 1856، 1: 75).
صَفَاوَة: صفاء، نقاء، خلوص (بوشر).
صَفِيّ: صافٍ، صفو الشيء وخياره (ألكالا).
صَفِيّ. بستان صَفيّ: نَزِه. ففي حيّان (ص29 ق): قسم أوقات نزهه وفرجه ما بين هاتين المثنْيَتَيْن الصفيَّتين (وقد أدخلت أل التعريف على الكلمة الأخيرة وهي غير موجودة في المخطوطة).
صَفَايا: بعض أراضٍ العراق التي استصفاها الخليفة عمر، وهي أراضٍ مات أصحابها في حرب المسلمين وأراضٍ كانت ملكاً للأجنبي الغاصب وقواده وأسرته وأراضي الأديرة وبيوت النار، وكل أرض يسهل استصلاحها. ((وهذا ما يسمى قطائع العراق فيما يقول قدامة)).
دي سلان الجريدة الأسيوية 1863، 1: 80 - 81) صفايا الملوك في الأندلس هي الثلاثة آلاف إقطاعة التي كان يملكها ويتيزا وتركها المسلمون لأولاده مكافأة لهم (ابن القوطية ص2 و، المقري 1: 162).
صفايا: تطلق على الأشخاص الذين أصبحوا خاضعين للأمير ويؤدون إليه الجزية. (تاريخ البربر 2: 33).
صُفَّية: مِصفاة، راووق (ويرن ص73).
صافٍ: حاصل، دخل (بوشر)، وهي في اصطلاح التجار الحاصل من ثمن المبيع بعد خصم التكاليف والنوافذ (محيط المحيط).
صافٍ: الصافي عند العامة الخلاصة والوجه الذي استقر عليه الرأي (محيط المحيط).
بياض صافٍ: عند العامة نقي خالص (محيط المحيط).
الأحمر الصافي: عند العامة ما يسمى بشديد الحمرة (محيط المحيط).
صافٍ: نبيذ يعمل من الزبيب (هوست ص218).
صافي الماية: لحن من ألحان الموسيقى (هوست ص258).
الصوافي: ما استصفى من الأراضي (معجم البلاذري). وأملاك الأمير (معجم الطرائف).
أصفَى: أكثر فرحاً وسروراً. (عباداً: 65، كوسج طرائف ص71).
تَصَّفَية: سيلان، حرقة البول. (شيرب) والتهاب الحالب. (دوماس حياة العرب ص425).
التصافي: هذه الكلمة التي يذكرها فريتاج مثلاً عن دي ساسي مشكوك فيها جداً كما أشار إلى ذلك دي ساسي (2: 61) نفسه.
مِصْفة: مصفاة، راووق (بوشر) وهي تصحيف مصْفى.
نصفى: مصفاة، راووق (بوشر).
مِصْفى الراعي: بلسكي، غاليون (نبات). (بوشر). ويعرف بالأندلس بمصفى الرعاة وذلك أن الرعاة تستعمله مكان المصفاة إذا أرادوا تصفية اللبن من الشعر الذي يسقط فيه (ابن البيطار 1: 170).
مِصْفَى: ابريق القهوة، دَلْوة، دَلَّة (زيشر 92: 100 رقم 35).
مُصَفٍ: غاسل الثياب (ألكالا) وفيه أيضاً: مُصَفّية: غاسلة الثياب.
مَصّفا: كلمة تكتب على النقود لتدل على أنها نقية المعدن (زيشر 9: 823).
مِصْفاة: مِشواة، مُصَبَّع (بابن سميث 1516).

صفو

1 صَفَا, (S, M, Msb,) aor. ـْ (S, Msb,) inf. n. صَفَآءٌ (S, M, Msb, K *) and صُفُوٌّ (M, Msb, K *) and صَفْوٌ (K, * TK) and صَفْوَةٌٰ and صِفْوَةٌ, (MA,) said of wine, or beverage, (S,) or of water, (TK,) or of a thing, (M,) It was, or became, clear, limpid, or pure; contr. of كَدِرَ; (S, M, K; *) or free from الكَدَر [i. e. turbidness, thickness, or muddiness]; (Msb;) or free from admixture. (Er-Rághib, TA.) And, said of the air, or atmosphere, It was, or became, cloudless; free from any particle of cloud. (M, K.) [And it is also said, tropically, of life; and of the mind, or heart; and of love, or affection; &c.] b2: صَفَتْ, (AA, S, M, K,) aor. ـْ (AA, S;) and صَفُوتْ; (M, K;) said of a she-camel, (AA, S, M, K,) and of a ewe, or she-goat, (AA, S,) She abounded with milk. (AA, S, M, K.) A2: صَفَا الشَّىْءَ He took the clear, or pure, part, or portion, of the thing; (M, TA;) as also صَفْوَهُ ↓ استصفى; (M;) and ↓ استصفاهُ [alone] signifies the same; (K, TA;) as also ↓ اصطفاهُ; (Er-Rághib, TA;) or he took the best, or choice, part, or portion, of it. (TA.) Yousay, صَفَوْتُ القِدْرَ I took the clear, or pure, part, or portion, [of the contents] of the cooking-pot. (S.) 2 صفّاهُ, inf. n. تَصْفِيَةٌ, He cleared, or clarified, it, namely, wine, or beverage, (S, TA,) by means of the رَاوُوق [or مِصْفَاة]. (TA.) And He removed from it the floating particles, or motes, or the like, that had fallen into it; (TA;) or so صفّاهُ مِنَ القَذَى. (Msb.) b2: And صفّى عَرَمَتَهُ, inf. n. as above, He winnowed his heap of trodden-out corn, or grain. (TA.) 3 صافاهُ, (S, M, K, TA,) inf. n. مُصَافَاةٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He regarded him, or acted towards him, with reciprocal purity of mind, or sincerity; or with reciprocal purity, or sincerity, of love, or affection; syn. خَالَصَهُ; (S in art. خلص;) he rendered him true, or sincere, brotherly affection; (M, K, TA;) as also ↓ اصفاهُ; (K;) or الوُدَّ ↓ اصفاهُ, (S, Msb,) or المَوَدَّةَ, (TA,) he rendered him pure, or sincere, love or affection; (S, Msb, TA;) and [in like manner] one says also صافاهُ الإِخَآءَ. (TA.) 4 اصفاهُ الشَّىْءَ He made the thing to be his, or he assigned, or appropriated, to him the thing, purely, absolutely, or exclusively. (TA.) b2: See also 3 in two places. b3: And اصفاهُ (S, Msb, K, TA) بِالشَّىْءِ (S) or بِكَذَا (K, TA) (tropical:) He chose him in preference to others (S, Msb, K, TA) for, or to give him, the thing or such a thing; (S, K, TA;) and he distinguished him particularly, peculiarly, or specially, i. e. above, or from, or exclusively of, others, by the thing or by such a thing. (TA.) b4: And اصفى عِيَالَهُ بِشَىْءٍ قَلِيلٍ (assumed tropical:) He contented, or satisfied, his family, or household, with something little, or scanty. (TA.) b5: اصفى الأَمِيرُ دَارَ فُلَانٍ means (assumed tropical:) The prince, or governor, took what was in the house of such a one: (S, * TA:) and مَالَهُ ↓ استصفى (tropical:) He took all his property. (S, K, TA.) A2: اصفى, intrans., (tropical:) He was, or became, destitute, or devoid, مِنَ المَالِ [of property], and مِنَ الأَدَبِ [of good education, good breeding, or polite accomplishments, &c.]: (S, K, TA:) as though clear thereof. (TA.) b2: And (tropical:) He (a man, TA) became exhausted of his sperma by women: (Az, K, TA:) or he ceased from sexual intercourse. (IKtt, TA.) b3: And اصفت said of a hen, (assumed tropical:) She ceased to lay eggs: (S, M, K, TA:) as though she became clear. (TA.) b4: Hence, (TA,) اصفى said of a poet, (tropical:) He ceased to utter poetry, or to poetize. (S, M, A, K, * TA.) A3: اصفى القَوْمُ The people had abundance of milk in their camels, and in their sheep or goats. (TA.) A4: اصفى said of a digger, He reached stone (صَفًا, M, TA, i. e. حَجَرًا, TA), so that he was repelled [thereby], (M, TA,) or prevented from digging [further]. (TA.) 5 تصفّى [It became cleared, or clarified]. (K in art. نطب.) 6 تَصَافَيْنَا We regarded one another, or acted reciprocally, with purity, or sincerity, [of mind, or] of love, or affection; syn. تَخَالَصْنَا. (S. [See also 3.]) 8 اصطفاهُ: see 1, last sentence but one. b2: Also He took it clear, limpid, or pure; (M, TA;) and so [accord. to SM, which, however, I think doubtful,] ↓ استصفاهُ, which is expl. in the K as signifying he reckoned it clear, limpid, or pure; though the former meaning is assigned in the M to اصطفاهُ only. (TA.) b3: And He chose, made choice of, selected, elected, or preferred, it, (S, M, K,) namely, a thing; (M;) as also ↓ استصفاهُ. (M, K.) And اِصْطَفَيْتُ كَذَا عَلَى كَذَا I chose such a thing in preference to such a thing. (TA.) But اِصْطِفَآءُ اللّٰهِ عِبَادَهُ [sometimes means God's creating his servants pure; for it] is sometimes by his bringing them into existence clear from the admixture that is found in others: and sometimes it is by his choice and judgment. (TA.) 10 إِسْتَصْفَوَ see 1, last sentence but one, in two places: b2: see also 8, in two places: b3: and see 4.

صَفًا Stones: or smooth stones: and one thereof is termed صَفَاةٌ: [i. e. the former word is a coll. gen. n., and the latter is its n. un.:] the two words being like حَصًى and حَصَاةٌ: (Msb:) or صَفَاةٌ signifies a smooth rock: (S:) or a hard and smooth stone, large, and such as does not give growth to anything: (M, K:) and the pl. of this is صَفًا [improperly thus termed a pl.] (S, M, K) and صَفَوَاتٌ, (M, K,) and (S, M, K) that of صَفًا, (M, K, *) not of صَفَاةٌ, (M,) أَصْفَآءٌ and صُفِىٌّ (S, M, K) and صِفِىٌّ: (M, K:) or صَفًا signifies stones that are broad and smooth: (ISk, TA:) and [accord. to F,] ↓ صَفْوَآءُ signifies the same as صَفَاةٌ, as also صَفْوَانَةٌ [in the CK erroneously written صَفْوَاة], of which the pl. is ↓ صَفْوَانٌ and ↓ صَفَوَانٌ, (K,) which last is said by El-Háfidh to be a mistaken pronunciation of صَفْوَانٌ; (TA;) [but correctly,] ↓ صَفْوَآءُ [which is a quasi-pl. n.] and ↓ صَفْوَانٌ [a coll. gen. n.] (As, T, S, M, TA) of which the sing. or n. un. is صَفْوَانَةٌ (S, M, TA) signify the same as صَفًا, (As, T, M, TA,) or stones, (S,) or soft, smooth stones; (TA;) or ↓ صَفْوَانٌ is used as a pl. and as a sing.; as a pl. meaning smooth stones, one of which is termed صَفْوَانَةٌ; and as a sing., stone, or a stone: (Msb:) the dual of صَفًا is صَفَوَانِ. (ISk, TA.) مَا تَنْدَى صَفَاتُهُ is a prov., (S,) applied to the niggardly, like مَا يَبِضُّ حَجَرُهُ, (S, in art. بض,) meaning (assumed tropical:) No good is obtained from him. (TA in that art.) And one says also, قَرَعَ صَفَاتَهُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) He im-pugned his character; blamed, or censured, him; or spoke against him. (Mgh in art. غمز.) b2: الصَّفَا A certain place in Mekkeh (S, Msb) may be masc. or fem., as meaning either the مَكَان or the بُقْعَة. (Msb.) b3: [بِنْتُ صَفًا, accord. to Reiske, as stated by Freytag, signifies The echo.]

صَفْوٌ Clearness, limpidness, or purity; contr. of كَدَرٌ; (M, K;) like [the inf. ns.] صَفَآءٌ and صُفُوٌّ [&c. when used as simple substs.: see 1, first sentence]. (K.) See also صَفَآءٌ, below. b2: Also, and ↓ صَفْوَةٌ and ↓ صِفْوَةٌ and ↓ صُفْوَةٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) but only with fet-h when without ة, (AO, S,) The clear, or pure, part, or portion, of a thing; (S, M, Msb, K;) the best, or choice, part, or portion; (TA;) and so ↓ صَفِىٌّ, (K, * TA,) of a thing. (K, TA.) One says المَآءِ ↓ صَفْوَةُ, (T, TA,) and المَالِ, (AO, T, S, TA,) and الآخَآءِ, (T, TA,) and ↓ صِفْوَتُهُ, (AO, T, S, TA,) and ↓ صُفْوَتُهُ, (AO, S,) [i. e. The clear, or pure, part, or portion, or the best, or choice, of water, and of property, and of brothers,] but only صَفْوُ الإِهَالَةِ [the clear, or pure, part, or portion, or the best, or choice, of the grease, or melted fat, &c.]. (T, TA.) and Mohammad is said to be اللّٰهِ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ ↓ صَفْوَةُ and ↓ مُصْطَفَاهُ [i. e. God's choice one, or elect, or favourite, of his creatures]: (S:) and [in like manner] Adam is said to be اللّٰهِ ↓ صَفِىُّ i. e. the chosen one, or elect, of God. (TA.) صَفَاةٌ as meaning صَافِيَةٌ: see صَافٍ.

A2: Also n. un. of صَفًا [q. v.].

صَفْوَةٌ: see صَفْوٌ, in three places.

صُفْوَةٌ: see صَفْوٌ, in two places.

صِفْوَةٌ: see صَفْوٌ, in two places. b2: One says also, فِى الإِنَآءِ صِفْوَةٌ مِنْ مَآءٍ, or خَمْرٍ, i. e. [In the vessel is] a small quantity [of water, or of wine]. (M.) صَفْوَآءُ: see صَفًا, in two places.

يَوْمٌ صَفْوَانُ, (S, M, K,) and ↓ صَافٍ, (M, K,) A day in which the sun is clear, and which is very cold: (S:) or a cold day, (K,) or a very cold day, (M,) without clouds and without thickness [of the air]. (M, K.) b2: صَفْوَانُ is also a name of The second of the days of cold: (K, TA:) so called because the sky therein is clear of clouds: [as a proper name,] it is determinate, and imperfectly decl. (TA. [See also صُفَيَّةُ.]) A2: صَفْوَانٌ [as a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is with ة; and said to be used as a sing. and as a pl.]: see صَفًا, in three places.

صَفَوَانٌ: see صَفًا.

صَفَآءٌ an inf. n. of صَفَا. (S, M, &c. [See 1, first sentence.]) b2: [It is often used by moderns as meaning (assumed tropical:) Serenity of life, and of the mind; freedom from trouble; comfort; content; complacency; happiness, joy, or pleasure: and so, sometimes, ↓ صَفْوٌ.] b3: Also (tropical:) [Reciprocal purity or sincerity of mind, or of love or affection, or of brotherly affection; or pure, or sincere, reciprocal love &c.;] a subst, from صَافَاهُ. (TA.) صَفِىٌّ: see صَافٍ. b2: Also (tropical:) A friend who regards one, or behaves towards one, with reciprocal purity or sincerity of love or affection, or of brotherly affection: (S, * M, * K, TA:) pl. أَصْفِيَآءُ. (TA.) One says, فُلَانٌ صَفِىُّ فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) [Such a man is the friend &c. of such a man]: and فُلَانَةُ صَفِىُّ فُلَانٍ and صَفِيَّتُهُ (assumed tropical:) [Such a woman is the friend, &c. of such a man]. (Ham p. 430.) b3: See also صَفْوٌ, in two places. b4: Also (tropical:) The portion, of the spoil, which the chief, or commander, chooses for himself before the division; (S, Msb, K, TA;) and so ↓ صَفِيَّةٌ, of which the pl. is صَفَايَا: (S, Msb:) or, accord. to As, صَفَايَا is pl. of صَفِىٌّ, which signifies the portion which the chief chooses for himself, exclusively of his companions, such as the horse, and that which cannot be divided among the army: or, as AO says, the portion which the chief chose for himself, after [taking] the fourth part, such as the she-camel, and the horse, and the sword, and the girl or young woman; and thus it continued to be in the case of El-Islám, but the fourth became reduced to the fifth. (Msb.) b5: Also, applied to a she-camel, (S, M, K,) and to a ewe, or she-goat, (S,) Abounding with milk; (S, M, K;) or so ↓ صَفِيَّةٌ: (Z, TA:) or the former, a she-camel whose milk lasts throughout the year: (IAar, TA in art. شكر:) pl. of the former, (Sb, S, M, K,) or of the latter, (Z, TA,) as above: (Sb, S, M, Z, K:) Sb says that it is not pluralized with ا and ت because the sing. is without ة. (M.) b6: And A palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ) abounding with fruit; (M, K;) or so ↓ صَفِيَّةٌ: (Z, TA:) pl. of the former, (TA,) or of the latter, as above. (Z, TA.) صَفِيَّةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in three places.

صُفَيَّةُ a name of The first of the days of cold: (K, TA:) so called because the sky therein is clear of clouds. (TA. [See also صَفْوَانُ.]) صَافٍ Clear, limpid, or pure; free from كَدَر [or turbidness, &c.]; (Msb;) and so ↓ صَفِىٌّ, applied to anything. (M.) Applied to pasturage, the former word may mean Clear of dried-up leaves or similar rubbish: or it may be formed by transposition from صَائِفٌ, meaning “ of the [season called] صَيْف,” and so belonging to art. صيف. (M. [See also صَافٍ in another sense as formed by transposition from صَائِفٌ, voce صَافٌ, in art. صوف.]) In the phrase اللَّوْنِ ↓ صَفَاةُ applied by the poet Kutheiyir-'Azzeh to honey (جَنَاةُ النَّحْلِ), and expl. as meaning Clear in respect of colour, [ISd says,] I think that صفاة is originally صَفِيَة, as a possessive epithet. (M.) [صَافٍ is also applied to a sword, and the like, as meaning Bright, or free from rust.] And in the Kur xxii. 37, [instead of the common reading صَوَافَّ, pl. of صَافٌّ and صَافَّةٌ,] some read صَوَافِىَ, [pl. of صَافِيَةٌ, as well as of صَافٍ applied to irrational animals,] as meaning that the animals there mentioned are [to be regarded as] things purely [or exclusively] belonging to God. (TA.) b2: See also صَفْوَانُ.

A2: Also A certain fish, which [it is said] chews the cud; pl. صَوَافٍ. (TA.) صَافِيَةٌ [fem. of صَافٍ, q. v. b2: And also, as a subst.,] (tropical:) One of what are termed صَوَافِى الإِمَامِ, which means the towns, or villages, of those who have rebelled against him, which the Imám [or Khaleefeh] chooses for himself [as his peculiar property]: (A, TA:) or, as in the T, الصَّوَافِى signifies what the Sultán appropriates exclusively to those persons whom he specially favours: or, as some say, it means the possessions and lands which their owners have abandoned, or of which the owners have died leaving no heirs thereof. (TA.) مِصْفَاةٌ i. q. رَاوُوقٌ; (S, MA, K, TA;) i. e. A strainer; (MA; [thus accord. to modern usage;]) a clarifier; i. e. a thing from which clearing, or clarifying, is effected; called by the vulgar مصفيَّة [i. e. مِصْفَيَّة, and also مِصْفَايَة]: pl. مَصَافٍ. (TA.) عَسَلٌ مُصَفًّى [Clarified honey; or] honey cleared of the floating particles, or motes, or the like, that had fallen into it. (TA.) مُصْطَفًى: see صَفْوٌ, last sentence.