صفع
1 صَفَعَهُ,
aor. ـَ (
O,
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. صَفْعٌ, (
S, *
O,
Msb,
TA,)
accord. to
Lth, (
O,
TA,) He struck him with his fist, not vehemently, on the back of his neck: (
O,
K,
TA:) or, (
O,
K,)
accord. to
Az (
O,
Msb,
TA) and others, (
Msb,) he struck him [i. e. slapped him] with his expanded hand (
O,
Msb,
K,
TA) on the back of his neck, or on his body; not with the fist: (
O,
Msb,
TA:) or it is
post-classical: (
S,
K:) [but
Fei says,] the assertion that it is
post-classical is not to be regarded: (
Msb:)
Az adds,
IDrd says that it is from ↓ صَوْفَعَةٌ, (
O,
TA,) which signifies the top, or uppermost part, of the [cap called] كُمَّة, and of the turban: (
O,
K,
TA:) or this is a mistranscription, and is correctly with ق: (
K,
TA:) [
Sgh says,] this which
Az mentions, [as] on the authority of
IDrd, I have not found in the
JM; and it is correctly with ق. (
O.) صَفْعَةٌ A single act of striking [or slapping] with the expanded hand upon the back of the neck, or upon the body. (
Msb.) صَفْعَانُ or صَفْعَانٌ (
accord. to different copies of the
S and
K) A man who is struck [or slapped] in the manner
expl. above in the first paragraph; (
S,
Msb,
K;) as also ↓ مَصْفَعَانِىٌّ. (
O,
K.) صَوْفَعَةٌ: see the first paragraph of this art. مَصْفَعَانِىٌّ: see صَفْعَانُ.
