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صحف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تصحّف ذ , said of a word, or an expression, It became altered [ so as to have a meaning different from that intended by the application thereof, (see 2,) or] so as to be dubious. (Msb.) One says, تصحّف عَلَيْهِ لَفْظُ كَذَا [ Such a word, or such an expression, became altered so as to be dubious to him ]. (O, K. *)

Derived headwords

تصحّفverb
  1. 1.
تصحّف عَلَيْهِ لَفْظُ كَذَا