صف

صَفٌّ ذ A rank, row, or line [of things]; (KL, PS;) or an even صَدْر [i. e. front, or fore part, ] of any things: (M:) and a company of men standing in a rank, or row, or line: (O, K:) pl. صُفُوفٌ; (S, M, O, Msb, K;) and the sing. may also be used in the sense of the pl.; it may be used either thus in the sense of the pl. or as a sing. in the Kur xviii. 46. (O.) Hence, in a trad., سَوُّوا صُفُوفَكُمْ [ Make even your ranks ] in prayer. (O, TA.) ― -b2- Also A station of صُفُوف [or ranks of men ]. (M. [See also مَصَفٌّ.]) And hence, (M,) as used in the Kur xx. 67, i. q. مُصَلًّى [i. e. A place of prayer, or a place of prayer on the occasion of the عِيد, or festival ]; (Az, M, O;) because the people stand there in ranks: (M:) i. e. a place where people assemble for their عِيد: (Az, O:) or, in that instance, صَفًّا may mean مُصْطَفِّينَ [i. e. standing in ranks ], (Az, M, O,) as a denotative of state. (M.) ― -b3- And A pair of bowls (قَدَحَانِ) [app., as seems to be indicated, that are filled at one milking of a camel ]; because they are put together. (M.) -A2- Also A certain medicament with which the teeth are whitened. (O.)