صفح

صَفِيحَةٌ ذ A wide, or broad, stone; (T, S;) as also ↓ صَفِيحٌ (T) and ↓ صُفَّاحٌ: (S:) or [↓ صَفِيحٌ and] ↓ صُفَّاحٌ and صَفَائِحُ [which last is pl. of صَفِيحَةٌ] signify wide, or broad, stones, which are put over graves: (A:) or صَفَائِحُ and ↓ صُفَّاحٌ signify wide, or broad, and thin, stones; (K, TA;) one of which is called صَفِيحَةٌ and ↓ صُفَّاحَةٌ: (TA:) and anything wide, or broad, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) such as a stone, (TA,) and a plank, or board, (Mgh, TA,) and the like, (TA,) is termed صَفِيحَةٌ (Mgh, Msb, TA) and ↓ صُفَّاحَةٌ: (TA:) whence one says, اِشْتَرَى دَارًا فِيهَا صَفَائِحُ مِنْ ذَهَبَ وَفِضَّةٍ [ He purchased a house in which were plates of gold and of silver ]. (Mgh.) The pl. صَفَائِحُ signifies also [particularly] The planks, boards, or leaves, (أَلْوَاح,) of a door. (S, K.) And Wide, or broad, swords; (A, K;) one such sword being termed صَفِيحَةٌ: (S:) or this latter signifies [simply] a sword; and ↓ صَفِيحٌ, swords. (Ham p. 323.) And The قَبَائِل [or principal bones, namely, the frontal, occipital, and two parietal, bones, ] of the head; (K;) a single one of these being termed صَفِيحَةٌ. (TA.) And صَفِيحَةٌ, (S,) or ↓ صَفِيحٌ, (K,) or each of these, (TA,) signifies The face, or surface, of anything wide, or broad. (S, K, TA.) And صَفِيحَةُ الوَجْهِ The exterior skin, cuticle, or scarf-skin, of the face. (S.)