صفن

1 صَفَنَ ذ , aor. صَفِنَ , inf. n. صُفُونٌ, said of a horse, He stood upon three legs and the extremity of the hoof of the fourth leg; (AZ, * S, K, TA;) [thus expl.] without restriction to a fore leg or a hind leg: (TA:) or he stood upon three legs, and turned back the extremity of the fore part of the fourth hoof, that of his fore leg: (M, TA:) [or he stood upon three legs, and otherwise: (see صَافِنٌ:)] accord. to Fr, the poems of the Arabs indicate that صُفُونٌ signifies peculiarly, or specially, [or simply,] the act of standing, or standing still. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, (M, Msb, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (M, Msb,) said of a man, (K,) or صَفَنَ قَدَمَيْهِ, (TA, from a trad.,) meaning صَفَّ قَدَمَيْهِ [ He set his feet evenly, side by side ], (M, Msb, K, TA,) standing, (Msb,) and praying. (TA.) [Or, said of a man standing in prayer, it signifies, or in this case it signifies also, He put his feet close together: or he turned one of his feet backward, like as the horse turns one hoof when standing upon three legs: see, again, صَافِنٌ.] -A2- صَفَنَ الحَشِيشَ (M, TA) وَالوَرَقَ, aor. صَفِنَ , (M,) inf. n. صَفْنٌ, said of a bird, or flying thing, It compacted the dry herbage (M, TA) and the leaves, [ to make a habitation, ] for its young ones, (M,) or around its place of entrance [ into its habitation ]; (TA;) and ↓ صفّنهُ signifies the same: (M:) ↓ تَصْفِينٌ as the act of the hornet and the like is the compacting for itself, or for its young ones, a habitation (K, TA) of dry herbage and of leaves: so says Lth. (TA.) ― -b2- And صَفَنَ ثِيَابَهُ He collected together his clothes (JM, TA) فِى سَرْجِهِ [ upon his saddle ], (TA,) or فِى السَّرْجِ وَنَحْوِهِ [ upon the saddle and the like thereof ]. (JM.) ― -b3- صَفَنَ بِهِ الأَرْضَ, (K, TA,) aor. صَفِنَ , inf. n. صَفْنٌ, (TA,) He flung him, or it, upon the ground. (K, TA.) -A3- And صَفَنَهُ, aor. صَفِنَ , inf. n. صَفْنٌ, He rent, or slit, his صَفَن, i. e. scrotum. (M.)