صلف

1 صَلِفَ السَّحَابُ ذ , [aor. صَلَفَ ,] inf. n. صَلَفٌ, The clouds had in them no water: (M:) or صَلِفَتِ السَّحَابَةُ the cloud had little water. (A, TA. [It is implied in the TA that this is tropical; but I doubt its being so.]) See also its part. n., صَلِفٌ. ― -b2- صَلِفَ said of a man's حَرْث [or seed-produce], It did not increase, or multiply, or become plentiful or abundant. (TA.) ― -b3- صَلَفٌ as a quality of طَعَام [or wheat] signifies Its having little increase (نُزْل, S, or نَزَل, L, or نَمَاآء and بَرَكَة, K) and little goodness. (L, TA: said in the latter to be tropical.) ― -b4- [Hence, app., or from the verb as used in the sense expl. in the next sentence below,] مَنْ يَبْغِ, فِى الدِّينِ يَصْلَفْ, (S, M, Meyd, &c.,) a prov., (S, Meyd, O, K,) relating to the holding fast to religion, (S,) or used in urging to the mixing in social intercourse with the holding fast to religion, (O, K,) or, accord. to IAth, a trad., (TA,) i. e., accord. to As, He who exceeds the right bounds in religion (Meyd) will not be in favour with men, or beloved by them; (S, Meyd;) or will have little increase therein: (M:) or he who finds fault with men in respect of religion, (O, K,) and regards it as an excellence [ that he possesses ] above them, will have little goodness in their estimation, and (O) will not be in favour with them, or beloved by them: (O, K:) or the meaning is, he who seeks worldly good by means of religion, his share of the former will be little: (Meyd:) or he who seeks, in respect of religion, more than he has had revealed to him, his share will be little. (IAth.) ― -b5- صَلِفَتْ, (S, M, O,) aor. صَلَفَ , (S, O,) inf. n. صَلَفٌ, said of a woman, means She was not in favour with, or was not beloved by, (S, M, O, K, *) her husband, (S, O, K,) or him by whom she was supported; (M;) and was hated by him. (S, O.) ― -b6- صَلَفٌ, (O, K,) in a man and in a woman, (O,) signifies also The saying that which one's companion dislikes, or hates. (O, K.) ― -b7- And, (O, K,) likewise in a man and in a woman, (O,) (assumed tropical:) The commending, or praising, oneself for, or the boasting of, or glorying in, that which one does not possess: (O, K:) or, (K,) as Kh asserts, (S, O,) the overpassing the due limits in الظَّرْف [here meaning elegance of mind, manners, address, speech, person, attire, and the like ], (S, M, O, K,) and in excellence in knowledge or courage or other qualities, (TA,) and arrogating to oneself more than is due, through pride: (S, O, K:) but some say that this is post-classical: (M, TA:) [see an ex. voce اآفَةٌ, in art. اوف; mentioned here in the TA as occurring in a trad.:] one says, of a man, صَلِفَ, (M, MA,) inf. n. صَلَفٌ, (M,) meaning (assumed tropical:) He commended, or praised, himself [&c.]; (MA;) and ↓ تصلّف, (S, MA, O,) meaning the same; (MA;) or this latter means تَكَلَّفَ الصَّلَفَ, (K, TA,) i. e. [ he affected the overpassing of the due limits in الظَّرْف (meaning as expl. above); or he took upon himself as a task ] the arrogating to himself more than was due, through pride: (TA:) [you say, تصلّف بِمَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ (assumed tropical:) He commended, or praised, himself for, or he boasted of, or gloried in, that which he did not possess: ] the epithet from the former verb is ↓ صَلِفٌ, (AZ, S, M, O, K,) applied to a man, (AZ, S, M, O,) and صَلِفَةٌ applied to a woman; (M;) and the pl. of صَلِفٌ is صَلَافَى (AZ, M, K) and صُلَفَاآءُ and صَلِفُونَ: (AZ, O, K:) it is said to be from صَلِفٌ applied to a vessel, accord. to IAar as meaning “ that takes little water; ” but rather, as others say, as meaning “ thick and heavy: ” the vulgar misapply it [app. by using it in the sense assigned to it by IAar]. (TA.) -A2- See also the next paragraph.