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لحف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مِلْحَفَةٌ ذ A مُلَاآءَة that is سُمُط [ not lined, nor stuffed ]: if lined or stuffed, the vulgar also call it by this name, but the Arabs do not know this: (L, TA:) and the same applies to the ↓ لِحَاف: Az says, that لِحَافٌ and مِلْحَفٌ mean the same: like اـِزَارٌ and مِئْزَرٌ, and قِرَامٌ and مِقْرَمٌ; and sometimes one says مِقْرَمَةٌ and مِلْحَفَةٌ; and it is the same whether the garment be سُمُط or lined. (TA.) He says also, [in another place,] that the Arabs apply the terms ↓ لِحَافٌ and مِلْحَفَةٌ to A night-wrapper (اـِزَارُ لَيْلِ) if it be طَاقٌ وَاحِدٌ [ a single piece of stuff; i. e. not double, not lined nor faced, nor stuffed ]. (TA in art. سمط.) ― -b2- See اـِزَازٌ.

Derived headwords

مِلْحَفَةٌ
  1. 1.
اـِزَارُ لَيْلِ
طَاقٌ وَاحِدٌ