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سحف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 سَحَفَهُ ذ , (S, K, TA,) aor. سَحَفَ , (K, TA,) inf. n. سَحْفٌ, (S, TA,) He pared it, or peeled it, off; (S, K, TA;) namely, a thing; (TA;) and [particularly] the fat from the back (S, K) of the sheep or goat, (S, TA,) not of the she-camel, as is indicated by the context in the K, (TA,) by reason of its abundance, after which he roasted it, (S, TA,) i. e., accord. to the S, the fat, but correctly the sheep or goat: (TA:) so says ISK. (S, TA.) ― -b2- And سَحَفَهُ, (Lth, TA,) inf. n. as above, (Lth, K, TA,) He removed it, or stripped it off, namely, hair from skin, so that none of it remained. (Lth, K, TA.) ― -b3- Hence, (TA,) سَحَفَتِ الاـِبِلُ (tropical:) The camels ate what they would. (K, TA.) ― -b4- And سَحَفَتِ الرِّيحُ السَّحَابَ (assumed tropical:) The wind removed the clouds; (Lth, K;)as also ↓ أَسْحَفَتْهُ, (Zj, K, TA: in the CK اسْتَحَفَّتُهُ.) ― -b5- سَحَفَ رَأْسَهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He shaved his head (S, K, TA) so as to remove the hair utterly. (TA.) ― -b6- سَحَفَ الشَّىْءَ, and النَّخْلَةَ وَغَيْرَهَا, (K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He burned the thing, and the palm-tree &c.; (K, TA;) in the case of the palm-tree, by kindling fire at the stumps of the branches, being unable to strip them off. (Aboo-Nasr, TA.) ― -b7- And سَحَفَهُ He (i. e. God) caused him to be affected with سُحَاف, i. e. consumption, or ulceration of the lungs. (TA.)

Derived headwords

سَحَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
سَحَفَتِ الاـِبِلُ
سَحَفَتِ الرِّيحُ السَّحَابَ
سَحَفَ رَأْسَهُ
سَحَفَ الشَّىْءَ