سخف

1 سَخُفَ ذ , [aor. سَخُفَ ,] inf. n. سَخَافَةٌ (Mgh, Msb, TA) and سُخْفٌ, or, accord. to Kh, the former only, (Msb,) said of a garment, or piece of cloth, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) It was, or became, thin, flimsy, or unsubstantial; (Msb;) scanty in the yarn; (Mgh, Msb;) or thin in texture. (TA.) And سَخُفَ, (TA,) inf. n. سَخَافَةٌ, said of anything, It was, or became, thin, slender, or unsubstantial. (Msb, * TA. [See سَخَافَةٌ below, voce سُخْفٌ.]) And سَخُفَ, inf. n. سُخْفٌ, (K,) or rather سَخَافَةٌ, accord. to what is said below of a distinction between these two ns., (TA,) said of a skin for water or milk, It was, or became, unsound, (K, TA,) altered for the worse, old, and worn out. (TA.) ― -b2- سَخُفَ, aor. سَخَافَةٌ, [or سُخْفٌ, q. v. infrà,] is also said of a man, meaning He was, or became, slender, or shallow, or weak, in intellect. (S, K. *) And it is also said of the intellect, meaning It was, or became, slender, &c. (K, * TK.)