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سعف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 سَعَفَهُ بِحَاجَتِهِ ذ : see 4. -A2- سَعِفَتْ يَدُهُ, (S, TA,) inf. n. سَعَفٌ, (S, K,) His hand became cracked around the nails; (S, K, * TA;) as also سَئِفَتْ. (S, TA.) ― -b2- سَعِفَتِ النَّاقَةُ, in the K, erroneously, سُعِفَت, with damm, (TA,) or سَعِفَ البَعِيرُ, (ISk, S,) The she-camel, (K, TA,) or he-camel, (ISk, S,) became affected with what is termed ↓ سَعَفٌ, meaning a disease in the mouth, like mange, or scab, in consequence of which the hair of the خُرْطُوم [i. e. nose, or fore part of the nose, ] falls off, (ISk, S, K,) and the hair of the eyes: (ISk, S:) the like thereof in sheep or goats is termed غَرَبٌ: (S:) accord. to IAar, it is not used in relation to he-camels; and A'Obeyd says the like: accord. to some, as AZ says, it is allowable to use it in relation to he-camels; (TA;) but it is rarely thus used. (K, TA.) ― -b3- سُعِفَ, (S, K,) like عُنِىَ, (K,) said of a boy, He became affected with the pustules termed سَعْفَةٌ [q. v.]. (S, K.)

Derived headwords

سَعَفَهُ بِحَاجَتِهِverb
  1. 1.
سَعِفَتْ يَدُهُ
سَعِفَتِ النَّاقَةُ
سَعِفَ البَعِيرُ