سف

سَفِيفَةٌ ذ A thing woven [ with the fingers, or plaited, ] of palm-leaves: (S, O:) a piece of woven [or plaited ] work of palm-leaves (K voce عَرَقٌ) &c.: (TA ibid.:) pl. سَفَائِفُ. (TA.) See سُفَّةٌ, first sentence. ― -b2- A wide belly-girth with which a رَحْل [or camel's saddle ] is bound, or fastened. (M.) [See also سَفِيفٌ.] ― -b3- The appertenance [or suspensory ] of a water-skin (قِرْبَة), which the carrier of the قربة puts over his chest [ when carrying the قربة on his back ]. (K voce عَرَقٌ.) ― -b4- See also جُمَانٌ. ― -b5- A [ receptacle for dates, such as is called ] دَوْخَلَّة, [ made of palmleaves, ] before it is woven. (M, TA.) ― -b6- And [the pl.] سَفَائِفُ signifies Wide ribs: or, as some say, all the ribs. (M.)