سفح

3 سَاْفَحَ [سافحهُ, inf. n. سِفَاحٌ, and perhaps مُسَافَحَةٌ also, He contended with him in the shedding of blood. ] You say, بَيْنَهُمْ سِفَاحٌ Between them is a shedding of blood. (TA.) ― -b2- And [hence,] بَيْنَهُمَا سِفَاحٌ (tropical:) Between them two is a contending in fight: or, in hocking [ of camels ] (مُعَاقَرَة). (A, TA.) ― -b3- And سِفَاحٌ and مُسَافَحَةٌ also signify (tropical:) The committing fornication with another; (S, A, Msb, K;) لِأَنَّ المَاآءَ يُصَبُّ ضَائِعًا; (Msb;) as also ↓ تَسَافُحٌ [which is said of more than one pair]. (K.) You say, سَافَحَهَا (tropical:) He committed fornication with her. (A, Msb.) And سَافَحَتْةُ (tropical:) She committed fornication with him: (L:) or she abode with him in the practice of fornication. (TA.) [In all the copies of the S that I have been able to consult, three in number, I find سَافَحَهُ.] And فِى النِكَاحِ غُنْيَةٌ عَنِ السِفَاحِ (tropical:) [ In marriage is that which renders one in no need of fornication ]. (A, Msb.) In the Time of Ignorance, when a man demanded a woman in marriage, he said, اِنْكِحِينِى; and when he desired fornication, he said, سَافِحِينِى. (TA.)