سفح

سَفْحٌ ذ The base, foot, bottom, or lowest or lower part, (أَصْل, K, or أَسْفَل, S, A, K,) of a mountain, (S, A, K,) which is the part whereinto is poured (يُسْفَحُ) the water [ from the parts above ]; i. e. the part where the side thereof rests upon the ground: (S: [as also صَفْحٌ:]) or the [ part called ] عَرْض thereof, [see this word,] that rests its side upon the ground: or the حَضِيض [app. as meaning the low ground at, or by, the base, or foot, ] thereof: (K:) or the spreading part thereof: (A: [there said to be in this sense tropical; but why, I see not:]) or the face thereof: (Msb:) or the lowest, or lower, part thereof, where it is rugged: (Ham p. 80:) pl. سُفُوحٌ. (K.) ― -b2- [The pl.] سُفُوحٌ also signifies Rocks that are soft, or smooth, (K, TA,) and slippery. (TA.)