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سفح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَسْفُوحٌ ذ : see سَافِحٌ. ― -b2- [Hence,] applied to a camel, it means قَدْ سُفِحَ فِى الأَرْضِ وَمُدَّ (assumed tropical:) [ Stretched, or extended, upon the ground; وَمُدَّ being an explicative adjunct]. (K.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) Wide. (K.) You say نَاقَةٌ مَسْفُوحَةُ الاـِبْطِ (tropical:) A she-camel wide in the arm-pit. (A, K.) And جَمَلٌ مَسْفُوحُ الضُّلُوعِ (tropical:) A camel [ wide i. e.] not contracted in the ribs. (A, TA.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) Thick, coarse, or big. (K.) ― -b5- You say also, اـِنَّهُ لَمَسْفُوحُ العُنُقِ, meaning (assumed tropical:) Verily he is long, and thick, coarse, or big, in the neck. (TA.) ― -b6- And المَسْفُوحُ is the name of (assumed tropical:) A horse of Sakhr Ibn-'Amr Ibn-El-Hárith. (K.)

Derived headwords

مَسْفُوحٌ
  1. 1.
قَدْ سُفِحَ فِى الأَرْضِ وَمُدَّ
مَسْفُوحَةُ الاـِبْطِ
جَمَلٌ مَسْفُوحُ الضُّلُوعِ
اـِنَّهُ لَمَسْفُوحُ العُنُقِ