سفر

سَفِيرٌ ذ Leaves which the wind sweeps away; (M;) leaves which fall from trees (S, A, K) and which the wind sweeps away, (A,) or because the wind sweeps them away: (S:) or leaves of herbs; because the wind sweeps them away: (T, TA:) or what have fallen of the leaves of trees and of the lower portions of seed-produce. (JM.) -A2- Also A messenger: (S:) and (assumed tropical:) a mediator; or a man who makes peace, effects a reconciliation, or adjusts a difference, between a people; (S, M, Msb;) as also ↓ سَافِرٌ: (Msb:) or a messenger who makes peace, &c.: (T, Mgh, TA:) [see 1:] pl. of the former سُفَرَاآءُ, (S, M, Mgh,) and of the latter سَفَرَةٌ. (Har p. 255. [See also سِفَارَةٌ, below.]) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) A commissioned agent, a factor, or a deputy; and the like: pl. as above: app. so called because he discovers, and makes manifest, the affair in which he acts as a substitute for another person. (Msb.) -A3- See also سَفَرٌ.