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سكف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أُسْكُفَّةٌ ذ The threshold of a door, (S, O, K,) upon which one treads; (O, K;) as also ↓ أُسْكُوفَةٌ: (TA:) or the lintel of a door: and sometimes [or rather almost universally] used in the former sense, which is the only meaning mentioned in the T [and] in the Abridgment of the 'Eyn [and in most other lexicons]: pl, اسكاف [app. أَسْكَافٌ, and, if so, anomalous]. (Msb.) -A2- Also The خرقة [i. e. خِرْقَة, or rag, or ragged garment, or perhaps it is a mistranscription for حِرْفَة, i. e. craft, or handicraft, like سِكَافَةٌ,] of the اـِسْكَاف: extr.: on the authority of Fr. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أُسْكُفَّةٌ
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