سيف

سَيْفٌ ذ A sword; (MA, PS, &c.;) a certain thing with which one smites; (M;) well known: its names exceed a thousand: (K: in which it is added that its author has mentioned these names in [his book entitled] الرَّوْضُ المَسْلُوفُ:) [for the names of particular parts thereof, see ذُبَابٌ:] pl. [of pauc.] أَسْيَافٌ (S, M, O, Msb, K) and أَسْيُفٌ (Lh, M, O, K) and [of mult.] سُيُوفٌ (S, M, O, Msb, K) and [quasi-pl. n.] ↓ مَسْيَفَةٌ, like مَشْيَخَةٌ, (O, K, TA,) or مَسِيفَةٌ, like مَشِيخَةٌ. (CK.) [Hence,] سَيْفُ الجَبَّارِ (assumed tropical:) [ The sword of Orion; ] the three stars [ η, θ, κ, beneath the girdle ] of الجبّار, in a sloping direction, near together, disposed in a row. (Kzw.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) A certain fish, (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K,) resembling a سَيْف [or sword ]; (Ibn-'Abbád, O;) as also ↓ سِيفٌ. (K.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) The سَبِيب, (M,) [i. e.] the hair of the tail, (K,) of a horse. (M, K.) ― -b4- سَيْفُ الغُرَابِ (assumed tropical:) i. q. الدَّلَبُوثُ; (K) A certain plant, the stem (أَصْل) and leaves of which are exactly like those of the saffron, and the bulb of which is enclosed in a covering of [ fibres of the kind called ] لِيف; (AHn;) so called because its leaves are slender at the extremity like the سَيْف [or sword ]. (AHn, K.) ― -b5- هُمْ أَسْيَافٌ [lit. They are swords ] means أَحْزَابٌ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) they are bodies, or parties, of men prepared, or ready, for fighting, &c.]. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b6- And one says, بَيْنَ فَكَّيْهِ سَيْفٌ صَارِمٌ (tropical:) [ Between his two jaws is a sharp tongue; lit., a cleaving sword ]. (TA.)