Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

سَقْطٌ ذ : see سِقْطٌ, in three places: -A2- and سَقِيطٌ, in two places: ― -b2- and سَاقِطٌ: ― -b3- and سَقْطَةٌ.

سُقْطٌ ذ : see سِقْطٌ, in three places.

سِقْطٌ ذ and ↓ سُقْطٌ and ↓ سَقْطٌ A child, or young one, or fœtus, that falls from the belly of the mother abortively, or in an immature, or imperfect, state, (S, M, Msb, K,) or dead, (Mgh,) but having the form developed, or manifest; (Mgh, Msb;) for otherwise it is not so called; (Mgh;) whether male or female: (Msb, TA:) the first of these three forms is the most common: and the pl. is أَسْقَاطٌ. (TA.) The reward which a father will receive for such offspring is [held to be] more than that for adult offspring. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, (M, B, TA,) the same three words, (K,) or سِقْطُ النَّارِ and ↓ سُقْطُهَا and ↓ سَقْطُهَا, (S, M, Msb,) (tropical:) What falls, (S, M, Msb, K,) of fire, (S,) from the زَنْد, (Msb,) or between the زَنْدَانِ, (M, K,) when one produces fire, (S,) or before the emission of the fire is thoroughly effected: (M, K:) masc. and fem. (Fr, S, K.) ― -b3- Also سِقْطُ رَمْلٍ and ↓ سُقْطُهُ and ↓ سَقْطُهُ (S, M, Msb, K,) and ↓ مَسْقَطُهُ (M, K) and ↓ مَسْقِطُهُ (M, TA) [ The fall, or slope, of a tract, or quantity, of sand; ] the place where sand [ falls, or slopes, and ] ends: (S:) or the place to which the extremity of sand extends: (Msb:) or the place where the main portion of sand ends, and where it [ falls, or slopes, and ] becomes thin; (M, K;) for it is [derived] from سُقُوطٌ [inf. n. of 1]. (M.) ― -b4- Also سِقْطٌ (tropical:) The edge, or extremity, of a cloud: (M, K:) or the part of a cloud where the edge, or extremity, is seen as though it were falling upon the earth, in the horizon. (S.) ― -b5- And hence, or from the same word as used in relation to sand, (TA,) (tropical:) The similar part of a [tent of the kind called] خِبَاآء: (S:) or the lowest strip of cloth, that is next the ground, on either side of a خباآء: (A, TA:) or the side of a خباآء: (K:) or [ each of ] the two sides thereof. (M.) ― -b6- Also, (S, M, K,) and ↓ سِقَاطٌ and ↓ مَسْقَطٌ, (M, K,) (tropical:) The wing; (K;) each of the two wings; (S, M;) of a bird; (M, K;) or of a male ostrich. (S.) And سِقْطُ جَنَاحِ الطَّائِرِ (tropical:) The part of the wing of the bird which it drags upon the ground. (S, TA.) ― -b7- [And hence,] سِقْطَا اللَّيْلِ (tropical:) The two sides of the darkness of night; (TA;) the beginning and end thereof; (S, TA;) as also ↓ سِقَاطَاهُ: (TA:) whence the saying of the poet, (S, TA,) namely Er-Rá'ee, (TA,) حَتَّى اـِذَامَا أَضَاآءَالصُّبْحُ وَ أَنْبَعَثَتْ عَنْهُ نَعَامَةُ ذِى سِقْطَيْنِ مُعْتَكِرِ (tropical:) [ Until, when the dawn shone, and the blackness of confused night became dispelled from it ]: he means by نعامة the “ blackness ” of night: he says that the night, having its beginning and end, passed, and the dawn shone clearly. (S, TA.)

سَقَطٌ ذ What is made to fall, thrown down, or dropped, of, or from, a thing, (M, K,) and held in mean estimation: (TA:) and [in like manner] ↓ سُقَاطَةٌ the refuse of anything; (IDrd;) or what falls, of, or from, a thing, (M, K,) and is held in mean estimation; (TA;) as also ↓ سُقَاطٌ; (K;) or, accord. to some, this last is a pl. [or rather a coll. gen. n.], and ↓ سُقَاطَهٌ is its sing. [or n. un.]; and سُقَاطَاتٌ is also a pl. of this last. (TA.) [Hence,] سَقَطُ الطَّعَامِ (tropical:) What is worthless, of food: (M, K: *) or what falls from, or of, food: (M:) and [in like manner] ↓ سُقَاطَةٌ and ↓ سُقَاطٌ refuse that falls, and is held in mean estimation, of, or from, food and beverage and the like: (TA:) the pl. of سَقَطٌ is أَسْقَاطٌ. (K.) And سَقَطُ المَتَاعِ (tropical:) What is worthless, paltry, mean, vile, or held in little account, of the furniture or utensils of a house or tent, or of household goods: (S, Msb, K:) or the refuse thereof; (Mgh;) and so المَتَاعِ ↓ سُقَاطَةُ: (TA:) and سَقَطُ البَيْتِ signifies the same; (M;) or such articles of the tent or house as the needle and the axe and the cookingpot and the like: (Lth:) pl. as above. (M.) And hence, اآَسْقَاطُ النَّاسِ (q. v. infrà, as also سَقَطُ النَّاسِ, voce سَاقِطٌ). (Lh, M.) سَقَطٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) Things of which the sale is held in mean estimation; such as the seeds that are used in cooking, for seasoning food; and the like; (M, TA;) or such as sugar and raisins. (A, TA.) Also (assumed tropical:) The parts of a slaughtered beast that are held in mean estimation; such as the legs and the stomach and the liver, and the like of these: pl. as above. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A mistake, or an error, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) in speech, (M, Msb, K,) in reckoning, (S, M, K,) in writing, (S, M, Mgh, K,) and in action; (Msb;) as also ↓ سِقَاطٌ. (M, K.) [See also ↓ سَقْطَةٌ.] ― -b3- (tropical:) A disgraceful; or shameful, thing; a vice, or fault, or the like. (M, K, TA.) ― -b4- سَقَطُ الكَلَامِ (tropical:) Evil speech. (TA.)

سَقْطَةٌ ذ [ A fall: or] a violent fall. (M, TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A slip, lapse, fault, or wrong action; as also ↓ سِقَاطٌ; (S, K;) and ↓ سَقْطٌ; which last is also used in a pl. sense: (TA:) or the second (سقاط) is pl. of سَقْطَةٌ: (Msb, K:) as sing., it is an inf. n. of سَاقَطَ: (TA:) and سَقْطَةٌ also signifies a bad word or saying, that swerves from rectitude: (TA in art. عور:) its pl., or one of its pls., is سَقَطَاتٌ. (TA.) You say, لَايَخْلُو أَحَدٌ مِنْ سَقْطَةٍ (tropical:) [ No one will be free from a slip ]. (TA.) And الكَامِلُ مَنْ عُدَّتْ سَقَطَاتُهُ (tropical:) [ The perfect is he whose slips are so few that they may be counted ]. (TA.)

سَقَطِىُّ ذ (Mgh, K) and ↓ سَقَّاطٌ, (S, Mgh, K,) the latter disallowed by some, (Mgh, TA,) but occurring in a trad., (S, Mgh, TA,) A seller of what is worthless, or mean, or vile, of the furniture or utensils of a house or tent, or of household goods; (S, K;) or of the refuse thereof; (Mgh;) of what are termed سَقَطُ المَتَاعِ: (S, Mgh, K:) those who disallow the latter epithet term such a person صَاحِبُ سَقَطِ: (TA:) or ↓ the latter epithet signifies a seller of things of which the sale is held in mean estimation; such as the seeds that are used in cooking, for seasoning food; and the like; which are termed سَقَطٌ. (M.) [See also أَسْقَاطِىٌّ.]

سَقَاطٌ ذ : see سَقَّاطٌ.

سُقَاطٌ ذ : see سَقَطٌ, in two places.

سِقَاطٌ ذ What falls from palm-trees, of unripe dates: (K:) or such are termed سِقَاطُ النَّخْلِ: (M:) سقاط, thus used, may be a sing., or pl. of سَاقِطٌ [q. v.]. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) Dates that are brought from El-Yemámeh by those who journey thither to procure them. (M, K.) ― -b3- See also سَقْطَةٌ: and سَقَطٌ, near the end of the paragraph: ― -b4- and see سِقْطٌ, in two places, near the end of the paragraph.

سَقُوطٌ ذ : see سَاقِطٌ.

سَقِيطٌ ذ Hoar-frost, or rime; i. e. dew that falls and congeals upon the ground; (S, M, K;) also called جَلِيدٌ and ضَرِيبٌ; (S in art. جلد;) of the dial. of Teiyi. (M.) ― -b2- Snow; (S, TA;) as also ↓ سَقْطٌ. (K, TA.) ― -b3- Hail: (K:) or this is called سَقِيطُ السَّحَابِ. (M, TA.) ― -b4- What falls, or has fallen, of dew, (M, K, TA,) upon the ground; (M, TA;) as also ↓ سَقْطٌ. (K, TA.) ― -b5- دُرٌّسَقِيطٌ Scattered pearls. (TA.) And وَرَقٌ سِقَاطٌ [ Scattered leaves ]: the latter word is pl. of سَقِيطٌ, like as طِوَالٌ is pl. of طَوِيلٌ. (TA.) ― -b6- See also سَاقِطٌ. -A2- A whelp; syn. جِرْوٌ. (TA.) -A3- It is also said by some to signify Baked pottery; but the correct word in this sense is with ش. (TA.)

سُقَاطَةٌ ذ : see سَقَطٌ, in four places.

سَقِيطَةٌ ذ : see سَاقِطٌ, in two places.

سَقَّاطٌ ذ (S, Sgh, L, K) and ↓ سَقَاطٌ, (K,) or سَقَّاطٌ وَرَاآءَ الضَّرِيبَةِ, (M,) A sword that falls behind the object struck therewith, cutting it so as to pass to the ground: (S, K:) or that cuts the object struck therewith, and then reaches to what is after it: (M, K:) or that cleaves so as to reach to the ground after cutting: (IAar, M:) or that passes through the object struck therewith, and then falls. (Expos. of the Deewán of the Hudhalees.) -A2- See سَقَطِىٌّ, in two places.

سُقَّيْطٌ ذ i. q. حَبُّ العَزِيزِ [ The small tubercles that compose the root of the cyperus esculentus: or that plant itself ]. (TA.)

سُقَّاطَةٌ ذ [ A door-latch; ] a thing that is put over the upper part of a door, and that falls upon it, so that it becomes fastened. (TA.)

سَاقِطٌ ذ Falling; falling down; dropping; dropping down; tumbling down; as also ↓ سَقُوطٌ; (M, K;) which latter is both masc. and fem. (M, TA.) ― -b2- ↓ سَاقِطَةٌ [its fem., as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates,] A fruit that falls before maturity: pl. سَوَاقِطُ: which also signifies what falls from palm-trees: or branches that fall; not fruits. (Mgh.) ― -b3- هُوَ سَاقِطٌ فِى يَدِهِ: see مَسْقُوطٌ. ― -b4- لَاقِطَةٌ ↓ لِكُلِّ سَاقِطَةٍ (tropical:) For every saying that falls from one, there is a person who will take it up: (Msb:) or for every word that falls from the mouth of the speaker, there is a person who will hear it and pick it up and publish it: a prov., relating to the guarding of the tongue: (TA:) the ة in لاقطة is either to give intensiveness to the meaning or for the purpose of assimilation. (Msb.) ― -b5- مِنْ حَرٍ ↓ سَوَاقِطُ (tropical:) Fallings of heat. (M, TA.) [See 1, near the end of the paragraph.] ― -b6- سَاقِطٌ also signifies Hanging down; pendent; pendulous: and the pl. is سُقَّاطٌ. (TA.) ― -b7- [And Tottering by reason of age.] You say شَيْخٌ سَاقِطٌ كِبَرًا [ An old man tottering by reason of age ]. (K in art. درهم.) ― -b8- Also (assumed tropical:) Low, ignoble, base, vile, or mean, in respect of the deeds or qualities of his ancestors, and of himself; (S, Mgh;) and so ↓ سَاقِطَةٌ: (S:) or, (assumed tropical:) in respect of the deeds or qualities of his ancestors, and of his race; and so ↓ سَاقِطَةٌ: (TA:) (assumed tropical:) one who is not reckoned among the better, or best, class of young men; as also ↓ سَقْطٌ: (K:) (tropical:) one who is, or remains, behind, or in the rear of, other men: (M, K:) [ obscure, unnoted, reputeless, or of no reputation: ] pl. سُقَّاطٌ (S, Mgh, TA) and سَقْطَى (S, TA) and سِقَاطٌ, which last is like نِيَامٌ as pl. of نَائِمٌ, and سُقَطَاآءُ, [by rule a pl. of سَقِيطٌ, which see in what follows,] and ↓ سَوَاقِطُ [is pl. of سَاقِطَةٌ]. (TA.) The epithets سَاقِطٌ مَاقِطٌ لَاقِطٌ are used together, as signifying (assumed tropical:) Low, ignoble, base, vile, or mean; applied to a man; as is said in the L: or, accord. to the O, [and the S in art. مقط,] the Arabs say, in reviling, فُلَانٌ سَاقِطُ بْنُ مَاقِطِ بْنِ لَاقِطٍ, meaning Such a one is a slave of a slave of a slave of a freedman, son of a slave of a slave of a freedman, son of a slave of a freedman; the ساقط being the slave of the ماقط, and the ماقط being the slave of the لاقط, and the لاقط being the slave of the freedman. (TA.) سُقَّاطُ النَّاسِ signifies, accord. to IAar, (assumed tropical:) The refuse, rabble, or lowest or basest or meanest sort, of mankind, or of people; (TA in art. خشر;) as also النَّاسِ ↓ سَقَطُ, (TA,) and النَّاسِ ↓ أَسْقَاطُ, as being likened to those articles of a tent or house which are termed سَقَطٌ, q. v.: (Lh, M:) and سُقَّاطُ الجُنْدِ (assumed tropical:) Soldiers of whom no account is made. (TA.) ↓ سَاقِطَةٌ, (M, L, TA,) in the K ↓ سَقِيطَةٌ, but this is a mistake, (TA,) or, applied to a man, only used when immediately followed by لَقِيطَةٌ, (TA in art. لقط,) also signifies (assumed tropical:) Deficient in intellect, or intelligence, or understanding; (M, L, K;) as also ↓ سَقِيطٌ; (Ez-Zejjájee, M, L, K;) and ↓ سَقِيطَة is the fem. of the latter; (M, L, TA;) and signifies also, applied to a woman, (assumed tropical:) Low, ignoble, base, vile, or mean, (S, TA,) and stupid. (So in some copies of the S, and in the TA.) You say also, الفِعْلِ ↓ هُوَ سَاقِطَةُ (assumed tropical:) [ He is mean in conduct: or one of whose actions no account is made ]. (TA.) ― -b9- Also, [as signifying (assumed tropical:) Vile, mean, or paltry, ] applied to a thing: (TA in art. لقط:) [a thing] (assumed tropical:) falling short of the due, or just, mean. (M in art. وسط.) ― -b10- سَاقِطُ الشَّدِ (assumed tropical:) A horse that runs interruptedly. (A, TA.) ― -b11- ↓ سَوَاقِطُ (tropical:) Persons who come to El-Yemámeh to bring thence for themselves provisions of dates. (M, K, TA.) ― -b12- And ↓ this last word, (assumed tropical:) Small, low mountains, [ as though ] cleaving to the ground. (TA.)

سَاقِطَةٌ ذ , and its pl. سَوَاقِطُ: see سَاقِطٌ, throughout.

أَسْقَاطِىُّ ذ (assumed tropical:) One who sells the parts of a slaughtered beast that are called سَقَطٌ [q. v.]. (TA.) [See also سَقَطِىٌّّ.]

مِسْقِطٌ ذ (S, M, K) and مَسْقَطٌ, (M, K,) the former extr. [with respect to rule, though the contr. with respect to usage], (M,) and the latter an inf. n. as well as a noun of place [and of time], (S, K,) A place [and a time ] of falling, falling down, dropping, dropping down, or tumbling down, (S, M, K,) of a thing; (M, TA;) as, for instance, of a whip, and of rain: pl. مَسَاقِطُ. (TA.) ― -b2- مَسْقِطُ الرَّأْسِ, (K,) and مَسْقَطُهُ, (As,) and المسقط alone, (A, TA,) (tropical:) The place of birth. (K, TA.) You say, هٰذَامَسْقِطُ رَأْسِى (tropical:) This is my birthplace. (S.) And البَصْرَةُ مَسْقَطُ رَأْسِى (tropical:) [ El-Basrah is my birth-place ]. (M.) And هُوَ يَحِنُّ اـِلَىمَسْقِطِهِ (tropical:) He yearns towards his birth-place. (A, TA.) ― -b3- ا@تَانَا فِى مَسْقِطِ النَّجْمِ (tropical:) He came to us at the time of the setting of the star, or asterism; (S, TA;) [meaning, at the time of the auroral setting of the Pleiades: see مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ, in art. نزل.] ― -b4- مَسْقِطٌ also signifies The place of the ending of anything. (TA.) See سِقْطٌ, in three places.

مُسْقِطٌ ذ Casting her young one or fœtus; bringing it forth abortively, or in an immature, or imperfect, state, (M, K,) [or dead, but having the form developed, or manifest: see 4.]

هٰذَا الفِعْلُ مَسْقَطَةٌ لَلْاـِنْسَانَ مِنْ أَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ ذ (tropical:) [ This deed is a cause of a man's falling from the place which he holds in the regard of people ]: (S, K: *) said when one does a thing that is not proper for him to do. (TA.)

مِسْقَاطٌ ذ Accustomed to cast her young; to bring them forth abortively, or in an immature, or imperfect, state, (K,) [or dead, but having the form developed, or manifest: see 4.]

تَمْرَةٌ مَسْقُوطَةٌ ذ [ A fallen date ]: some say that this means سَاقِطَةٌ: others, ذَاتُ سُقُوطٍ [ having a falling ]: it may be from أَسْقَطِهُ; like مَحْمُومٌ from أَحَمَّهُ ا@للّٰهُ. (TA.) ― -b2- هُوَ مَسْقُوطٌ فِى يَدِهِ (tropical:) He is repenting, and abject; as also فِى ↓ سَاقِطٌ يَدِهِ (TA.)

مَشَى مُتَسَاقِطًا ذ (tropical:) [ He walked, or went, in a slack, or languid, manner; as though repeatedly stumbling; or as though throwing himself down: see 3, near the end; and see also 6]. (A in art. طرح.)

1 سَقَفَ البَيْتَ ذ , (S, O, Msb, K,) aor. سَقُفَ , (S, O, Msb,) or سَقَفَ , (K, [but this is app. a mistake, being anomalous,]) inf. n. سَقْفٌ, (S, O, Mgh,) He made a سَقْف [i. e. ceiling, or roof, ] to the house or chamber or tent; [ he ceiled it, or roofed it; ] (S, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ اسقفهُ; (Msb;) and ↓ سقّفهُ, inf. n. تَسْقِيفٌ; (O, K;) or this last has an intensive signification. (Msb.) -A2- سَقِفَ, [aor. سَقَفَ ,] inf. n. سَقَفٌ, He was, or became, tall, and bent, or bowed; said of a man, and of an ostrich, &c. (TA.) -A3- See also 5.

2 سَقَّفَ see 1. -A2- سُقِفَ, inf. n. تَسْقِيفٌ, He was made an أُسْقُفّ [i. e. a bishop ]. (O, K.)

4 أَسْقَفَ see 1.

5 تسقّف ذ He became an أُسْقُفّ [i. e. a bishop ]; (O, K;) as also ↓ سقف [app. سَقَفَ], inf. n. سِقِّيفَى [like خِلِيفَى inf. n. of خَلَفَ]. (TK.)

سَقْفٌ ذ The ceiling, roof, or covering, (JK, MA, PS,) of a house or chamber or tent; (JK, S, MA, K, PS;) as also ↓ سَقِفٌ; (K;) so called because of its height, and the tallness of its wall [or walls]: (TA:) pl. of the former سُقُوفٌ and سُقُفٌ, (S, Msb, K,) the latter pl. on the authority of Akh, (S,) extr., (Msb,) or, accord. to Fr, this is pl. of ↓ سَقِيفٌ, (S, Msb, TA,) or, accord. to Fr, it may be a pl. pl., i. e. you may say سَقْفٌ and سُقُوفٌ and [then] سُقُفٌ [as pl. of سُقُوفٌ], (TA,) and سُقْفٌ [also] is a pl. of سَقْفٌ. (Ham p. 227.) [In the Kur xliii. 32,] Aboo-Jaafar read سَقْفًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ; with fet-h: (TA:) others read سُقُفًا: (S, TA:) in the former reading, it is a sing. denoting a pl. meaning; i. e., “ we would have made to the house of every one of them a سَقْف of silver. ” (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] The sky, or heaven: (S, K:) this is called سَقْفُ الأَرْضِ [ the ceiling, or roof, of the earth ]: of the masc. gender: occurring in the Kur xxi. 33 and lii. 5. (TA.) -A2- Also, applied to the لَحْى [or part on which the beard grows] Long, and flaccid, or pendulous; syn. طَوِيلٌ مُسْتَرْخٍ. (S, K.) -A3- See also أُسْقُفٌّ.

سُقْفٌ ذ : see أُسْقُفٌّ. -A2- Also a pl. of سَقْفٌ [q. v.: perhaps a contraction of سُقُفٌ]. (Ham p. 227.)

سَقَفٌ ذ Tallness, with a bending, or bowing: (S, K:) it is in a man, (S,) [and] in an ostrich &c. (K.) [See 1, second sentence.]

السُّقَفَاآءَ ذ in the saying of El-Hajjáj, اـِيَّاىَوَهٰذِهِ ألسُّقَفَاآءَ [Beware ye of me with respect to these سقفاء], (S, K, * TA,) is [said to be] a word of which the meaning is unknown: (S:) Kt says, “ I have asked often respecting it, and no one knew it: ” but accord. to Z, as is related by IAth, (TA,) it is said to be a mistranscription for الشُّفَعَاآء, (K, * TA,) pl. of شَفِيعٌ; (TA;) for they used to assemble in the presence of the Sultán and intercede for him who was suspected, (K, TA,) and for criminals; and he [i. e. El-Hajjáj] forbade their doing that. (TA.)

سَقِيفٌ ذ : see سَقْفٌ, in two places: ― -b2- and see also the paragraph here following, in two places.

سَقِيفَةٌ ذ A صُفَّة, (S, Msb, K, TA,) or the like, (TA,) [i. e. a roof, or covering, ] such as projects [ over the door of a house ], (TA,) [or of which the ends of the beams rest upon opposite houses; i. e.] a ظُلَّة; [often applied in the present day to a roofed, or covered, portion of a street or the like; ] and any wing or porch or other thing [ of a building ] that is roofed over: (Msb:) of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ: (TA:) pl. سَقَائِفُ (Msb) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ سَقِيفٌ. (MA.) ― -b2- Any broad piece of wood, such as a plank, or a broad piece of stone, with which one may form a roof (O, K, TA) to the lurking-place of a hunter &c. (O, TA.) And [the pl.] سَقَائِفُ signifies The طوايق [app. a mistranscription for طَوَابِق, and, if so, meaning, agreeably with a modern usage, flat stones covering a hollow such as that ] of the lurking-place of the hunter. (TA.) [And The pieces of wood which form the roof of the kind of vehicle called مَحْمِل: see عَارِضَةٌ: and see also خُذْرُوفٌ.] ― -b3- (tropical:) A plank [app. of the deck ] of a ship or boat: (S, K, TA:) pl. as above. (S, TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) A single cranial bone of the head of the camel: (Ibn- 'Abbád, K, TA:) the cranial bones being termed سَقَائِفُ الرَّأْسِ. (Ibn-'Abbád, TA.) ― -b5- And (tropical:) A single rib of a camel: (K, TA:) its ribs being termed سَقَائِفُ (Az, Z, O, TA) and ↓ سَقِيفٌ. (O, TA.) One says, هَدَمَ السَّفَرُ سَقَائِفَ البَعِيرِ [ Travel disjointed, or luxated, ] the ribs of the camel. (Az, Z, TA.) ― -b6- Also (tropical:) A splint; i. e. a piece of wood with which a bone is set, or reduced from a fractured state: (O, K, TA:) pl. as above. (O, TA.) ― -b7- And A broad and long piece of wood, which is put, or laid down, and upon which are wound the mats of reeds (البَوَارِىّ) above the house-tops of the people of El-Basrah. (TA. [See also سَفِيقَةٌ.]) ― -b8- And (assumed tropical:) Any piece of gold, and of silver, that is beaten thin and long. (TA. [See, again, سَفِيقَةٌ.])

سَقَّافٌ ذ One whose occupation is the construction of ceilings or roofs (سُقُوف). (TA.)

سِقِيفَى ذ [and ↓ أُسْقُفِيَّةٌِ or أُسْقُفِيَّةٌ] The office of an أُسْقُفّ [i. e. of a bishop ]. (K, * O, TA.) [See also 5.]

أَسْقَفُ ذ Tall, and bent, or bowed; (S, K;) applied to a man, (S, TA,) and to an ostrich, &c.; (K, TA;) as also with damm, (K,) i. e. ↓ اُسْقُفٌ: (TA:) fem. سَقْفَاآءُ, (K,) mentioned by IB as an epithet applied to a female ostrich: (TA:) and hence the ↓ أُسْقُفّ of the Christians, (S, K,) accord. to ISk [and others ignorant of its true derivation], because he affects lowliness. (S.) And, applied to a man, [simply,] Tall; (K;) likened to the سَقْف [or ceiling, or roof,] in height; (TA;) and so ↓ مُسَقَّفٌ: (O, K:) or thick and big in the bones: (K:) and [simply] bent, or bowed: (TA:) and, applied to an ostrich, crooked in the neck (K, TA) and the legs: (TA:) fem. as above; (K;) which is applied to a female ostrich as meaning long and crooked in the legs: (O:) or to a she-camel as meaning long in the hind legs, and in like manner applied to a she-ostrich. (JK.) ― -b2- And, applied to a camel, Having no fur upon him. (K.)

أُسْقُفٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph: ― -b2- and the next following also.

أُسْقُفٌّ ذ and ↓ أُسْقُفٌ, (S, Msb, K,) as also ↓ سَقْفٌ (K) and ↓ سَقْفٌ, (TA,) [each a variation of] a foreign word used by the Arabs, (TA,) [from the Greek ἐπίσκοπος , A bishop; i. e.] a headman of the Christians (S, Msb, K) in religion; (S, K;) or [more exactly] one who is above the قِسِيس [i. e. presbyter, or priest ], and below the مَطْرَان [or metropolitan ]: (K:) or one who is learned (K, TA) in their religion: (TA:) or a king who affects lowliness in his gait: (K: [a very strange explanation:]) pl. أَسَاقِفَةٌ (Msb, K) and أَسَاقِفُ. (K.) See also أَسْقَفُ.

أُسْقُفِيَّةٌ ذ or أُسْقُفِيَّةٌ: see سِقِيفَى.

مُسَقَّفٌ ذ Wide in the bone [or bones ] of the body. (JK.) ― -b2- See also أَسْقَفُ.

شَعَرٌ مُسَقْفَفٌ ذ , (K accord. to the TA,) or ↓ مُسْتَقِفٌّ, (so in several copies of the K,) or both, (TK,) Hair that is raised, and shaggy, or dishe-velled, or disordered. (K.)

مُسْتَقِفُّ ذ : see what next precedes.

1 سَقِمَ ذ , aor. سَقَمَ ; (S, Msb, K;) and سَقُمَ, aor. سَقُمَ ; (Msb, K;) inf. n. سَقَمٌ, (S, Msb, TA,) of the former verb; (S, Msb;) and سُقْمٌ, of the latter verb, (Msb,) and سَقَامَةٌ and سَقَامٌ, (TA,) [also of the latter verb, the last like جَمَالٌ of جَمُلَ, &c.,] or the last is a simple subst.; (Msb;) He was, or became, diseased, disordered, distempered, sick, or ill; syn. مَرِضَ: (S, K, TA:) or he was long diseased &c. (Msb.) [See also سُقْمٌ below.]

2 سَقَّمَ see what next follows.

4 اسقمهُ ذ , (S, Msb, TA,) inf. n. اـِسْقَامٌ; (TA;) and ↓ سقّمهُ, (Msb, TA,) inf. n. تَسْقِيمٌ; (TA;) He (God) [or it ] caused him to be, or become, diseased, disordered, distempered, sick, or ill: (S, TA:) or caused him to be long diseased &c. (Msb.) -A2- And أَسْقَمَ الرَّجُلُ The man had his family affected with diseases, and the diseases came afterwards upon him. (TA.)

سُقْمٌ ذ and ↓ سَقَمٌ and ↓ سَقَامٌ [are all inf. ns.; or the last, accord. to the Msb, is a simple subst.; and all are used as substs., signifying] A disease, disorder, distemper, malady, sickness, or an illness; syn. مَرَضٌ: (S, K, TA:) سُقْمٌ and مَرَضٌ are both said to be in the body, and also (assumed tropical:) in religion [&c., as is implied by phrases mentioned below, voce سَقِيمٌ]: (Aboo-Is-hák, TA in art. مرض:) pl. [of the first] أَسْقَامٌ. (TA.) ↓ سَقَمُ الجُفُونِ means (assumed tropical:) Languidness, and slowness in motion, of the eyelids. (Har p. 113.)

سَقَمٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

سَقِمٌ ذ : see سَقِيمٌ.