Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

سِيَاخٌ ذ A building of clay, (JK, TK,) of any kind: (JK:) pl. سُيُوخٌ. (JK, TK.) In the copies of the K, بُنَاةُ الطِّينِ is erroneously put for بِنَاآءُ الطِّينِ. (TK.)

سَيْدٌ ذ a contraction of سَيِّدٌ, q. v. in art. سود.

سِيدٌ ذ A wolf: (S, M, A, K: mentioned in the K in art. سود; and in the S, at the close of that art.:) accord. to Sb, its medial radical letter is ى; its dim. being ↓ سُيَيْدٌ: not like رِيحٌ [of which the dim. is رُوَيْحَةٌ], nor like دِيمَةٌ: (M:) and ↓ سِيدَانَةٌ signifies the same: (K:) or so ↓ سِيدَانٌ; (M;) which is the pl. (S, M, A) also: (M:) and ↓ سِيدَانَةٌ signifies a she-wolf; (M, A, and Ham p. 274;) [and] so ↓ سِيدَةٌ; (Ks, S;) or this is not allowable. (Ham ubi suprà.) One says سِيدُ رَمْلٍ [ A wolf of sands; i. e., that frequents the sands; meaning a savage wolf ]. (S.) Hence, ↓ اِمْرَأَةٌ سِيدَانَةٌ (tropical:) A bold woman, (M, A,) like the she-wolf. (A.) ― -b2- And A lion (S, M, K) is sometimes thus called, (S,) in the dial. of Hudheyl. (M.) The former is the primary signification accord. to J and others; though the contr. seems to be indicated in the K. (TA.)

سِيدَةٌ ذ fem. of سِيدٌ, q. v., accord. to Ks: (S:) but said to be not allowable. (Ham p. 274.)

سِيدَانٌ ذ : see سِيدٌ.

سِيدَانَةٌ ذ : see سِيدٌ, in three places.

سُيَيْدٌ ذ dim. of سِيدٌ, q. v. (Sb, M.)

سَيِّدٌ ذ : and سِيَّدٌ: see art. سود.

مَسْيِدٌ ذ mentioned by Ez-Zarkeshee as a dial. var. of مَسْجِدٌ [q. v.]: though by MF to be postclassical: and in the [classical] language of the Arabs i. q. مَكْتَبٌ [ A place where the art of writing is taught ]. (TA.)

1 سَارَ ذ , aor. يَسِيرُ, inf. n. سَيْرٌ and مَسِيرٌ, (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) which latter is extr., for by rule it should be of the measure مَفْعَلٌ, with fet-h [to the ع], (S,) and مَسِيرَةٌ (M, K) and سَيْرُورَةٌ (M, Mgh, K) like قَيْلُولَةٌ, but [Mtr says] we have not heard it, (Mgh,) and تَسْيَارٌ, (S, M, K,) which last denotes repetition or frequency of the action, (M,) He, or it, went [ in any manner, or any pace ]; went, or passed, along; marched, journeyed, or proceeded; went away, passed away, or departed; (M, * K, * TA;) by night and by day. (Msb, TA.) You say, سَارَتِ الدَّابَّةُ [ The beast went, went along, &c.]. (S.) [And سار سَيْرًا شَدِيدًا He (a camel or other beast, and a man,) went a vehement pace, or vehemently. And سار العَنَقَ He (a camel, or a horse,) went the pace, or in the manner, termed العَنَق: and the like.] And سَارُوا مِنْ بَلَدٍ لِبَلَدٍ [ They went, or journeyed, from town to town, or from country to country ]: (A:) or سار مِنْ بَلَدٍ اـِلَى بَلَدٍ [ he went, &c.]. (Mgh.) And بَارَكَ ا@للّٰهُ فِى مَسِيرِكَ i. e. سَيْرِكَ [ May God bless thy journeying ]. (S.) And سِرْ عَنْكَ Go thou from thy place; pass thou from it: (L in art. نفذ:) or (assumed tropical:) feign thou heedlessness, and bear, or endure, or be forbearing; an elliptical phrase; as though it were originally سِرْ وَدَعْ عَنْكَ المِرَاآءَ وَالشَّكَّ [ go thou, and leave wrangling and doubt ]. (S.) ― -b2- [Hence, سارت السَّفِينَةُ (tropical:) The ship went, or sailed: for] سَيْرُ السَّفِينَةِ is a tropical phrase. (Mgh.) ― -b3- And سار سِيرَةً حَسَنَةً (tropical:) [ He pursued a good way, course, mode, or manner, of acting, or conduct, or the like ], (S, A, Msb,) and سِيرَةً قَبِيحَةً [ a bad way, &c.]. (Msb.) ― -b4- And سار فِى النَّاسِ (assumed tropical:) It became current, or commonly known, among the people; [as also ↓ تَسَيَّرَ, alone; (see Har p. 318;)] i. e. a proverb, and a saying. (M.) ― -b5- And سارت سُنَّةٌ (assumed tropical:) [ A way, course, mode, or manner, of acting, or conduct, or the like, obtained, or was usual, among people ]. (M.) -A2- سار is also trans., syn. with سَيَّرَ. (S, M, Msb, K.) See the latter, in five places. ― -b2- [Hence,] سار سُنَّةً (assumed tropical:) He made, or caused, a way, course, mode, or manner, of acting, or conduct, or the like, to obtain, or became usual, among people. (S, M, * TA.) The Hudhalee (Khálid Ibn-Zuheyr, M) says, فَلَا تَجْزَعَنْ مِنْ سُنَّةٍ أَنْتَ سِرْتَهَا فَأَوَّلُ رَاضٍ سُنَّةً مَنْ يَسِيرُهَا [ Then by no means be thou impatient of a way of acting which thou hast made usual; for the first who should be content with a way of acting is he who makes it usual ]. (S, M, L, TA: but in the M and TA, in the place of تجزعن, we find تَغْضَبَنْ.)

2 سيّرهُ ذ , (M, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَسْيِيرٌ; (TA;) and ↓ اسارهُ; (M, A, K;) and ↓ سارهُ, (K,) inf. n. سَيْرٌ and سِيرَةٌ and مَسَارٌ and مَسِيرَةٌ [or مَسِيرٌ, as below]; (TA;) and بِهِ ↓ سار; (IJ, M, K;) He made him (a man, A, Msb) to go [ in any manner, or any pace ]; to go, or pass, along; to march, journey, or proceed; to go away, pass away, or depart: (M, A, Msb, K, TA:) and بِهِ ↓ سُورَ [for سِيرَ بِهِ, the reg. pass. form of سَارَ بِهِ,] is mentioned; like هُوبَ and كُولَ. (M.) And سيّر الدَّابَّةَ; (M, A, Msb;) and ↓ اسارها; (M;) and ↓ سارها, (S, M, Msb,) inf. n. سَيْرٌ and سِيرَةٌ and مَسَارٌ and مَسِيرٌ [or مَسِيرَةٌ, as above]; (M;) He made the beast to go &c.: (S, M, A, Msb:) or ↓ سِرْتُ الدَّابَّةَ signifies I rode the beast [ and thus made it to go &c.]: (Ibn-Buzurj, TA:) but when you ride it to pasture, you say, ↓ أَسَرْتُهَا, (Msb,) or اسرتها اـِلَى الكَلَأِ (Ibn-Buzurj, TA) or الى المَرْعَى. (A.) And سيّرهُ مِنْ بَلَدِهِ He made him to go, or depart, from his town, or country; expelled, or banished, him from it. (S, A.) ― -b2- [Hence] سيّر (tropical:) He removed, or put off, or took off, the horsecloth, or covering, (S, A, K,) from the horse, (K,) or beast, (A,) or from the back of the beast. (S.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) He made a proverb, (K,) and a saying, (TA,) to become current; (K;) he published it among the people. (TA,) ― -b4- And سيّر سِيرَةٌ (assumed tropical:) He related stories of the ancients. (M, K.) -A2- سيّرهُ [from سَيْرٌ meaning “ a thong ”] He made stripes upon it; namely, a garment, or piece of cloth, and an arrow. (M.) And سَيَّرَتْ خِضَابَهَا She (a woman) made her dye to have the form of stripes, like thongs. (K, * A, * TA.)

3 سايرهُ ذ , (S, M, A,) inf. n. مُسَايَرَةٌ, (A,) He went, went along, &c., (سَارَ,) with him: (M:) he went at an equal rate, or kept pace, with him: (PS:) he ran with him; syn. جَارَاهُ. (S, A.) ― -b2- [And He vied, contended, or competed, with him in going, or in running: and hence, (assumed tropical:) in any affair; like جَارَاهُ,] See also 6.

4 أَسْيَرَ see 2, in three places.

5 تَسَيَّرَ see 8: ― -b2- and see also 1, in the latter half of the paragraph. -A2- تسيّر [from سَيْرٌ meaning “ a thong ”] said of a man's skin, It peeled off, (A, K, TA,) and became like thongs. (TA.)

6 تسايرا ذ They two [ went, or went along, (see 3,) or] went at an equal rate, or kept pace, each with the other: (PS:) or ran, each with the other. (S, A.) ― -b2- One says of a great, or frequent, liar, لَا تَسَايَرَهُ خَيْلَاهُ [lit. His two troops of horses will not run together, each troop with the other: meaning (assumed tropical:) his assertions will not be found to agree together ]: (so in a copy of the M:) or ↓ لَا تُسَايَرُ خَيْلَاهُ. (So in the K and TA voce خَيْلٌ, q. v.; and so in the TA in the present art. [See also 6 in art. سلم.]) ― -b3- [And They two vied, contended, or competed, each with the other, in going, or in running: and hence, (assumed tropical:) in any affair. ] ― -b4- One says also, تَسَايَرَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ الغَضَبُ (tropical:) Anger went [or disappeared by degrees ] from his face. (TA, from a trad.)

8 استار بِسِرَتِهِ ذ , (O, K, TA,) or بسيرته ↓ تسيّر, (as in the CK,) (assumed tropical:) He pursued his way, course, mode, or manner, of acting, or conduct, or the like. (O, K, * TA.) -A2- And استار [from سِيرَةٌ in the last of the senses assigned to this word below] He procured for himself wheat, or other provision, from a place, to be laid up in store. (S, O, K.)

سَارٌ ذ : see سَائِرٌ.

سَيْرٌ ذ an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, M, A, &c.) [Used as a simple subst., A going, in any manner, or any pace; passage, march, journey, progress, or course: a pace: pace as meaning degree of celerity, or rate of going: departure: see also سِيرَةٌ.] -A2- Also A thong, or strap, or strip of skin or leather; (S, Msb, K;) i. q. شِرَاكٌ: (M:) pl. [of mult.] سُيُورٌ (S, M, A, Msb) and سُيُورَةٌ and [pl. of pauc.] أَسْيَارٌ. (M.) It is said in a prov., قُدَّتْ سُيُورُهُ مِنْ أَدِيمِكَ [ His thongs have been cut from thy hide ]: applied to two things exactly resembling each other. (AHeyth, Meyd.) And لَيْسَ فِى العَصَا سَيْرٌ is a post-classical prov., (Meyd,) meaning There is not in the staff, or stick, a thong: the سير in this case being the thong that is inserted into the perforation of the head of the staff, or stick, and whereof a ring is tied, into which the hand is put: the prov. is applied to him who is unable to perform that which he desires to do. (Har p. 232.)

سَيْرَةٌ ذ : see the next paragraph, in two places.

سِيرَةٌ ذ [ i. q. سَيْرٌ as meaning A going, in any manner, or any pace; &c.: see above:] a subst. from 1 in the first of the senses assigned to it above. (M, K.) Lh mentions the saying, اـِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ السِّيرَةِ [ Verily he is good in going, &c.]. (M: in the TA, ↓ السَّيْرَةِ, as having the meaning here next following.) ― -b2- Also, (M,) or ↓ سَيْرَةٌ, (K,) [but the former seems to be the right, being agreeable with analogy, whereas the latter is anomalous,] A mode, or manner, of going, &c. (M, K.) ― -b3- And the former, (tropical:) A way, course, rule, mode, or manner, of acting or conduct or life or the like; syn. طَرِيقَةٌ (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and سُنَّةٌ (M, K) and مَذْهَبٌ: (Mgh:) pl. سِيَرٌ. (Mgh, Msb.) You say, سَارَ بِهِمْ سِيرَةً حَسَنَةً (tropical:) [ He pursued with them a good way of acting ]. (S.) And سَارَ الوَالِى فِى الرَّعِيَّهِ سِيرَةً حَسَنَةً (tropical:) [ The prefect, or governor, pursued among the subjects a good way of acting ]; (A, Msb; *) and in like manner, سِيرَةً قَبِيحَةً [ a bad way of acting ]. (Msb.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) The record of a man's actions and pious works; the prefixed noun صَحِيفَة being understood. (Mgh.) ― -b5- (tropical:) Stories of the ancients: (M, K:) [or so سِيرَةُ أَوَّلِينَ:] you say, هٰذَا فِى سِيرَةِ الأَوَّلِينَ (tropical:) [ This is in the stories of the ancients ]. (A.) ― -b6- [Hence it is used in the present day as meaning (assumed tropical:) The mention of a person or thing: and (assumed tropical:) a matter, or subject, of discourse. ] ― -b7- Also, as a law term, (Mgh,) or so [the pl.] سِيَرٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) (assumed tropical:) Military expeditions; or the memorable actions thereof; (Msb;) or the affairs thereof. (Mgh.) And they say السِّيَرُ الكَبِيرُ [meaning (assumed tropical:) The great book of military expeditions; for كِتَابٌ السِّيَرُ الكَبِيرُ]; using a masc. epithet in lieu of the [suppressed] prefixed noun كِتَاب. (Mgh.) ― -b8- Also, the sing., (assumed tropical:) Mode, or manner, of being; state, or condition; syn. هَيْئَةٌ, (M, O, Msb, K,) and حَالَةٌ. (O, Msb.) So in the Kur xx. 22. (M, O, TA.) -A2- Also Wheat, or other provision, that is brought from a place to be laid up in store. (S, O, K.)

سُيَرَةٌ ذ That goes, or journeys, much: or a great goer: (IJ, M, K:) and ↓ سَيُورٌ is applied as an epithet [in the same sense] to a hackney, and to an ass. (Az, TA in art. فره.)

سِيَرَاآءُ ذ (S, M, K, &c.) and سِيْرَاآء (TA) [which latter, according to analogy, should be with tenween, but perhaps it is without tenween as being a contraction of the former,] A sort of garment, or cloth, of the kind called بُرُود, (Fr, S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) having yellow stripes; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) or mixed with silk; (K;) or mixed with [ the silk termed ] قَزّ: (AZ, A'Obeyd, Mgh:) or a sort of بُرُود of silk: (A:) or a sort of garment, or cloth, having stripes, made of of قَزّ: or certain garments, or cloths, of El-Yemen; (M;) which are now commonly known by the name of مَضْف: (TA:) or a sort of بُرُود mixed with silk like thongs; and hence its appellation, from سَيْرٌ, “ a thong: ” it is asserted by certain of the later writers that it is a subst., not an epithet; and he who says so cites Sb as asserting that a word of the measure فِعَلَاآءُ is not an epithet, but is a subst.: hence, he says, it is used with a prefixed noun, as in the ex. حُلَّةُ سِيَرَاآءَ; and is expl. as signifying clear silk. (IAth, TA.) ― -b2- Also (tropical:) The diaphragm, or midriff: (M, K: *) metaphorically used in this sense by a poet. (M.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) The peel [or pellicle ] adhering to the stone of a date. (M, K.) ― -b4- And A palm branch stripped of its leaves. (M, K.) ― -b5- And Gold: (M:) or clear, pure, gold. (K, * TA.) ― -b6- And A certain plant, (M, K, TA,) not described by Ed-Deenawaree [i.e. AHn]; as some say, (TA,) resembling the خُلَّة [q. v.]: (K, TA:) so in the Tekmileh. (TA.)

سَيُورٌ ذ : see سُيَرَةٌ.

سَيَّارٌ ذ A journeyer, or traveller: (A:) and سَيَّارَةٌ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) for جَمَاعَةٌ سَيَّارَةٌ, (Mgh,) or قَوْمٌ سَيَّارَةٌ, (A,) a company of persons journeying: (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K:) [accord. to ISd,] سَيَّارَةٌ is made fem. because meaning رُفْقَةٌ, or جَمَاعَةٌ. (M.) ― -b2- السَّيَارَةُ [and السَّيَّارَاتُ] (assumed tropical:) The five planets; Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. (TA in art. كنس.)

سَائِرٌ ذ [part. n. of 1, Going, &c. ― -b2- Hence,] (assumed tropical:) A proverb [and a saying] current, or commonly known. (TA.) -A2- Also, and ↓ سَارٌ, (S, M, K,) both are syn., (K,) signifying The rest, or remainder, of a thing: (M:) [and accord. to some,] the whole, or all, of a thing or of people. (S, TA.) [See the former word in art. سأر.]

مَسُورٌ ذ : see the next paragraph.

مَسِيرٌ ذ an inf. n. of سَارَ. (S, M, A, &c.) ― -b2- [Also A place, and a time, of going, or journeying. ] ― -b3- And pass. part. n. of سَارَ; (Msb, MF;) [and so ↓ مَسُورٌ, for] you say طَرِيقٌ مَسُورٌ, (K,) or طَرِيقٌ مَسُورٌ فِيهِ, (IJ, M,) [ A travelled road, ] and رَجُلٌ مَسُورٌ بِهِ [ A man made to go, or journey, &c.]: (IJ, M, K:) accord. to Kh, in this case, and in others like it, the ى is changed into و [so that مَسْيُورٌ, the original form of مَسِيرٌ and of مَسُورٌ, becomes مَسْوُورٌ, and is then contracted into مَسُورٌ]: (M:) or, accord. to Kh, the ى is rejected: but accord. to Akh, it is the و that is rejected [so that مَسْيُورٌ becomes مَسْيُرٌ; and then, مَسُيْرٌ; and then مَسُورٌ]. (TA.)

مَسِيرَةٌ ذ A space which one traverses in journeying; a journey as measured by the time that it occupies; as in the phrase, مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ a month's journey; (TA;) and بَيْنَهُمَا مَسِيرَةُ يَوْمٍ [ Between them two is the space of a day's journey ]. (S, TA.) مَسِيرَةُ يَوْمٍ [ A day's journey ] is twenty-four miles. (MF in art. قرطش.)

مَسَيَّرٌ ذ A garment, or piece of cloth, figured with stripes (S, M, A, K) like thongs, (S, M, A,) made of silk: or a بُرْد mixed with silk. (TA.) [See also سِيَرَاآءُ.] ― -b2- And عُقَابٌ مُسَيَّرَةٌ A striped eagle. (M.) ― -b3- And المُسَيَّرٌ, (K,) or مُسَيَّرُ القرعِ, (TA, [but the orthography of the latter word I think doubtful,]) A certain sweetmeat, (K, TA,) wellknown. (TA.)

مُسْتَارٌ ذ [ A place whence one procures wheat, or other provision, for subsistence, to be laid up in store: from اِسْتَارَ in the latter of the senses assigned to it above, agreeably with analogy, and as is indicated in the S]. A rájiz says, [namely, Aboo-Wejzeh, as in a copy of the S,] أشْكُو اـِلَى ا@للّٰهِ العَزِيزِ الغَفَّارْ ثُمَّ اـِلَيْكَ اليَوْمَ بُعْدَ المُسْتَارُ [ I complain unto God, the Mighty, the Very Forgiving, then unto thee, this day, the remoteness of the place whence I have to procure provision for subsistence ]: or, accord. to some, المُسْتَار, in this verse, is of the measure مُفْتَعَلٌ from السَّيْرُ [and, like it, meaning the journey ]. (S.)

1 سَاعَ ذ , aor. يَسِيعُ, inf. n. سَيْعٌ and سُيُوعٌ, It (water, and the سَرَاب [or mirage],) ran, and was in a state of commotion, upon the surface of the ground; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ انساع: (S:) or the latter, said of water, it ran upon the surface of the ground; as also ↓ تسيّع: and ↓ انساع, said of a thing in a congealed or solid state, signifies also it melted; became fluid, or liquid. (TA.) ― -b2- سَاعَتِ الاـِبِلُ, (Sh, K,) aor. as above, inf. n. سَيْعٌ, (Sh,) The camels were left to themselves, without a pastor; (Sh, K;) as also ساعت having تَسُوعُ for its aor. and سَوْعٌ for its inf. n. (Sh, S * and K * in art. سوع.) ― -b3- And سَاعَ الشَّىْءَ, aor. as above, The thing became left, or neglected, or lost; or it perished. (TA.)

2 تَسْيِيعٌ ذ The act of plastering with mud [or with سَيَاع]. (K.) You say, سَيَّعْتُ الحَائِطَ I plastered the wall with mud and chopped straw. (S.) ― -b2- And The act of anointing with fat and the like. (K.) You say, سَيَّعَتِ المَرْأَةُ مَزَادَتَهَا The woman anointed [ with fat, or the like, her leathern water-bag ]. (TA.)

4 اساعهُ ذ He left it, neglected it, lost it, or destroyed it. (TA.) [See also art. سوع.]

5 تَسَيَّعَ see 1. -A2- تسيّع البَقْلُ The herbs, or leguminous plants, dried up; or became yellow. (TA.)

7 اـِنْسَيَعَ see 1, in two places.

سَيْعٌ ذ Water running upon the surface of the ground. (Lth, K.)

سَيَاعٌ ذ , (K,) or سِيَاعٌ, (S,) or both, (MF, TA,) Mud: (TA:) or mud [ mixed ] with chopped straw, with which one plasters. (Kr, S, K.) The saying of the poet, (S, K,) namely El-Kutámee, (K,) describing his she-camel, (TA,) فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَرَى سِمَنٌ عَلَيْهَا كَمَا طَيَّنْتَ بِالفَدَنِ السَّيَاعَا presents an inversion, the meaning being كما طيّنت بِالسِيَّاعِ الفَدَنِ [i. e. And when fatness extended upon her, as when thou plasterest with mud and chopped straw the pavilion ]; الفَدَن signifying القَصْر. (S, K: [but in the former, only the latter hemistich is cited; and in some copies of the former, and in the O, we find بَطَّنْتَ in the place of طَيَّنْتَ.]) ― -b2- Also Fat with which a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag ] is anointed. (K.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) Pitch, or tar; syn. زِفْتٌ; as being likened to mud, because of its blackness. (TA.)

ضَائِعٌ سَائِعٌ ذ , mentioned in this art. in the TA: see art. سوع.

سَرَابٌ أَسْيَعُ ذ A mirage [ running upon the surface of the ground, (see 1,) and ] in a state of commotion: (S, * TA:) or, as some say, [ in a state of exceeding commotion; for] the form of the epithet in this case denotes مُفَاضَلَة. (TA.)

مِسْيَعَةٌ ذ A plasterer's trowel; syn. مَالَجَةٌ: (S:) a piece of wood made smooth, used by skilful plasterers with mud. (Lth, K.)

مِسْيَاعٌ ذ A she-camel that goes away in the place of pasturing: (K:) mentioned by J in art. سوع, q. v.: (TA:) or that bears, or suffers, neglect, or being left alone, (اَلَّتِى تَحْمِلُ الضَّيْعَةَ, [for the last of which words we find in some copies of the K الضَّيْعَةَ, but it is said in the TA that the former is the right reading, as is shown by its being added,]) and bad superintendence or management; (K, TA;) thus expl. by As: (TA:) or upon which one journeys and returns; (K;) thus expl. by Sgh, but this is the explanation of مِرْبَاعٌ, with which it is coupled. (TA.)

1 سِغْتُهُ ذ , aor. أَسِيغُهُ, inf. n. سَيْغٌ: see 4, in art. سوغ.

هٰذَا سَيْغُ هٰذَا ذ : see هذا سَوْغُ هذا, in art. سوغ, in two places.

سَيِّغٌ ذ : see سَائِغٌ, in art. سوغ.

1 سَافَهُ ذ , (S, M, O, K,) first pers. سِفْتُهُ, (S, O, Msb, K, [in the CK, erroneously, سُفْتُهُ,]) aor. يَسِيفُ, (S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. سَيْفٌ, (M,) He struck him, or smote him, with the سَيْف [or sword ]; (S, M, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ تسيّفهُ. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 3. -A2- سَيِفَ, inf. n. سَيَفٌ; and ↓ انساف; [app., as seems to be indicated by the context, said of palm-trees (نَخْلٌ) or of palmbranches (سَعَفٌ), as meaning They had upon them what is termed سِيف, q. v.:] (M, TA: *) and سَيِفَت and ↓ انسافت are said of a palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ) [app. as meaning it had سِيف upon it ]. (TA.)

3 مُسَايَفَةٌ ذ signifies The contending with another in fight, or in smiting, with the sword. (S, Mgh.) ↓ سَايَفَنِى فَسِفْتُهُ, a phrase mentioned, without his adding anything thereto, by Lh, app. means [ He contended with me in smiting with the sword, and ] I was more skilled in the use of the sword (كُنْتُ أَسْيَفَ) than he. (M.) ― -b2- See also 6.

4 اساف القَوْمُ ذ The people, or party, came to the سِيف [or sea-shore ]. (AAF, M.) -A2- اساف الخَرْزَ (S, K) i. q. خَرَمَهُ (S, TA) [expl. in art. سوف] is said to belong to the present art., in which it is mentioned by IF as well as J. (TA.)

5 تَسَيَّفَ see 1. -A2- [Accord. to Freytag, تَسَيَّفَ signifies He was slain with the sword: but he mentions no authority for this. Perhaps the pass. form of this verb may have this meaning.]

6 تسايفوا ذ They contended, one with another, in smiting with swords; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ سايفوا; (K;) and so ↓ استافوا, (M, K,) as expl. by the lexicologists; but this last properly signifies they took, or took hold of, the swords. (IJ, M.)

7 اـِنْسَيَفَ see 1, in two places.