سفح

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

The root سفح primarily relates to the pouring or flowing of liquids, especially blood and tears. It extends to concepts of shedding, spilling, and uncontrolled release. Figuratively, it encompasses illicit sexual relations and, in specific contexts, refers to parts of a mountain, soft rocks, or even a title.

Derived headwords

السَّفْحnoun

1.
mountain slopeclassical
The side of a mountain where water flows down.
2.
mountain baseclassical
The lower part or base of a mountain.
3.
soft rocksclassical
Soft, slippery rocks.

سَفَحَverb

1.
to pour outboth
To pour out or shed, especially tears or blood.
2.
to shedboth
To cause to flow or be shed.
3.
to spillboth
To spill or pour out a liquid.

سَفْحًاnoun

1.
pouringboth
The act of pouring or shedding, used as a masdar for سفح.

سُفُوحًاnoun

1.
flowingboth
The act of flowing or shedding, used as a masdar for سفح.

فَسَفَحَverb

1.
to shedclassical
To shed, often used in the context of tears.

سَفَحَانnoun

1.
sheddingclassical
The act of shedding, particularly of tears.

سَوَافِحadjective

1.
flowingclassical
Flowing, said of tears.

سَفَّاحadjective

1.
bloodthirstyclassical
One who sheds blood readily; bloodthirsty.
2.
generousclassical
Generous, giving freely.
3.
eloquentclassical
Eloquent, articulate.

سَفَّاحname

1.
titleclassical
A title held by Abdullah ibn Muhammad, the first Abbasid Caliph.

سَفَحَ دمهverb phrase

1.
to spill his bloodboth
To spill his blood.

سَفَاحnoun

1.
bloodshedboth
The shedding of blood; bloodshed.
2.
fornicationclassical
Illicit sexual intercourse; fornication or adultery.

التَّسَافُحnoun

1.
fornicationclassical
The act of fornication or illicit sexual relations.

المُسَافَحَةnoun

1.
fornicatressclassical
A woman who engages in fornication; a fornicatress.

مُسَافِحadjective

1.
fornicatingclassical
Engaging in illicit sexual relations.

ابن المسافحةnoun phrase

1.
son of a fornicatressclassical
A child born out of wedlock; the son of a woman known for fornication.

مَسْفُوحadjective

1.
spilledboth
Poured out or spilled, especially of blood or water.
2.
long and thickclassical
Said of a neck, meaning long and thick.

السَّفِيحnoun

1.
thick clothclassical
A coarse or thick piece of cloth.
2.
arrowclassical
A type of arrow or lot in the game of dice (maisir).

السَّفِيحَانnoun

1.
saddlebagsclassical
Two large bags or panniers placed on a camel.

مِسْفَحadjective

1.
uselessclassical
One who performs an action that yields no benefit, likened to a lot in maisir that has no share.

مَسْفُوحَة الإِبْطadjective phrase

1.
wide-axiledclassical
Said of a she-camel with wide armpits.

مَسْفُوح الضلوعadjective phrase

1.
lean-ribbedclassical
Said of a male camel that is not stout or bulky.

Parallel reading

السفح: عرض الجبل حيث يسفح فيه الماء، وهو عرضه المضطجع؛ وقيل: السفح أصل الجبل؛ وقيل: هو الحضيض الأسفل، والجمع سفوح؛ والسفوح أيضا: الصخور اللينة المتزلقة.

The slope: the side of the mountain where water flows down, and it is its lying width; and it was said: the slope is the base of the mountain; and it was said: it is the lowest ground, and the plural is slopes; and slopes also: soft, slippery rocks.

وسفح الدمع يسفحه سفحا وسفوحا فسفح: أرسله؛ وسفح الدمع نفسه سفحانا؛

And he shed tears, shedding them a pouring and a flowing, so he shed: he sent them forth; and tears shed themselves a shedding;

قال الطرماح: مفجعة، لا دفع للضيم عندها، ... سوى سفحان الدمع من كل مسفح

Al-Tirmmah said: A calamity, there is no warding off oppression with it, ... except the shedding of tears from every place of shedding.

ودموع سوافح، ودمع سفوح سافح ومسفوح.

And flowing tears, and tears that are flowing, shedding, and shed.

والسفح للدم: كالصب.

And the pouring of blood is like its spilling.

ورجل سفاح للدماء: سفاك.

And a man who is a shedder of blood: a blood-shedder.

وسفحت دمه: سفكته.

And I shed his blood: I spilled it.

ويقال: بينهم سفاح أي سفك للدماء.

And it is said: between them is bloodshed, meaning the spilling of blood.

وفي حديث أبي هلال: فقتل على رأس الماء حتى سفح الدم الماء ؛ جاء تفسيره في الحديث: أنه غطى الماء ؛

And in the hadith of Abu Hilal: So he killed at the head of the water until the blood spilled the water; its interpretation came in the hadith: that it covered the water;

والتسافح والمسافحة: الزنا والفجور؛ وفي التنزيل: محصنين غير مسافحين*

And mutual fornication and fornication: adultery and immorality; and in the Quran: chaste, not fornicating*

وهو أن تقيم امرأة مع رجل على فجور من غير تزويج صحيح؛ ويقال لابن البغي: ابن المسافحة؛

And it is for a woman to live with a man in immorality without a valid marriage; and the son of a fornicatress is called: the son of the fornicatress;

وفي الحديث: أوله سفاح وآخره نكاح ، وهي المرأة تسافح رجلا مدة، فيكون بينهما اجتماع على فجور ثم يتزوجها بعد ذلك، وكره بعض الصحابة ذلك، وأجازه أكثرهم.

And in the hadith: its beginning is fornication and its end is marriage, and it is a woman who fornicates with a man for a period, so there is between them a union in immorality, then he marries her afterwards; some companions disliked that, and most permitted it.

والمسافحة: الفاجرة؛ وقال تعالى: محصنات غير مسافحات ؛

And the fornicatress: the immoral woman; and Allah Almighty said: chaste, not fornicating;

وقال أبو إسحاق: المسافحة التي لا تمتنع عن الزنا؛ قال: وسمي الزنا سفاحا لأنه كان عن غير عقد، كأنه بمنزلة الماء المسفوح الذي لا يحبسه شيء؛

And Abu Ishaq said: The fornicatress is she who does not refrain from adultery; he said: and adultery is called 'sifah' because it was without a contract, as if it were like spilled water that nothing holds back;

وكل واحد منهما سفح منيته أي دفقها بلا حرمة أباحت دفقها؛

And each of them shed his semen, meaning he ejaculated it without a sanctity that permitted its ejaculation;

وكان أهل الجاهلية إذا خطب الرجل المرأة، قال: أنكحيني، فإذا أراد الزنا، قال: سافحيني.

And the people of ignorance, when a man proposed to a woman, he would say: Marry me, and if he wanted to commit adultery, he would say: Fornicate with me.

وإننه لمسفوح العنق أي طويله غليظه.

And indeed, he has a spilled neck, meaning long and thick.

والسفيحان: جوالقان كالخرج يجعلان على البعير؛

And the Sufayhan: two saddlebags like a pannier placed on a camel;

والسفيح: قدح من قداح الميسر، مما لا نصيب له؛

And the Sufih: a lot from the lots of maisir, which has no share;

وقال غيره: يقال لكل من عمل عملا لا يجدي عليه: مسفح، وقد سفح تسفيحا؛ شبه بالقدح السفيح؛

And others said: it is said of anyone who does an action that yields no benefit to him: masfah, and he has done tasfihan; likened to the Sufih lot;

وناقة مسفوحة الإبط أي واسعة الإبط؛

And a she-camel with a spilled armpit, meaning wide-axiled;

وجمل مسفوح الضلوع: ليس بكزها؛

And a camel with spilled ribs: not stout;