شفر

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root شفر primarily relates to edges, borders, and lips, extending to the eyelashes and the edges of eyelids. It also encompasses concepts of scarcity, deficiency, and a sharp cutting edge, as well as terms for specific body parts and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

الشَّفَرnoun

1.
eyelash rootsboth
The place where eyelashes grow on the eyelid, not the hair itself.
2.
edge, sideboth
The side or edge of anything.
3.
lip (of uterus)classical
The edges or borders of the uterus.
4.
lip (of vulva)classical
The edges of a woman's vulva.
5.
someone presentclassical
An individual person, often used in the negative.

شفر العين منابت الأهداب من الجفون — The eyelash roots are the places where the eyelashes grow from the eyelids.

أَشْفَارnoun

1.
eyelashesboth
The hairs on the eyelids, or the edges of the eyelids where they grow.

أشفار العين مغرز الشعر — The eyelash roots are the place where the hair grows.

الشَّفْرَةnoun

1.
sharp edgeboth
A broad and sharp edge, especially of a metal object.
2.
knifeboth
A large, broad knife.
3.
shoemaker's toolclassical
A shoemaker's chisel used for cutting.
4.
servantclassical
A person who serves or performs tasks for others, metaphorically.

أصغر القوم شفرتهم أي خادمهم — The least of the people is their shafrah, meaning their servant.

إن لقيتها نعجة تحمل شفرة وزنادا فلا تهجها — If you meet a ewe carrying a knife and flint, do not disturb her.

الشَّفِيرَةnoun

1.
sexually eager womanclassical
A woman who quickly experiences sexual arousal and orgasm.

المِشْفَرnoun

1.
lip (animal)both
The lip of a camel or other animal, analogous to a human lip.
2.
large lips (person)classical
Having large lips, used for both humans and animals.
3.
edge of camel's lipclassical
The edge of a camel's lip.
4.
place nameclassical
A geographical location in the lands of Adi and Taym.

إنه لعظيم المشافر — He has large lips.

المشفر للبعير كالشفة للإنسان والجحفلة للفرس — The mishfar for a camel is like the shafah for a human and the juhflah for a horse.

المَشْفَرnoun

1.
lip (animal)both
The lip of a camel or other animal, analogous to a human lip.
2.
large lips (person)classical
Having large lips, used for both humans and animals.
3.
edge of camel's lipclassical
The edge of a camel's lip.
4.
place nameclassical
A geographical location in the lands of Adi and Taym.

إنه لعظيم المشافر — He has large lips.

المشفر للبعير كالشفة للإنسان والجحفلة للفرس — The mishfar for a camel is like the shafah for a human and the juhflah for a horse.

الشَّفِيرnoun

1.
edge, brinkboth
The edge or brink of something, like a valley or hell.
2.
side of the eyeclassical
A variant term for the edge of the eye.

حتى وقفوا على شفير جهنم أي جانبها وحرفها — Until they stood on the brink of hell, meaning its side and edge.

شفير الوادي وشفره: ناحيته من أعلاه — The shafir of the valley and its shafar: its side from above.

شَفَرَverb

1.
to be scarceclassical
To be few, diminished, or scarce.
2.
to harmclassical
To cause harm or injury to someone.

شفر إذا آذى إنسانا — Shafar if it harms a person.

شفر إذا نقص — Shafar if it diminishes.

شَفِرَverb

1.
to be scarceclassical
To be few, diminished, or scarce.
2.
to harmclassical
To cause harm or injury to someone.

شفر إذا آذى إنسانا — Shafar if it harms a person.

شفر إذا نقص — Shafar if it diminishes.

شَفَّرَverb

1.
to spend littleclassical
To spend money sparingly or to have little expenditure.

التشفير: قلة النفقة — Tashfeer: scarcity of expenditure.

شَافِرnoun

1.
destroyer of wealthclassical
One who squanders or destroys their wealth.

والشافر: المهلك ماله — And the shafir: the one who destroys their wealth.

شَفَّارnoun

1.
sharp edgesboth
Plural of shafrah, referring to sharp edges.
2.
knivesboth
Plural of shafrah, referring to large knives.

والجمع شفار — And the plural is shifar.

شَفَارِيّadjective

1.
large-eared (jerboa)classical
Describing a jerboa with large, long, or soft ears.
2.
fat (jerboa)classical
Describing a plump, fatty jerboa.

والشفاري: ضرب من اليرابيع — And the shaffari: a type of jerboa.

شَنَفْرَىname

1.
name of a poetclassical
The name of a poet from the Azd tribe.

والشنفرى: اسم شاعر من الأزد وهو فنعلى — And Al-Shanfara: the name of a poet from the Azd, whose name was Fa'la.

مُشَفَّرadjective

1.
scarce, narrow (life)classical
Describing a life that is limited, difficult, or lacking.

وعيش مشفر: قليل ضيق — And a mushaffar life: little and narrow.

Parallel reading

وهو ما نبت عليه الشعر وأصل منبت الشعر في الجفن وليس الشفر من الشعر في شيء

It is where the hair grows and the origin of hair growth on the eyelid, and the shafar is not of the hair itself.

والجمع أشفار؛ سيبويه: لا يكسر على غير ذلك

And the plural is ashfar; Sibawayh said: it is not broken down otherwise.

شمر: أشفار العين مغرز الشعر

Shammir said: The ashfar of the eye are the roots of the hair.

قال أبو منصور: شفر العين منابت الأهداب من الجفون

Abu Mansur said: The shafar of the eye are the places where the eyelashes grow from the eyelids.

الجوهري: الأشفار حروف الأجفان التي ينبت عليها الشعر، وهو الهدب

Al-Jawhari said: The ashfar are the edges of the eyelids where the hair grows, which is the eyelash.

وفي حديث سعد بن الربيع: لا عذر لكم إن وصل إلى رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وفيكم شفر يطرف

And in the hadith of Sa'd bin Ar-Rabi': You have no excuse if it reaches the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, while there is a blinking shafar among you.

وفي حديث الشعبي: كانوا لا يؤقتون في الشفر شيئا أي لا يوجبون فيه شيئا مقدرا

And in the hadith of Al-Sha'bi: They did not set a time for the shafar, meaning they did not obligate a fixed amount for it.

وشفر كل شيء: ناحيته

And the shafar of everything: its side.

وشفر الرحم وشافرها: حروفها

And the shafar of the uterus and its shafir: its edges.

والشفرة والشفيرة من النساء: التي تجد شهوتها في شفرها فيجيء ماؤها سريعا

And the shafrah and the shafirah among women: she who finds her desire in her shafrah, so her fluid comes quickly.

ويقال لناحيتي فرج المرأة: الإسكتان؛ ولطرفيهما: الشفران

And the two sides of a woman's vulva are called al-iskatan; and their extremities are the shafaran.

ولا يقال المشفر إلا للبعير

And al-mishfar is not said except for a camel.

وما بالدار شفر وشفر أي أحد

And there is no one in the house, meaning no one at all.

تمر بنا الأيام ما لمحت بنا ... بصيرة عين، من سوانا، على شفر

The days pass by us without the sight of an eye, from others than us, catching sight of us on the brink.

والمشفر من البعير كالجحفلة من الفرس، ومشافر الفرس مستعارة منه

And the mishfar of a camel is like the juhflah of a horse, and the mishfar of a horse is borrowed from it.

وفي المثل: أراك بشر ما أحار مشفر أي أغناك الظاهر عن سؤال الباطن، وأصله في البعير

And in the proverb: I see you with the worst mishfar, meaning the apparent suffices you from asking about the hidden, and its origin is with the camel.

والشفير: حد مشفر البعير

And the shafir: the edge of the camel's mishfar.

وفي الحديث: أن أعرابيا قال: يا رسول الله، إن النقبة قد تكون بمشفر البعير في الإبل العظيمة فتجرب كلها، قال: فما أجرب الأول؟

And in the hadith: An Arab said: O Messenger of Allah, a blemish may be on the mishfar of a camel among great camels, and it is all tested. He said: What about the first one?

شفير الوادي: حد حرفه، وكذلك شفير جهنم، نعوذ بالله منها

The shafir of the valley: its edge, and likewise the shafir of hell, may Allah protect us from it.

وفي حديث ابن عمر: حتى وقفوا على شفير جهنم أي جانبها وحرفها

And in the hadith of Ibn Umar: Until they stood on the brink of hell, meaning its side and edge.

وشفيره كل شيء حرفه، وحرف كل شيء شفره وشفيره كالوادي ونحوه

And the shafir of everything is its edge, and the edge of everything is its shafar and shafir, like a valley and the like.

فأما ما أنشده ابن الأعرابي من قوله: بزرقاوين لم تحرف، ولما ... يصبها غائر بشفير مأق

As for what Ibn Al-A'rabi recited from his saying: With two blue eyes, not distorted, and not yet... a deep wound has struck the shafir of the eye.

وشفر المال: قل وذهب؛ عن ابن الأعرابي، وأنشد لشاعر يذكر نسوة: مولعات بهات هات، فإن ... شفر مال، أردن منك انخلاعا

And shafar of wealth: it became scarce and went away; from Ibn Al-A'rabi, and he recited for a poet mentioning women: They are fond of 'haat haat', so if... wealth becomes scarce, they desire to detach from you.

وعيش مشفر: قليل ضيق؛ وقال الشاعر: قد شفرت نفقات القوم بعدكم، ... فأصبحوا ليس فيهم غير ملهوف

And a mushaffar life: little and narrow; and the poet said: The expenditures of the people have become scarce after you, ... so they became such that among them there is no one but a distressed person.

والشفرة من الحديد: ما عرض وحدد، والجمع شفار

And the shafrah of iron: what is wide and sharp, and the plural is shifar.

وفي المثل: أصغر القوم شفرتهم أي خادمهم

And in the proverb: The least of the people is their shafrah, meaning their servant.

وفي الحديث: إن أنسا كان شفرة القوم في السفر ؛ معناه أنه كان خادمهم الذي يكفيهم مهنتهم، شبه بالشفرة التي تمتهن في قطع اللحم وغيره

And in the hadith: Anas was the shafrah of the people on the journey; meaning he was their servant who sufficed them in their tasks, likened to the shafrah which is used for cutting meat and other things.

والشفرة، بالفتح: السكين العريضة العظيمة، وجمعها شفر وشفار

And the shafrah, with fatha: the large, broad knife, and its plural is shafar and shifar.

وفي الحديث: إن لقيتها نعجة تحمل شفرة وزنادا فلا تهجها

And in the hadith: If you meet a ewe carrying a shafrah and flint, do not disturb her.

وشفرات السيوف: حروف حدها؛ قال الكميت يصف السيوف: يرى الراؤون بالشفرات منها ... وقود أبي حباحب والظبينا

And the shafarat of swords: their sharp edges; Al-Kumait said, describing swords: The beholders see from their shafarat... the burning of Abu Hubahib and the gazelle.

وشفرة السيف: حده

And the shafrah of a sword: its edge.

وشفرة الإسكاف: إزميله الذي يقطع به

And the shafrah of a shoemaker: his chisel with which he cuts.

أبو حنيفة: شفرتا النصل جانباه

Abu Hanifa: The two shafarat of the blade are its sides.

وأذن شفارية وشرافية: ضخمة، وقيل: طويلة عريضة لينة الفرع

And a shaffariyah and shurafiyah ear: large, and it was said: long, wide, with a soft lobe.

والشفاري: ضرب من اليرابيع، ويقال لها ضأن اليرابيع، وهي أسمنها وأفضلها، يكون في آذانها طول، ولليربوع الشفاري ظفر في وسط ساقه

And the shaffari: a type of jerboa, and they are called the sheep of the jerboas, and they are the fattest and best of them, having length in their ears, and the shaffari jerboa has a claw in the middle of its leg.

ويربوع شفاري: على أذنه شعر

And a shaffari jerboa: has hair on its ear.

ويربوع شفاري: ضخم الأذنين، وقيل: هو الطويل الأذنين العاري البراثن ولا يلحق سريعا، وقيل: هو الطويل القوائم الرخو اللحم الكثير الدسم؛ قال: وإني لأصطاد اليرابيع كلها: ... شفاريها والتدمري المقصعا

And a shaffari jerboa: large-eared, and it was said: it is the long-eared one with bare paws that cannot be caught quickly, and it was said: it is the long-limbed one with soft flesh and much fat; he said: And I hunt all the jerboas: ... their shaffari and the Tadmuri who is covered in paws.

والمشفر: أرض من بلاد عدي وتيم؛ قال الراعي: فلما هبطن المشفر العود عرست، ... بحيث التقت أجراعه ومشارفه

And Al-Mishfar: land from the country of Adi and Taym; Al-Rai said: When they descended to the old Mishfar, they camped, ... where their ravines and their high grounds met.

ويروى: مشفر العود، وهو أيضا اسم أرض

And it is narrated: Mishfar Al-Aud, and it is also a name of land.

وفي حديث كرز الفهري: لما أغار على سرح المدينة كان يرعى بشفر ؛ هو بضم الشين وفتح الفاء، جبل بالمدينة يهبط إلى العقيق

And in the hadith of Karaz Al-Fahri: When he raided the herds of Medina, it was grazing at Shafar; it is with damma on the shin and fatha on the fa, a mountain in Medina that descends to Al-Aqiq.

وفي المثل: أعدى من الشنفرى، وكان من العدائين

And in the proverb: More elusive than Al-Shanfara, and he was one of the runners.