صنف

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of types, kinds, sorts, and varieties of things. It extends to the act of classifying, distinguishing, and categorizing items. Additionally, it describes specific parts of garments, like edges or corners, and can refer to a portion or group within a larger entity.

Derived headwords

الصِّنْفnoun

1.
kind, type, sortboth
A category or classification of something, representing a particular kind or variety.
2.
quality, characteristicclassical
A distinguishing attribute or feature of something.
3.
group, portionclassical
A segment or part of a larger whole, often referring to a group of people or things.

صِنْفnoun

1.
kind, type, sortboth
A category or classification of something, representing a particular kind or variety.
2.
quality, characteristicclassical
A distinguishing attribute or feature of something.
3.
group, portionclassical
A segment or part of a larger whole, often referring to a group of people or things.

أصْنَافnoun

1.
kinds, types, sortsboth
The plural form of 'ṣinf', referring to multiple categories or varieties of things.

صُنُوفnoun

1.
kinds, types, sortsboth
The plural form of 'ṣinf', referring to multiple categories or varieties of things.

التَّصْنِيفnoun

1.
classification, categorizationboth
The act or process of dividing things into groups or classes based on shared characteristics.
2.
distinction, differentiationclassical
The act of making distinctions or separating one thing from another.

صَنَّفَverb

1.
to classify, categorizeboth
To arrange or divide things into different groups or classes based on their type or characteristics.
2.
to distinguish, differentiateclassical
To make a distinction between things, or to separate them from one another.
3.
to produce leaves/shootsclassical
Used for plants, meaning to begin to sprout leaves or new growth.

صِنْفَةnoun

1.
hem, fringeclassical
The border or edge of a garment, especially one that has fringe.
2.
edge, sideclassical
The side or border of a piece of cloth or garment.
3.
cornerclassical
The corner of a piece of clothing.
4.
portion, groupclassical
A segment or part of something, like a piece of cloth.

صِنْفَة الإِزَارnoun

1.
hem of a loinclothclassical
The fringe or border of a loincloth.
2.
edge of a loinclothclassical
The side or edge of a loincloth.

صِنْفَة الثَّوْبnoun

1.
corner of a garmentclassical
The corner of a piece of clothing.

صِنْفَاتnoun

1.
corners of a garmentclassical
The plural of 'ṣinfa', referring to the corners of a garment.
2.
sides of mirageclassical
Describing the shimmering sides of a mirage.

مُصَنَّفadjective

1.
classified, categorizedboth
Having been divided into types or sorts.
2.
leafy, sproutingclassical
Describing plants that have begun to grow leaves or shoots.

أَصْنَفadjective

1.
peeling, crackedclassical
Describing legs or lips that are peeling or cracked.

تَصَنَّفَverb

1.
to sprout leavesclassical
Used for plants, meaning to begin to grow leaves or new growth.
2.
to crack, to peelclassical
Used for body parts like legs or lips, meaning to become cracked or peeling.

صِنْفِيّadjective

1.
a type of incense woodclassical
Referring to a specific, not very good, type of incense wood.

Parallel reading

الصِّنْف والصِّنْف: النوع والضرب من الشيء.

Al-ṣinf and al-ṣinf: the type and kind of a thing.

يقال: صنف وصنف من المتاع لغتان، والجمع أصناف وصنوف.

It is said: ṣinf and ṣinf are two pronunciations for 'kind' of goods, and the plural is aṣnāf and ṣunūf.

والتصنيف: تمييز الأشياء بعضها من بعض.

And al-taṣnīf: distinguishing things from one another.

وصنف الشيء: ميز بعضه من بعض.

And he classified the thing: he distinguished parts of it from each other.

وتصنيف الشيء: جعله أصنافا.

And the classification of a thing: making it into kinds.

والصنف: الصفة.

And al-ṣinf: the quality.

وصنفة الإزار، بكسر النون: طرته التي عليها الهدب، وقيل: هي حاشيته، أية كانت.

And the ṣinfa of the loincloth, with a kasra on the nun: its fringe which has the embroidery, and it was said: it is its edge, whatever it may be.

صنفة الإزار، بالكسر، طرته، وهي جانبه الذي لا هدب له، ويقال: هي حاشية الثوب، أي جانب كان.

The ṣinfa of the loincloth, with a kasra, is its fringe, which is its side that has no fringe, and it is said: it is the edge of the garment, any side it may be.

وفي الحديث: فلينفضه بصنفة إزاره فإنه لا يدري ما خلفه عليه.

And in the hadith: 'Let him shake it off with the ṣinfa of his loincloth, for he does not know what has come upon it.'

وصنفة الثوب: زاويته، والجمع صنف، وللثوب أربع صنفات.

And the ṣinfa of the garment: its corner, and the plural is ṣinf, and a garment has four ṣinfāt.

الصنفة والصنفة قطعة من الثوب؛

Al-ṣinfa and al-ṣinfa is a piece of cloth;

الصنف والصنفة الطرف والزاوية من الثوب وغيره.

Al-ṣinf and al-ṣinfa is the edge and the corner of a garment and other things.

الصنف طائفة من كل شيء؛ وكل ضرب من الأشياء صنف على حدة؛

Al-ṣinf is a group of everything; and every kind of thing is a ṣinf by itself;

يعاطي القور بالصنفات منه، ... كما تعطي رواحضها السبوب

It gives the plains with its ṣinfāt, ... as the downpours give their torrents

فإنما يصف سرابا يعاطي بجوانبه الجبال كأنه يفيض عليها كما تعطي السبوب غواسلها من بياض ونقاء، فالصنفات على هذا جوانب السراب،

He is describing a mirage that borders the mountains as if it overflows upon them, just as the downpours give their torrents of whiteness and purity, so the ṣinfāt in this case are the sides of the mirage,

سقيا لحلوان ذي الكروم، وما ... صنف من تينه ومن عنبه

May Ḥulwān, owner of vineyards, be watered, and what ... is of its figs and its grapes

ويقال: صنف ميز، وصنف خرج ورقه، وصنفت العضاه اخضرت؛

And it is said: ṣanafa means to distinguish, and ṣanafa means its leaves emerged, and the thorny trees ṣanafat, meaning they became green;

رآها فؤادي أم خشف خلا لها، ... بقور الوراقين، السراء المصنف

Did my heart see it, or a young gazelle that became solitary for it, ... in the valleys of the leaf-growers, the greening Sarrā'

صنف الشجر إذا بدا يورق فكان صنفين صنف قد أورق وصنف لم يورق، وليس هذا بقوي، وكذلك تصنف؛

A tree is ṣinf when it begins to sprout leaves, so that there are two kinds: one kind has sprouted, and one kind has not sprouted. This is not strong, and likewise taṣannafa;

بها الجازئات العين تضحي وكورها ... فيال، إذا الأرطى لها تتصنف

In it, the sharp-eyed ones spend their mornings and their nests ... are visible, when the Arṭā trees begin to sprout.

وظليم أصنف الساقين: متقشرهما؛

And an ostrich with أصنف legs: meaning their peeling.

هزف أصنف الساقين هقل، ... يبادر بيضه برد الشمال

A swift, أصنف-legged, strong one, ... hastening its eggs against the north wind.

أصنف: متقشر.

Aṣnaf: peeling.

تصنفت ساقه إذا تشققت.

His leg taṣannafa if it cracked.

وتصنفت شفته إذا تشققت.

And his lip taṣannafa if it cracked.

وعود صنفي، بالفتح: لضرب من عود الطيب ليس بجيد، قال الجوهري: منسوب إلى موضع، وقيل: عود صنفي، بالفتح، للبخور لا غير.

And Ṣinfī oud, with a fatha: is a type of incense wood that is not good. Al-Jauhari said: it is attributed to a place. And it was said: Ṣinfī oud, with a fatha, is for incense only.