صوف

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root 'صوف' primarily relates to wool, specifically sheep's wool, and its characteristics. It extends to describe abundance of wool, and metaphorically, things resembling wool or its texture. It also encompasses terms related to specific tribes and actions associated with them, as well as figurative uses for grip and deviation.

Derived headwords

الصُوفnoun

1.
Woolboth
The fleece of sheep and similar animals, distinguished from the hair of goats and the fur of camels.
2.
Woolen materialboth
Material made from wool.

صُوفَةnoun

1.
A single wool fiberboth
A single strand or piece of wool, specifically from a sheep.
2.
Tuft of hairboth
A tuft of hair, especially on the nape of the neck or behind the ears.
3.
A type of plantclassical
A known herb that is downy and short.
4.
A tribe or clanclassical
A specific tribe or clan, particularly one associated with serving the Kaaba and facilitating the departure of pilgrims.

أصْوَافnoun

1.
Wool (plural)both
The plural form of wool, referring to multiple pieces or types of wool.

صَوِيفnoun

1.
Diminutive of woolboth
A diminutive form of 'صوفة', referring to a small piece of wool.

أصْوَفadjective

1.
Woollyboth
Having abundant wool.

صُوفadjective

1.
Woollyboth
Having abundant wool, similar to 'أصوف'.

صَائِفadjective

1.
Woollyboth
Having abundant wool.

صُوفَانِيadjective

1.
Woollyboth
Having abundant wool.

صَافadjective

1.
Woollyboth
Having abundant wool.

صَافّadjective

1.
Woollyboth
Having abundant wool.

صَافَّةadjective

1.
Woollyboth
Having abundant wool, used for a female sheep.
2.
Resembling woolboth
Describing hair that resembles wool.

صُوفَانَةadjective

1.
Woollyboth
Having abundant wool, used for a female sheep.

يَصُوفverb

1.
To have abundant woolboth
To possess or grow a lot of wool, said of a ram.
2.
To deviateclassical
To swerve or turn aside from a course.

صَوْفnoun

1.
Abundance of woolboth
The state of having abundant wool, as a masdar of 'يصوف'.

صُوف البحرnoun

1.
Sea woolboth
A substance found in the sea that resembles animal wool.

صُوفَة القفاnoun

1.
Nape tuftboth
The downy hair or tufts of hair at the nape of the neck.

صُوف الكَرْمnoun

1.
Grapevine shootsboth
The new shoots or buds of a grapevine that appear after harvest.

الصُّوفَانnoun

1.
Those in chargeclassical
Individuals who hold a position of authority or responsibility, particularly in relation to the Kaaba or pilgrimage.

أجازي صُوفَةname

1.
Expedite the Sufah tribeclassical
A command or request to allow the Sufah tribe to proceed, signifying the start of the general pilgrim departure.

يَصُوفverb

1.
To deviateclassical
To swerve or turn aside from a target, said of an arrow.

يَصِيفverb

1.
To deviateclassical
To swerve or turn aside from a target, said of an arrow.

أصَافَ اللهverb

1.
May God avertboth
A supplication asking God to turn away or avert evil.

Parallel reading

الصوف للضأن وما أشبهه

Wool is for sheep and what resembles them.

الصوف للشاة والصوفة أخص منه

Wool is for the sheep, and 'ṣūfah' is more specific than it.

الصوف للغنم كالشعر للمعز والوبر للإبل

Wool is to sheep as hair is to goats and fur is to camels.

وقوله: حلبانة ركبانة صفوف، ... تخلط بين وبر وصوف

And his saying: 'Ḥalbanah, rukbānah, ṣufūf,'... mixes between fur and wool.

أنها تباع فيشترى بها غنم وإبل

That they are sold and with their price sheep and camels are bought.

يقول تسرع في مشيتها، شبه رجع يديها بقوس النداف الذي يخلط بين الوبر والصوف

He says it speeds in its gait, likening the swing of its forelegs to the beater's bow which mixes fur and wool.

ويقال لواحدة الصوف صوفة، ويصغر صويفة

And one piece of wool is called 'ṣūfah', and its diminutive is 'ṣuwayfah'.

وكبش أصوف وصوف على مثال فعل، وصائف وصاف وصاف، الأخيرة مقلوبة، وصوفاني، كل ذلك: كثير الصوف

And a ram with abundant wool, and 'ṣūf' like 'fi'al', and 'ṣā'if', 'ṣāff', and 'ṣāff' (the last is inverted), and 'ṣūfānī', all of these mean: having abundant wool.

صاف الكبش بعد ما زمر يصوف صوفا

The ram had abundant wool after it had rutted, it produced wool.

فهو كبش صوف بين الصوف

So it is a woolly ram, among the woolly ones.

ولية صافة: يشبه شعرها الصوف

A woolly udder: its hair resembles wool.

إذا أفزعوا أم الصبيين، نفضوا ... غفاري شعثا، صافة لم ترجل

When they are frightened, the mother of the two boys, they shake... disheveled hair, woolly and uncombed.

يقال كبش صوفان ونعجة صوفانة

It is said: a woolly ram and a woolly ewe.

خرقاء وجدت صوفا؛ يضرب للأحمق يصيب مالا فيضيعه في غير موضعه

'A clumsy one found wool'; it is said about a fool who obtains wealth and wastes it inappropriately.

وصوف البحر: شيء على شكل هذا الصوف الحيواني، واحدته صوفة

And sea wool: something in the shape of this animal wool, its singular is 'ṣūfah'.

لا آتيك ما بل بحر صوفة

I will not come to you as long as the sea wets a 'ṣūfah'.

والصوفانة: بقلة معروفة وهي زغباء قصيرة

And 'al-ṣūfānah': a known herb which is downy and short.

وأخذ بصوفة رقبته وصوفها وصافها: وهي زغبات فيها

And he took him by the tuft of his neck, and its wool, and its fluff: which are the downy hairs in it.

وتسمى زغبات القفا صوفة القفا

And the downy hairs of the nape are called the nape's tuft.

خذ بصوفة قفاه وبصوف قفاه وبقردته وبكردته

Take him by the tuft of his nape, and by the wool of his nape, and by his nape, and by his nape.

أي بجلد رقبته؛ وذلك إذا تبعه وظن أن لن يدركه فلحقه، أخذ برقبته أم لم يأخذ

Meaning by the skin of his neck; and that is when he followed him and thought he would not catch him, so he caught up to him, whether he grabbed his neck or not.

أي بشعره المتدلي في نقرة قفاه

Meaning by his dangling hair in the hollow of his nape.

إذا أخذه بقفاه جمعاء

If he took him by his entire nape.

أي أخذه قهرا

Meaning he took him by force.

أعطاه بصوف رقبته كما يقال أعطاه برمته

He gave it to him by the tuft of his neck, just as it is said he gave it to him entirely.

أعطاه مجانا ولم يأخذ ثمنا

He gave it to him for free and did not take a price.

وصوف الكرم: بدت نواميه بعد الصرام

And grapevine wool: its buds appeared after the harvest.

كل من ولي شيئا من عمل البيت، وهم الصوفان

Whoever was in charge of something related to the House (Kaaba), and they are 'al-ṣūfān'.

وكانوا يخدمون الكعبة في الجاهلية ويجيزون الحاج أي يفيضون بهم

And they used to serve the Kaaba in the pre-Islamic era and allow the pilgrims to depart, meaning they would send them off.

وكانوا يجيزون الحاج في الجاهلية من منى، فيكونون أول من يدفع

And they used to allow the pilgrims to depart from Mina in the pre-Islamic era, so they would be the first to move.

أجيزي صوفة، فإذا أجازت قيل: أجيزي خندف، فإذا أجازت أذن للناس كلهم في الإجازة، وهي الإفاضة

Expedite Sufah, and when they expedited, it was said: Expedite Khindif, and when they expedited, permission was granted for all people to depart, which is the general departure.

ولا يريمون في التعريف موقفهم ... حتى يقال: أجيزوا آل صوفانا

And they do not leave their station at Arafat... until it is said: Expedite the family of Sufan.

وكانت العرب إذا حجت وحضرت عرفة لا تدفع منها حتى يدفع بها صوفة

And when the Arabs performed Hajj and were at Arafat, they would not depart from it until Sufah departed.

وكذلك لا ينفرون من منى حتى تنفر صوفة، فإذا أبطأت بهم قالوا: أجيزي صوفة

And likewise, they would not leave Mina until Sufah left. So if they were delayed, they would say: Expedite Sufah.

صاف عني شره يصوف صوفا: عدل

His evil deviated from me, he deviated 'ṣūfā': he turned aside.

صاف السهم عن الهدف يصوف ويصيف: عدل عنه

The arrow deviated from the target, it deviated 'ṣūf' and 'ṣayf': it turned aside from it.

صاف عني شر فلان

Turn away from me the evil of so-and-so.

وأصاف الله عني شره

And may God avert his evil from me.