وسف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes cracking, peeling, or flaking, particularly of skin or surfaces. It extends to the shedding of hair or fur and can metaphorically apply to dried fruits.

Derived headwords

الوَسْفnoun

1.
Cracking, peelingboth
A cracking or peeling that appears on the hand or the thigh of a camel, especially at the front of the thigh and hindquarters when fat and plump.

تَوَسَّفَverb

1.
To crack, peelboth
To become cracked or peeled, referring to skin or surfaces.
2.
To shed hair/furclassical
The shedding or scattering of the fur or hair of camels.

تَوَسُّفnoun

1.
Peeling, flakingboth
The act or process of peeling or flaking off, especially of skin.

مُتَوَسِّفَةadjective

1.
Peeling, crackedclassical
Describing something that is peeling or cracked, such as skin or a date.

وَسَفَverb

1.
To peelclassical
To peel something, such as skin or a date.

مُوَسَّفَةadjective

1.
Peeledclassical
Describing a date that has been peeled.

Parallel reading

الوَسْف: تشقق يبدو في اليد وفي فخذ البعير.

Al-wasf: cracking that appears on the hand and on the thigh of a camel.

الوَسْف تشقق يبدو في مقدم فخذ البعير وعجزه عند مؤخر السمن والاكتناز، ثم يعم جسده فيتقشر جلده ويتوسف، وقد توسف، وربما توسف الجلد من داء وقوباء، وتوسفت التمرة كذلك

Al-wasf is cracking that appears on the front of the camel's thigh and its hindquarters when fat and plump, then it affects its body, its skin peels and cracks, and it has cracked, and the skin may crack from disease or ringworm, and a date cracks similarly.

وكنت، إذا ما قرب الزاد، مولعا ... بكل كميت جلدة لم توسف

And I was, when provisions were brought near, fond ... of every dark red date, firm, not peeled.

كميت: تمرة حمراء إلى السواد.

Kumayt: a date that is reddish-black.

وجلدة: صلبة.

And jaldah: firm.

لم توسف: لم تقشر.

Lam tuwasaf: not peeled.

وتوسفت أوبار الإبل: تطايرت عنها وافترقت.

And the camel's fur scattered: it flew off and separated from it.

وسفته إذا قشرته.

I peeled it if I peeled it.

وتمرة موسفة: مقشورة.

And a musaffah date: peeled.

إذا سقط الوبر أو الشعر من الجلد وتغير قيل توسف.

If the fur or hair falls from the skin and changes, it is said to have cracked.

والتوسف: التقشر

And al-tasaffuf: peeling.

وهذا ابن قين جلده يتوسف

And this is Ibn Qayn, his skin is peeling.

يقال للقرح والجدري إذا يبس وتقرف وللجرب أيضا في الإبل إذا قفل: قد توسف جلده وتقشقش جلده، كله بمعنى.

It is said of sores and smallpox when they dry and peel, and also of mange in camels when it crusts over: 'his skin has cracked and his skin has become crusty,' all with the same meaning.