السفح

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the lower parts of mountains, slopes, and the act of flowing or pouring out. It extends to concepts of generosity, illicit sexual relations, and specific historical figures or objects.

Derived headwords

السَّفْحnoun

1.
mountain base/slopeboth
The lower part, base, or slope of a mountain.
2.
foothillsclassical
The area at the foot of a mountain.
3.
low groundclassical
The lowest part or ground.

سَفَحَverb

1.
to shed (blood)both
To pour out or shed blood.
2.
to shed (tears)both
To let tears flow or pour out.

وسفح الدم، كمنع: أراقه — and to shed blood, as in منع (form I), means to pour it out

والدمع: أرسله سفحا وسفوحا — and tears: to send them flowing abundantly

سَفْحًاnoun

1.
flowing abundantlyboth
Describing the abundant flow of tears.

والدمع سفحا وسفوحا وسفحانا: انصب — and tears: to flow abundantly, copiously, and profusely

سُفُوحًاnoun

1.
flowing abundantlyboth
Describing the abundant flow of tears.

والدمع سفحا وسفوحا وسفحانا: انصب — and tears: to flow abundantly, copiously, and profusely

سَفَحَانًاnoun

1.
flowing profuselyboth
Describing the profuse flow of tears.

والدمع سفحا وسفوحا وسفحانا: انصب — and tears: to flow abundantly, copiously, and profusely

سَافِحadjective

1.
flowingboth
Describing something that is flowing, particularly tears.

وهو سافح، ج: سوافح — and it is flowing, pl: flowing ones

سَوَافِحnoun

1.
flowing thingsboth
Plural of سافح, referring to things that flow, like tears.

التَّسَافُحnoun

1.
fornicationclassical
Illicit sexual intercourse; fornication.

والتسافح والسفاح والمسافحة: الفجور — And التسافح, السفاح, and المسافحة mean illicit sexual relations.

السِّفَاحnoun

1.
fornicationclassical
Illicit sexual intercourse; fornication.
2.
generous personclassical
A very generous or giving person.
3.
eloquent personclassical
An eloquent or articulate person.
4.
Abd Allah ibn Muhammad
The name of Abd Allah ibn Muhammad, the first Abbasid caliph.
5.
Arab leaderclassical
A chief or leader among the Arabs.
6.
Sayf Hamid ibn Buhdal
The sword of Hamid ibn Buhdal.

والتسافح والسفاح والمسافحة: الفجور — And التسافح, السفاح, and المسافحة mean illicit sexual relations.

والسفاح، ككتان: المعطاء، والفصيح، — And السفاح, like كتّان (kuttan), means the generous, the eloquent,

المُسَافَحَةnoun

1.
fornicationclassical
Illicit sexual intercourse; fornication.

والتسافح والسفاح والمسافحة: الفجور — And التسافح, السفاح, and المسافحة mean illicit sexual relations.

السُّفُوحnoun

1.
soft rocksclassical
Soft or yielding rocks.

والسفوح: الصخور اللينة — And السفوح: the soft rocks.

السَّفِيحnoun

1.
thick garmentclassical
A coarse or thick garment.
2.
gambling arrowclassical
A lot or portion in the game of dice (maysir) that has no share.
3.
large sackclassical
A large sack or bag.

والسفيح: الكساء الغليظ، وقدح من الميسر لا نصيب له، والجوالق — And السفيح: the thick garment, and a lot from the game of chance that has no share, and the large sack.

المَسْفُوحadjective

1.
stretched outclassical
A camel that is stretched out or extended on the ground.
2.
wideclassical
Wide or spacious.
3.
thickclassical
Thick or coarse.
4.
Farass horse
The name of a horse belonging to Sakhr ibn Amr ibn al-Harith.

والمسفوح: بعير سفح في الأرض ومد، والواسع، والغليظ، وفرس صخر بن عمرو بن الحارث — And المسفوح: a camel stretched out on the ground and extended, the wide, the thick, and the horse of Sakhr ibn Amr ibn al-Harith.

المِسْفَحnoun

1.
one who does futile workclassical
Someone who performs an action that yields no benefit.

والمسفح: من عمل عملا لا يجدي عليه، وقد سفح تسفيحا — And المسفح: one who does a deed from which he gains no benefit, and he has done futile work.

تَسْفِيحًاnoun

1.
futile workclassical
The act of doing work that is of no avail or benefit.

وقد سفح تسفيحا — and he has done futile work.

سَفَاحًاadverb

1.
without riskclassical
Meaning without danger or risk.

وأجروا سفاحا: أي بغير خطر — And they conducted it without risk: meaning without danger.

مَسْفُوحَة الإِبْطadjective

1.
wide-armedclassical
Describing a she-camel with wide armpits (a sign of strength or good build).

وناقة مسفوحة الإبط: واسعته — And a she-camel with wide armpits: meaning its armpits are wide.

الأَصْلَعadjective

1.
baldboth
Bald, especially on the head.

والأسفح، الأصلع — And الأسفح, the bald one.

Parallel reading

وعرض الجبل المضطجع، أو أصله، أو أسفله، أو الحضيض، ج: سفوح.

And the breadth of the reclining mountain, or its origin, or its lower part, or the foothills, pl: slopes.

وسفح الدم، كمنع: أراقه

And to shed blood, as in منع (form I), means to pour it out

والدمع: أرسله سفحا وسفوحا

And tears: to send them flowing abundantly

والدمع سفحا وسفوحا وسفحانا: انصب

And tears: to flow abundantly, copiously, and profusely

وهو سافح، ج: سوافح.

And it is flowing, pl: flowing ones.

والتسافح والسفاح والمسافحة: الفجور.

And التسافح, السفاح, and المسافحة mean illicit sexual relations.

والسفاح، ككتان: المعطاء، والفصيح، وعبد الله بن محمد أول خلفاء بني العباس، ورئيس للعرب، وسيف حميد بن بحدل.

And السفاح, like كتّان (kuttan), means the generous, the eloquent, Abd Allah ibn Muhammad the first Abbasid caliph, a chief of the Arabs, and the sword of Hamid ibn Buhdal.

والسفوح: الصخور اللينة.

And السفوح: the soft rocks.

والسفيح: الكساء الغليظ، وقدح من الميسر لا نصيب له، والجوالق.

And السفيح: the thick garment, and a lot from the game of chance that has no share, and the large sack.

والمسفوح: بعير سفح في الأرض ومد، والواسع، والغليظ، وفرس صخر بن عمرو بن الحارث.

And المسفوح: a camel stretched out on the ground and extended, the wide, the thick, and the horse of Sakhr ibn Amr ibn al-Harith.

والمسفح: من عمل عملا لا يجدي عليه، وقد سفح تسفيحا.

And المسفح: one who does a deed from which he gains no benefit, and he has done futile work.

وأجروا سفاحا: أي بغير خطر.

And they conducted it without risk: meaning without danger.

وناقة مسفوحة الإبط: واسعته.

And a she-camel with wide armpits: meaning its armpits are wide.

والأسفح، الأصلع.

And الأسفح, the bald one.