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سفد

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of mating or copulation, particularly in animals. It also extends to related concepts like impaling or skewering for cooking and a specific sexual position.

Derived headwords

سَفَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to mateboth

    The male animal copulated with the female.

سَفَادًاnoun
  1. 1.
    copulationboth

    The act of mating or copulation.

أسْفَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to mateclassical

    To cause an animal to mate.

تَسَافَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to mate (animals)both

    Wild animals copulated with each other.

تَنُّورnoun
  1. 1.
    skewerboth

    An iron implement used for roasting meat.

تَسْفِيدverb
  1. 1.
    to skewer meatboth

    To thread meat onto a skewer for roasting.

اسْتَسْفَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to mount from behindclassical

    To approach one's camel from behind and mount it.

تَسَفُّدverb
  1. 1.
    to stalkclassical

    To lie in wait for or follow (someone) stealthily.

إسْفِنْدnoun
  1. 1.
    wineclassical

    Wine.

Parallel reading

سفد الذكر على الأنثى
The male copulated with the female.
سفد سفادا
He copulated with a copulation.
تسافد السباع
The wild animals mated.
كتنور: حديدة يشوى بها
Like a tanur: an iron implement used for roasting.
وتسفيد اللحم: نظمه فيها للاشتواء
And to thread the meat onto it for roasting.
واستسفد بعيره: أتاه من خلفه فركبه
And he mounted his camel from behind and rode it.
وتسفده: تعرقبه
And to stalk him: to lie in wait for him.
والإسفند، وتكسر الفاء: الخمر
And al-isfand, with a kasra on the fa: wine.