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الصنافر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of separation, being cut off, or being unknown. It describes something that is distinct or removed from its origin, and can extend to geographical remoteness or an unknown lineage.

Derived headwords

الصِّنَافِرnoun
  1. 1.
    Separation, distinctnessclassical

    The state of being separate or distinct from everything else.

صِنَافِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Remote placeclassical

    A place that is remote, distant, or at the edge of the earth.

صِنَافِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Unknown lineageclassical

    A child whose father is unknown or unrecognized.

Parallel reading

الصنافر، بالضم: الصرف من كل شيء.
Al-ṣināfir, with dammah: the separation from everything.
ولد صنافرة: لا يعرف له أب.
A child of ṣināfirah: one whose father is unknown.
وألحقه الله تعالى بصنافرة، أي: منقطع الأرض بالخافق.
And may God Almighty cast him off to ṣināfirah, meaning: the remotest part of the earth in the west.