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سءفت

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes states of cracking, peeling, and fraying, particularly related to skin, nails, and plant fibers. It also extends to terms for parts of a palm tree and animal tail hair, and a specific type of sand formation.

Derived headwords

سَئِفَverb
  1. 1.
    to crackboth

    Used to describe hands that have become cracked.

  2. 2.
    to frayclassical

    Used to describe the area around the fingernails becoming frayed or disheveled.

  3. 3.
    to peelboth

    Used to describe lips that have become peeled or chapped.

  4. 4.
    to become disheveledclassical

    Used to describe palm fibers becoming disheveled and peeling off.

سَأْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    crackingboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) of the verb سئف, referring to the state of being cracked.

سَأْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    crackclassical

    A crack, particularly referring to cracks in the skin around the fingernails.

  2. 2.
    peelingclassical

    The state of peeling, specifically referring to the peeling of fingernails.

سُؤَافnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of blightclassical

    A blight or disease that affects property or wealth.

سَأْفnoun
  1. 1.
    palm frondboth

    The green leaves or fronds of a palm tree.

  2. 2.
    tail hairboth

    The coarse hair of an animal's tail.

  3. 3.
    bristleboth

    Coarse hair or bristles, such as those on a brush or animal.

سَائِفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sand formationclassical

    A low-lying or eroded part of a sand dune, the lower parts of the sand.

سَوَائِفnoun
  1. 1.
    sand formationsclassical

    Plural of سائفة, referring to low-lying or eroded parts of sand dunes.

انسَأَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to become disheveledclassical

    To become frayed, disheveled, and peeling, used for palm fibers.

Parallel reading

سئفت يده
His hand became cracked.
وتشعث ما حول الأظفار
And the area around the fingernails became frayed.
وهي سئفة
And it is a crack (around the nail).
أو هي تشقق الأظفار نفسها
Or it is the cracking of the fingernails themselves.
و شفته: تقشرت
And his lips: they peeled.
و ليف النخل: تشعث، وانقشر
And the palm fibers: they became disheveled and peeled off.
كانسأف
As if they became disheveled and peeled off.
وسؤف ماله، ككرم: وقع فيه السؤاف
And his wealth was afflicted, like the verb كَرُمَ (to be noble), a blight (السؤاف) befell it.
وهو لغة في السواف بالواو
And it is a variant pronunciation for السواف (with a waw).
والسأف، محركة: سعف النخل
And السأف, when vocalized (with fatha on the sin and hamza), refers to palm fronds.
وشعر الذنب
And the hair of the tail.
والهلب
And coarse hair.
والسائفة: ما استرق من أسافل الرمل
And السائفة: what is thinned from the lower parts of the sand.
ج: سوائف
Plural: سوائف.