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السجف

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to covering, veiling, and curtains. It extends to concepts of concealment, the night, and even physical attributes like a slender waist.

Derived headwords

السَّجْفnoun
  1. 1.
    curtainboth

    A curtain, a covering, or a veil.

  2. 2.
    paired curtainsclassical

    Two curtains joined together with a gap between them.

  3. 3.
    door curtainclassical

    A door covered by two joined curtains, where each half is called a 'sajf'.

سَجْفnoun
  1. 1.
    curtainboth

    A curtain or covering.

سُجُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    curtainsboth

    The plural of 'sajf', referring to curtains or coverings.

أَسْجَافnoun
  1. 1.
    curtainsboth

    The plural of 'sajf', referring to curtains or coverings.

أَسْجَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to send down a curtainboth

    To send down or hang a curtain.

  2. 2.
    to coverclassical

    To cover something, like sending down a curtain over it.

سَجَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to cover with curtainsclassical

    To cover a house or tent with curtains.

سَجْفnoun
  1. 1.
    slender waistclassical

    A slender or delicate waist.

  2. 2.
    lean abdomenclassical

    A lean or flat stomach.

السَّجْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hour of the nightclassical

    A period or hour of the night.

حَنْتَف بن السَّجَفname
  1. 1.
    Hantaf bin al-Sajafclassical

    A name of a Tabi'i (a successor to the companions of the Prophet Muhammad).

حَنِيف بن السَّجَفname
  1. 1.
    Hanif bin al-Sajafclassical

    A name of a poet.

السَّجَّافname
  1. 1.
    al-Sajafclassical

    A proper name, possibly a given name or epithet.

Parallel reading

السَّجْف، ويكسر، وككتاب: الستر
Al-sajf, and with kasra, and like kitāb: the curtain.
ج: سُجُوف وأسْجَاف
Plural: sujūf and asjāf.
أو السَّجْف: الستران المقرونان، بينهما فرجة
Or al-sajf: two curtains joined together, with a gap between them.
أو كل باب ستر بسترين مقرونين، فكل شق: سَجْف وسَجَاف
Or every door is covered by two joined curtains, so each half is: sajf and sajāf.
وأسْجَفَ الستر: أرسله
And asjafa the curtain: he sent it down.
والليل: أسدف
And the night: asdafa (became dark).
والسَّجْف، محركة: دقة الخصر، وخماصة البطن
And al-sajf, with haraka: slenderness of the waist, and leanness of the abdomen.
والسَّجْفَة، بالضم: ساعة من الليل
And al-sajfah, with damma: an hour of the night.
وسَجَّفَ البيت، وأسْجَفَه، وسَجَفَه: أرسل عليه السَّجْف
And sajjafa the house, and asjafahu, and sajafahu: he sent the curtain upon it.
وحَنْتَف بن السَّجَف، بالكسر: تابعي
And Hantaf bin al-Sajaf, with kasra: a Tabi'i.
وحَنِيف بن السَّجَف: شاعر
And Hanif bin al-Sajaf: a poet.
وبالفتح: ع
And with fatha: 'ayn (referring to a person named 'Ayn).