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الءسكف

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the craft of shoemaking and carpentry, encompassing the artisan, their tools, and the products of their labor. It also extends to related architectural elements and metaphorical descriptions of skill and appearance.

Derived headwords

الأسكفnoun
  1. 1.
    Shoemakerboth

    A craftsman who makes or repairs shoes.

  2. 2.
    Carpenterclassical

    A craftsman who works with wood, especially in building.

  3. 3.
    Artisanboth

    A skilled worker, especially one who makes things by hand.

الإسكافnoun
  1. 1.
    Shoemakerboth

    A craftsman who makes or repairs shoes.

  2. 2.
    Carpenterclassical

    A craftsman who works with wood, especially in building.

  3. 3.
    Artisanboth

    A skilled worker, especially one who makes things by hand.

الأسكوفnoun
  1. 1.
    Shoemakerboth

    A craftsman who makes or repairs shoes.

  2. 2.
    Carpenterclassical

    A craftsman who works with wood, especially in building.

  3. 3.
    Artisanboth

    A skilled worker, especially one who makes things by hand.

السكافnoun
  1. 1.
    Shoemakerboth

    A craftsman who makes or repairs shoes.

  2. 2.
    Carpenterclassical

    A craftsman who works with wood, especially in building.

  3. 3.
    Artisanboth

    A skilled worker, especially one who makes things by hand.

السيكفnoun
  1. 1.
    Shoemakerboth

    A craftsman who makes or repairs shoes.

  2. 2.
    Carpenterclassical

    A craftsman who works with wood, especially in building.

  3. 3.
    Artisanboth

    A skilled worker, especially one who makes things by hand.

الخفافnoun
  1. 1.
    Shoesboth

    Footwear, typically made of leather.

النجارnoun
  1. 1.
    Carpenterboth

    A person who makes and repairs wooden objects and structures.

حمرة الخمرnoun
  1. 1.
    Redness of wineclassical

    The characteristic red color of wine.

الحاذقadjective
  1. 1.
    Skilledboth

    Having or showing skill; proficient.

  2. 2.
    Expertboth

    A person who has comprehensive knowledge or skill in a particular area.

السكافةnoun
  1. 1.
    Craftsmanshipboth

    The skill involved in making things by hand.

  2. 2.
    Shoemakingclassical

    The trade or skill of making shoes.

عبد الجبار بن علي الإسفراينيname
  1. 1.
    Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ali al-Isfarayiniclassical

    A person known by this name, to whom scholars were attributed.

الأسكفةnoun
  1. 1.
    Door sillboth

    The threshold of a door, often a wooden or stone strip.

  2. 2.
    Wooden part of a doorclassical

    The wooden piece of a door that is stepped upon.

الساكفnoun
  1. 1.
    Upper part of a doorclassical

    The top part of a door where the pivot turns.

أهدابهماnoun
  1. 1.
    Eyelashesboth

    The hairs growing on the edge of the eyelids.

جفنهما الأسفلnoun
  1. 1.
    Lower eyelidboth

    The lower fold of skin covering the eye.

سكفتverb
  1. 1.
    To step onclassical

    To place one's foot upon something.

  2. 2.
    To approachclassical

    To come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time.

تعتبتهverb
  1. 1.
    To approachclassical

    To come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time.

تسكفتهverb
  1. 1.
    To approachclassical

    To come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time.

أسكفverb
  1. 1.
    To become a shoemakerclassical

    To take up the profession of shoemaking.

Parallel reading

الأسكف، بالفتح، والإسكاف، بالكسر، والأسكوف، بالضم، والسكاف، كشداد، والسيكف، كصيقل: الخفاف
Al-uskuuf (with fatha), al-iskaaf (with kasra), al-uskuuf (with damma), al-sakkaf (like shaddad), and al-saykaf (like sayqal): the shoes.
أو الإسكاف: النجار
Or al-iskaaf: the carpenter.
و: موضعان أعلى وأسفل بنواحي النهروان من عمل بغداد، نسب إليهما علماء
And: two places, upper and lower, in the vicinity of Nahrwan in the province of Baghdad, to which scholars were attributed.
والحاذق بالأمر
And the skilled in the matter.
وحرفته: السكافة ككتابة
And his craft: al-sakafah (like kitabah).
والأسكفة، كطرطبة: خشبة الباب التي يوطأ عليها
And al-uskuufah (like tartabah): the wooden part of the door that is stepped upon.
والساكف: أعلاه الذي يدور فيه الصائر
And al-saakif: its upper part in which the pivot turns.
وأسكف العينين: منابت أهدابهما، أو جفنهما الأسفل
And the uskuuf of the eyes: the roots of their eyelashes, or their lower eyelid.
وما سكفت الباب، كسمعت: ما تعتبته، كما تسكفته
And 'I did not askuf the door', like 'I heard': what you approached, as you askufed it.
وأسكف: صار إسكافا
And 'uskuuf': he became a shoemaker.