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الصحفة

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to large bowls or platters for food, and by extension, to written texts or books. It also encompasses concepts related to errors in reading or writing such texts, and geographical features.

Derived headwords

الصَّحْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Large platter/bowlclassical

    A large platter or bowl, larger than a 'jafnah' (which is the largest) and a 'mi'kalah'.

الجَفْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Largest platter/bowlclassical

    The largest type of platter or bowl used for serving food, larger than a 'sahfah'.

المِئْكَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Medium platter/bowlclassical

    A medium-sized platter or bowl for food, smaller than a 'jafnah' and 'sahfah'.

الصَّحِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Book/Scrollboth

    A written text, book, or scroll.

  2. 2.
    Surface of the earthclassical

    The surface of the earth.

  3. 3.
    Small pools of waterclassical

    Small pools or depressions holding water.

صَحِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Book/Scrollboth

    A written text, book, or scroll.

  2. 2.
    Surface of the earthclassical

    The surface of the earth.

  3. 3.
    Small pools of waterclassical

    Small pools or depressions holding water.

صَحَائِفnoun
  1. 1.
    Books/Scrollsboth

    Plural of 'sahifah', meaning books or scrolls.

صُحُفnoun
  1. 1.
    Books/Scrolls (rare plural)classical

    A rare plural of 'sahifah', meaning books or scrolls.

الصَّحَفِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    One who errs in readingclassical

    One who makes mistakes when reading a written text ('sahifah').

المُصْحَفnoun
  1. 1.
    The Qur'anboth

    The Holy Qur'an, referring to it as a collection of written texts ('suf').

أَصْحَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To compile textsclassical

    To compile or gather written texts, leading to the formation of a 'mus'haf'.

تَصْحِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    Error in textboth

    An error or mistake made in a written text or in reading it.

تَصَحَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    To err in readingclassical

    To make an error or mistake when reading a written text.

Parallel reading

وأعظم القصاع: الجفنة، ثم الصحفة
And the largest of the bowls is the 'jafnah', then the 'sahfah'.
والصحيفة: الكتاب
And the 'sahifah' is the book.
ج: صحائف، وصحف ككتب نادرة
Its plural is 'sahā'if', and 'suhuf' like 'kutub' is rare.
وكأمير: وجه الأرض
And like 'amīr': the surface of the earth.
وككتاب: مناقع صغار للماء، ج: ككتب
And like 'kitāb': small pools of water, its plural is like 'kutub'.
والصحفي، محركة: من يخطئ في قراءة الصحيفة
And the 'sahafī', with vowels: one who errs in reading the 'sahifah'.
وبضمتين لحن
And with two dammahs it is a mistake (lahn).
والمصحف، مثلثة الميم، من أصحف، بالضم: أي: جعلت فيه الصحف
And the 'mus'haf', with a tri-vocalized mim, from 'asḥafa', with dammah: meaning: texts were placed in it.
والتصحيف: الخطأ في الصحيفة
And 'tasḥīf': the error in the 'sahifah'.
وقد تصحف عليه
And he made an error in reading it.