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الصنف

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of types, kinds, or categories. It extends to classifying, sorting, and distinguishing between different entities, including plants and physical attributes like the edges of garments or skin conditions.

Derived headwords

الصِّنْفnoun
  1. 1.
    type, kindboth

    A category or sort of thing; a distinct variety or class.

  2. 2.
    sort, speciesboth

    A specific kind or species, often used in biological or classificatory contexts.

الصِّنْفnoun
  1. 1.
    quality, characteristicclassical

    A distinguishing attribute or feature of something.

الصُّنُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    types, kindsboth

    Plural of صِنْف (ṣinf), referring to multiple categories or sorts.

أَصْنَافnoun
  1. 1.
    types, kindsboth

    Plural of صِنْف (ṣinf), referring to multiple categories or sorts.

الصِّنْفnoun
  1. 1.
    description, attributeclassical

    A characteristic or quality, particularly when used to describe something.

الأَصْنَافnoun
  1. 1.
    collection of attributesclassical

    A gathering or collection of attributes, referring to a group of characteristics.

الصِّنْفِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    classified, sortedboth

    Relating to a specific type or kind, often implying a classification.

العُود الصِّنْفِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    specific type of agarwoodclassical

    A particular kind of agarwood, distinguished by its quality and origin.

صُنْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hem, edgeboth

    The border or edge of a garment, especially the part without fringe.

  2. 2.
    side, marginboth

    The side or margin of something, such as a piece of cloth.

صَنَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to classify, sortboth

    To divide into kinds or categories; to arrange into groups based on shared characteristics.

  2. 2.
    to distinguishboth

    To differentiate one thing from another; to make distinctions between items.

تَصْنِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    classification, categorizationboth

    The act or process of classifying or sorting things into categories.

  2. 2.
    distinctionboth

    The act of making distinctions or differentiating between items.

الأَصْنَافadjective
  1. 1.
    having scaly legsclassical

    Describing a male ostrich (ظليم) whose legs are covered in scales or peeling skin.

المُصَنَّفadjective
  1. 1.
    having two typesclassical

    Describing a plant that has two kinds of growth, such as dry and moist leaves.

تَصَنَّفَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to peel, flakeclassical

    Describing a lip that has become dry and is peeling or flaking.

  2. 2.
    to bud, sproutclassical

    Describing a plant, like the Arta tree, that is beginning to sprout leaves.

Parallel reading

الصِّنْفُ والصِّنْفُ: النَّوْعُ والضَّرْبُ
Al-ṣinf and al-ṣinf: the type and the sort.
ج: أَصْنَافٌ وصُنُوفٌ
Plural: aṣnāf and ṣunūf.
وبِالكَسْرِ (وَحْدَهُ): الصِّفَةُ
And with the kasra (alone): the attribute.
وبالضَّمِّ: جَمْعُ الأَصْنَافِ
And with the damma: the plural of al-aṣnāf.
والعُودُ الصِّنْفِيُّ، بِالْفَتْحِ: مِنْ أَرْدَإِ أَجْنَاسِ العُودِ
And the ṣinfī agarwood, with the fatḥa: is from the inferior kinds of agarwood.
وصُنْفَةُ الثَّوْبِ، كَفَرِحَةٍ، وصَنَفَتُهُ وصَنَفَتُهُ، بِكَسْرِهِمَا: حَاشِيَتُهُ
And the ṣunfah of the garment, like farḥah, and its ṣanafatu and ṣanafatu, with their kasra: is its hem.
والأَصْنَافُ: الظَّلِيمُ المُتَقَشِّرُ السَّاقَيْنِ
And al-aṣnāf: the male ostrich with scaly legs.
وصَنَّفَهُ تَصْنِيفًا: جَعَلَهُ أَصْنَافًا، ومَيَّزَ بَعْضَهَا عَنْ بَعْضٍ
And he classified it with classification: he made it into types, and distinguished some of them from others.
والشَّجَرُ: نَبَتَ وَرَقُهُ
And the tree: its leaves sprouted.
والمُصَنَّفُ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ: مَا فِيهِ صِنْفَانِ مِنْ يَابِسٍ ورَطْبٍ
And the muṣannaf of trees: is that which has two types of dry and moist.
وتَصَنَّفَتْ شَفَتُهُ: تَقَشَّرَتْ
And his lip became tasannaf: it peeled.
والأَرْطَى، والنَّبْتُ: تَفَطَّرَ لِلْإِيْرَاقِ
And the Arta tree, and the plant: it cracked for sprouting.