السفل

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes the concept of 'lowering', 'inferiority', or 'the bottom part'. It encompasses physical descent, moral degradation, and the lower or base portion of objects. It also includes terms for the lowest class of people and the lower parts of animals or objects.

Derived headwords

السُّفْلnoun

1.
The opposite of highboth
The state or condition of being low, in contrast to being high or elevated.

السُّفُولnoun

1.
Lowliness, inferiorityboth
The state of being low, humble, or inferior, often in a moral or social sense.
2.
Descentboth
The act of moving downwards from a higher place to a lower one.

السَّفَالَةnoun

1.
Baseness, lowlinessboth
A state of being base, ignoble, or morally degraded.

السِّفْلnoun

1.
The lower partboth
The bottom or lower portion of something.

السِّفْلَةnoun

1.
The lowest classboth
The lowest stratum of society; the rabble or common people.

السِّفَالnoun

1.
The lower partboth
The bottom or lower part of something.

الْأَسْفَلadjective

1.
Lower, bottomboth
The opposite of higher; situated at the bottom or lowest part.

سَفَلَverb

1.
To descend, go downboth
To move from a higher place to a lower one.
2.
To be degraded, debasedboth
To be lowered in status, morals, or condition.

تَسَفَّلَverb

1.
To lower oneselfboth
To humble oneself or to act in a base or ignoble manner.

سُفْلَةُ النَّاسِnoun

1.
The lowest of peopleboth
The most ignoble, base, or common people; the rabble.

سُفْلَةُ الْبَعِيرِnoun

1.
Legs of a camelclassical
The legs or lower parts of a camel.

سَافِلَةُ الرُّمْحِnoun

1.
Lower part of a spearclassical
The half of a spear that is near the point (zaj).

سُفَالَةُ الرِّيحِnoun

1.
The direction from which wind blowsclassical
The direction from which the wind originates, opposite to its direction of travel.

سُفَالَةُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍnoun

1.
The bottom of everythingboth
The lowest part or base of any object or thing.

السَّفَالَةُnoun

1.
Meanness, basenessboth
A quality of being mean, ignoble, or morally corrupt.

الْمَسْفَلَةُname

1.
A place nameclassical
A locality situated at the lower part of Mecca, and another in Yamama.

Parallel reading

رددناه أسفل سافلين

We returned him to the lowest of the low.

أي: إلى الهرم، أو إلى التلف، أو إلى الضلال لمن كفر

Meaning: to old age, or to destruction, or to misguidance for those who disbelieve.

وقد سفل، ككرم وعلم ونصر، سفالا وسفولا

And he became low, like karuma, 'alima, and nasara, in terms of 'sufulan' and 'sufulan'.

وتسفل

And he humbled himself.

وسفل في خلقه وعلمه، ككرم، سفلا، ويضم، وسفالا، ككتاب

And he was low in his creation and knowledge, like karuma, with 'suflan', and it is also pronounced with damma, and 'suvalan', like kitaban.

وفي الشيء سفولا، بالضم: نزل من أعلاه إلى أسفله

And in a thing 'sufulan' (with damma): he descended from its top to its bottom.

وسفلة الناس، بالكسر وكفرحة: أسافلهم وغوغاؤهم

And 'suflatu' al-nas (with kasra and like farhatun): their lowest ones and their rabble.

وسفلة البعير، كفرحة: قوائمه

And 'suflatu' al-ba'ir (like farhatun): its legs.

وسافلة الرمح: نصفه الذي يلي الزج

And 'safilatu' al-rumh: its half that is near the spearhead.

وسفالة الريح، بالضم: ضد علاوتها، وعلاوتها: حيث تهب

And 'sufalatu' al-rih (with damma): the opposite of its 'ulawatuha', and its 'ulawatuha': where it blows.

وسفالة كل شيء: أسفله

And 'sufalatu' kulli shay': its bottom.

ود بالهند، وبالفتح: النذالة، وقد سفل، ككرم

And 'dalla' in India, and with fatha: meanness, and he became low, like karuma.

والمسفلة: محلة بأسفل مكة، وة باليمامة

And 'al-masfalah': a district at the lower part of Mecca, and a locality in Yamama.