سفد

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sexual intercourse, specifically the mounting of the female by the male. It extends to various animals and birds, and also includes a related term for a metal skewer used for roasting.

Derived headwords

السِّفَادnoun

1.
mountingboth
The act of the male mounting the female for copulation.

سَفَدَverb

1.
to mount (sexually)both
To mount the female for copulation, used for goats, camels, bulls, wild animals, and birds.

سَفَدَverb

1.
to mount (sexually)both
To mount the female for copulation, used for goats, camels, bulls, wild animals, and birds.

سَفَدًاnoun

1.
mounting (act)both
The act of mounting for copulation, serving as the verbal noun for the verb 'safada'.

سَفَدَverb

1.
to mount (sexually)both
To mount the female for copulation, used for goats, camels, bulls, wild animals, and birds.

أسْفَدَverb

1.
to cause to mountclassical
To cause another to mount or copulate.

تَسَافَدَتْverb

1.
to mount each otherclassical
When wild animals mount each other for copulation.

السَّفُّودnoun

1.
A skewer (like a tandoor).both
A skewer (like a tandoor).

Parallel reading

السفاد: نزو الذكر على الأنثى.

Al-sifad: the mounting of the female by the male.

وقد سفد بالكسر يسفد سفادا.

And he said 'safada' with kasra, 'yasfadu', 'safadan'.

يقال ذلك في التيس، والبعير، والثور، والسباع، والطير.

This is said for the he-goat, the camel, the bull, the wild animals, and the birds.

وسفد بالفتح لغة فيه، حكاها أبو عبيدة.

And 'safada' with fatha is a dialect for it, narrated by Abu Ubaidah.

وأُسْفِدَه غيره.

And another caused him to mount.

وتسافدت السباع.

And the wild animals mounted each other.

والسفود، بالتشديد: الحديدة التى يشوى بها اللحم.

And al-safwud, with shadda: the iron rod with which meat is roasted.