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ساف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of cracking, splitting, or becoming rough and chapped, particularly concerning skin or extremities like fingers.

Derived headwords

سَئِفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be chappedboth

    To become cracked, split, and rough, especially around the fingernails.

تَسْأَفُverb
  1. 1.
    it (hand) is chappedclassical

    The hand becomes chapped, cracked, and rough around the fingernails.

سَأْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    chappingclassical

    The state or condition of being chapped, cracked, and rough, particularly around the fingernails.

سَعِفَverb
  1. 1.
    plural of saʿafaboth

    plural of saʿafa

Parallel reading

سئفت يده تسأف سأفا
His hand became chapped, cracking and becoming rough around the fingernails.
أي تشققت وتشعث ما حول الأظفار
Meaning it became cracked and rough around the fingernails.
مثل سعفت
Similar to how it becomes chapped (سعف).