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سجف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to covering, veiling, and concealment, often associated with curtains or the darkness of night. It extends to the idea of sending something down or extending it, mirroring the way a curtain falls.

Derived headwords

السِّجْفnoun
  1. 1.
    curtainboth

    A curtain, especially a large or heavy one used to cover an opening or divide a space.

السَّجْفnoun
  1. 1.
    curtainboth

    A curtain, especially a large or heavy one used to cover an opening or divide a space.

أسْجَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to send downclassical

    To send something down, often referring to the act of lowering or extending a curtain.

  2. 2.
    to coverclassical

    To cover or veil something, similar to how a curtain conceals.

السِّجْفَيْنnoun
  1. 1.
    door curtainsclassical

    The two curtain panels that form the entrance to a tent or the front of a dwelling.

أسْجَفَverb
  1. 1.
    night fellclassical

    Used to describe the onset of night, implying darkness descending or covering the land.

Parallel reading

السجف والسجف: الستر.
As-sijf and as-sajf: the curtain.
وأسجفت الستر، أي أرسلته.
And asjafa the curtain, meaning to send it down.
نحلت سبيل أتى كان يحبسه ورفعته إلى السجفين فالنضد هما مصرعا الستر يكونان في مقدم البيت
He granted me a path that he used to block, and I raised it to the two curtain panels; the two panels are the two doors of the curtain that are at the front of the tent.
وأسجف الليل، مثل أسدف.
And the night descended, like asdafa (darkened).