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سحف

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root سحف primarily relates to concepts of scraping, peeling, or removing layers, often associated with fat or flesh. It also extends to meanings of erosion, sound, and illness.

Derived headwords

السُّحْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat layerclassical

    The layer of fat on the back, attached to the skin, extending between the shoulders and the hips.

سَحَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To scrape fatclassical

    To scrape fat from the back of a sheep, especially when it is abundant, in order to roast it.

  2. 2.
    To shave headclassical

    To shave one's head.

سَحْفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Scraping fatclassical

    The act of scraping fat from the back of a sheep.

السَّحِيفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Scraped fatclassical

    The portion of fat that is scraped off.

  2. 2.
    Eroding rainclassical

    A rainstorm that sweeps away whatever it passes over.

سَحُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    Fat sheep/camelclassical

    A sheep or she-camel that has reached a significant level of fatness.

حَفِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    Grinding soundclassical

    The sound of a millstone when grinding.

سَحِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    Grinding soundclassical

    The sound of a millstone when grinding.

السَّحَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Consumption (illness)classical

    Consumption, a wasting disease.

مَسْحُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    Afflicted with consumptionclassical

    A person afflicted with consumption.

Parallel reading

السحفة: الشحمة التى على الظهر الملتزقة بالجلد، فيما بين الكتفين إلى الوركين
The suḥfah: the fat that is on the back, attached to the skin, between the shoulders and the hips.
وقد سحفت الشحم عن ظهر الشاة سحفا
And I scraped the fat from the back of the sheep, a scraping.
وذلك إذا قشرته من كثرته ثم شويته
And that is when you peel it off due to its abundance, then roast it.
وما قشرته منه فهو السحيفة
And what you peel off from it is the saḥīfah.
وإذا بلغ سمن الشاة هذا الحد قيل شاة سحوف، وناقة سحوف
And when the fatness of the sheep reaches this limit, it is said to be a fat sheep (shaah saḥūf), and a fat she-camel (nāqah saḥūf).
والسحيفة: المطرة تجرف ما مرت به
And the saḥīfah: a rainstorm that sweeps away what it passes by.
وسحف رأسه، أي حلقه
And he shaved his head, meaning he cut it off.
وسمعت حفيف الرحى وسحيفها
And I heard the rustling of the millstone and its scraping sound.
هو صوتها إذا طحنت
It is its sound when it grinds.
والسحاف: السل
And the saḥāf: consumption (illness).
يقال رجل مسحوف
It is said of a man who is afflicted with consumption (rajul masḥūf).