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شدف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of a person or individual. It is noted that the spelling might be a corruption of another word.

Derived headwords

الشَّدْفnoun
  1. 1.
    personclassical

    Refers to an individual human being.

شُدُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    personsclassical

    The plural form of 'shadaf', referring to multiple individuals.

Parallel reading

الشدف بالتحريك: الشخص
Al-shadaf, with vowelization, means a person.
والجمع شدوف
And the plural is shuduf.
وهذا الحرف في كتاب العين بالسين غير معجمة
And this letter in the book of Al-'Ain is with a sin (س) without a dot.
قال ابن دريد: هو تصحيف
Ibn Duraid said: It is a misspelling.