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صفف

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root صفف (ṣ-f-f) primarily relates to arranging things in rows or lines, forming ranks, and standing in order. It extends to concepts of alignment, positioning, and also to specific agricultural and culinary practices.

Derived headwords

صَفّnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the rowsboth

    one of the rows

  2. 2.
    he arranged the people in a rowboth

    he arranged the people in a row

صَافُّواverb
  1. 1.
    To form ranksboth

    To arrange oneself or others in rows or lines, especially for combat.

وصافوهم في القتال — And they formed ranks against them in battle.
مُصَافّnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of masaffboth

    plural of masaff

مُصَافّnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of masaffboth

    plural of masaff

والمصف: الموقف في الحرب، والجمع المصاف — And al-maṣaff: the standing place in war, and its plural is al-maṣāff.
صَفّverb
  1. 1.
    one of the rowsboth

    one of the rows

  2. 2.
    he arranged the people in a rowboth

    he arranged the people in a row

أن تحلب الناقة في محلبين أو ثلاثة تصف بينها — That the she-camel is milked into two or three milk pails, with intervals between them.
صُفُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    Rows of milkclassical

    Referring to milk collected in stages, implying abundance.

وهو جمع فرق (1) — And it is the plural of farq (1).
صُفُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    Arrangement of saddlebagsclassical

    The arrangement of saddlebags or similar items.

وصفة الدار والسرج: واحدة الصفف — And the arrangement of the saddle and the saddle-bag: one of the ṣafaf.
صَفُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    Abundant (milk)classical

    Describing a she-camel that gives abundant milk, yielding it in stages when milked.

ويقال: ناقة صفوف، للتي تصف أقداحا من لبنها إذا حلبت، وذلك من كثرة لبنها — And it is said: a ṣafūf she-camel, for the one that yields cups of milk when milked, due to its abundance.
صُفُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    Spreading legs (camel)classical

    Describing a she-camel that spreads its legs when being milked.

ويقال: هي التي تصف يديها عند الحلب — And it is said: she is the one that spreads her legs when being milked.
صَفِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    Grilled meatclassical

    Meat that is spread out or laid upon embers to be grilled.

والصفيف: ما صف من اللحم على الجمر لينشوي — And al-ṣafīf: what is spread of meat upon the embers to be grilled.
صَفّverb
  1. 1.
    one of the rowsboth

    one of the rows

  2. 2.
    he arranged the people in a rowboth

    he arranged the people in a row

صففت اللحم صفا — I grilled the meat by spreading it out.
صَفّverb
  1. 1.
    one of the rowsboth

    one of the rows

  2. 2.
    he arranged the people in a rowboth

    he arranged the people in a row

وصففت القوم فاصطفوا — And I lined up the people, and they lined up.
اصْطَفّواverb
  1. 1.
    they stood in a rowboth

    they stood in a row

وصففت القوم فاصطفوا — And I lined up the people, and they lined up.
صَافّةadjective
  1. 1.
    its legsboth

    its legs

وصفت الإبل قوائمها فهي صافة وصواف — And the camels spread their legs, so they are ṣāffah and ṣawāff.
صَوَافّadjective
  1. 1.
    its legsboth

    its legs

وصفت الإبل قوائمها فهي صافة وصواف — And the camels spread their legs, so they are ṣāffah and ṣawāff.
صَفّverb
  1. 1.
    one of the rowsboth

    one of the rows

  2. 2.
    he arranged the people in a rowboth

    he arranged the people in a row

وكذلك صففت السرج، جعلت له صفة — And likewise, I equipped the saddle, I made for it a ṣiffah.
صِفّةnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the platforms/benchesboth

    one of the platforms/benches

  2. 2.
    also a descriptionboth

    also a description

وكذلك صففت السرج، جعلت له صفة — And likewise, I equipped the saddle, I made for it a ṣiffah.
صَفْصَفnoun
  1. 1.
    a level piece of landboth

    a level piece of land

والصفصف: المستوى من الارض — And al-ṣafṣaf: the level part of the land.
صَفْصَافnoun
  1. 1.
    willow treeboth

    willow tree

والصفصاف: شجر الخلاف — And al-ṣafṣāf: the tree al-khilāf (a type of willow).

Parallel reading

الصف: واحد الصفوف.
A ṣaff: is one of the ṣufūf (rows).
وصافوهم في القتال.
And they formed ranks against them in battle.
والمصف: الموقف في الحرب، والجمع المصاف.
And al-maṣaff: the standing place in war, and its plural is al-maṣāff.
وأنشد أبو زيد: ناقة شيخ للاله راهب تصف في ثلاثة المحالب في اللهجمين والهن المقارب
And Abu Zayd recited: A she-camel belonging to a devout old man, she yields milk in three pails, in two milkings and the close one.
وقال آخر: ترفد بعد الصف في فرقان
And another said: She gives milk after the staged milking in the farqān.
وصفة الدار والسرج: واحدة الصفف.
And the arrangement of the saddle-bag and the saddle: one of the ṣafaf.
ويقال: ناقة صفوف، للتي تصف أقداحا من لبنها إذا حلبت، وذلك من كثرة لبنها، كما يقال قرون وشفوع.
And it is said: a ṣafūf she-camel, for the one that yields cups of milk when milked, due to its abundance, just as it is said qirūn and shufūʿ.
وقال الراجز: حلبانة ركبانة صفوف تخلط بين وبر وصوف
And the Rājiz said: A milking, riding she-camel, yielding abundantly, mixing between camel hair and wool.
ويقال: هي التي تصف يديها عند الحلب.
And it is said: she is the one that spreads her legs when being milked.
والصفيف: ما صف من اللحم على الجمر لينشوي.
And al-ṣafīf: what is spread of meat upon the embers to be grilled.
فتقول منه: صففت اللحم صفا.
And you say from it: I grilled the meat by spreading it out.
وصففت القوم فاصطفوا، إذا أقمتهم في الحرب صفا.
And I lined up the people, and they lined up, meaning I arranged them in ranks in war.
وصفت الابل قوائمها فهي صافة وصواف، وكذلك صففت السرج، جعلت له صفة.
And the camels spread their legs, so they are ṣāffah and ṣawāff; and likewise I equipped the saddle, I made for it a ṣiffah.
والصفصف: المستوى من الارض.
And al-ṣafṣaf: the level part of the land.
والصفصاف: شجر الخلاف.
And al-ṣafṣāf: the tree al-khilāf (a type of willow).