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سفن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of scraping, peeling, or carving something away. It extends to tools used for such actions, and metaphorically to the erosion or wearing away of surfaces by wind or movement. It also encompasses the well-known word for a ship.

Derived headwords

السُّفْنnoun
  1. 1.
    tool for carvingclassical

    A tool used for carving or scraping something away.

المِسْفَنnoun
  1. 1.
    tool for carvingclassical

    Similar to 'sufn', a tool used for carving or scraping.

سَفَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to scrape offboth

    To scrape or peel something off a surface.

  2. 2.
    to wear awayboth

    To wear away or erode a surface, as wind does to the earth.

سَفْنًاnoun
  1. 1.
    scrapingboth

    The act of scraping or peeling something off.

السَّافِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    windclassical

    A wind that erodes or scrapes the earth.

السَّوَافِنnoun
  1. 1.
    windsclassical

    Plural of 'safinah', referring to winds that scrape or erode.

السَّفِينَةnoun
  1. 1.
    knownboth

    known

السَّفَّانnoun
  1. 1.
    ship ownerclassical

    The owner or master of a ship.

سَفَّانَةname
  1. 1.
    Safanaboth

    A female given name, notably Safana bint Hatim of Tayy, after whom a kunya is derived.

السَّفِينnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'safīnah'both

    plural of 'safīnah'

Parallel reading

ما ينحت به الشئ
What is carved with it.
وأنت في كفك المبراة والسفن
And in your hand is the sharpener and the carving tool.
يقول: إنك نجار
He means: you are a carpenter.
تخوف الرحل منها تامكا قردا كما تخوف ظهر النبعة السفن
The saddle fears from it a monkey, as the trunk of the Nab'a tree fears the scraping.
يعنى تنقص
Meaning it wears away.
جلد أخشن كجلود التماسيح يجعل على قوائم السيوف
A rougher skin like crocodile skins, placed on the hilts of swords.
سفنت الشئ سفنا: قشرته
I scraped the thing, scraping: I peeled it.
فجاء خفيا يسفن الأرض بطنه ترى الترب منه لازقا كل ملزق
He came stealthily, his belly scraping the ground, you see the dust clinging to him firmly.
وإنما جاء متلبدا على الأرض لئلا يراه الصيد فينفر منه
And he only came clinging to the ground so that the game would not see him and be frightened away.
سفنت الريح التراب عن وجه الأرض
The wind scraped the dust from the face of the earth.
السوافن: الرياح، الواحدة سافنة
Al-sawafin: the winds, the singular is safinah.
السفينة معروفة
The ship is well-known.
والسفان صاحبها
And al-saffan is its owner.
سفانة بنت حاتم طيئ، وبها يكنى
Safana bint Hatim of Tayy, and by her he is kunya-named.
جمع سفينة
Plural of safinah.
كأنها تسفن الماء، أي تقشره
As if it scrapes the water, meaning it peels it.