سفد

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sexual intercourse, particularly among animals. It extends to related concepts like mounting, mating, and metaphorically, to sexual union in humans. It also includes a specific tool for roasting meat and a type of wine.

Derived headwords

سَفَدَverb

1.
to mount and mateboth
The male animal mounts the female for copulation. This applies to livestock and birds.
2.
to have sexual intercourseclassical
Used metaphorically to refer to sexual intercourse between humans.

سَفْدًاnoun

1.
mounting and matingboth
The act of a male animal mounting a female for copulation.

سَافَدَverb

1.
to mount and mateboth
An alternative verb form for the male animal mounting the female for copulation.

سَفَادًاnoun

1.
mounting and matingboth
The act of a male animal mounting a female for copulation, with a kasra on the first letter.

أَسْفَدَverb

1.
to cause to mount and mateboth
To allow or cause an animal to mount and mate.
2.
to lend (an animal)classical
Figuratively, to lend an animal for the purpose of mating.

تَسَافَدَverb

1.
to mount and mate (plural)both
Used for multiple animals, indicating they mount and mate with each other.

سَفُودnoun

1.
roasting spitboth
An iron tool with hooked prongs used for roasting meat over a fire.
2.
one who mountsclassical
Metaphorically, one who mounts or engages in sexual intercourse.

سَفَافِيدnoun

1.
roasting spitsboth
The plural form of 'safud', referring to multiple roasting spits.

تَسْفِيدverb

1.
to roast on a spitboth
The act of roasting meat on a spit for cooking.

اسْتَسْفَدَverb

1.
to mount from behindclassical
When an animal mounts another from behind, specifically in the context of riding.

تَسَفَّدَهُverb

1.
to mount from behindclassical
To mount an animal from behind, in the manner of riding.

اسْتَسْفَدَهَاverb

1.
to mount from behindclassical
To mount an animal from behind, in the manner of riding.

الإِسْفِنْدnoun

1.
wineclassical
A name for wine, possibly derived from another word for wine.

سَفُودadjective

1.
mare whose mating is interruptedclassical
A mare that has been prevented from mating for twenty days.

Parallel reading

سفد الذكر على الأنثى، كضرب وعلم

The male mounts the female, like in the verbs 'daraba' and 'alima'.

يسفدها ويسفدها سفدا، وسافدها سفادا بالكسر فيهما جميعا: نزا

He mounts her and mounts her, a mounting, and he mated with her, a mating (with kasra), in both senses: he copulated.

ويكون في الماشي والطائر

And it occurs in livestock and birds.

يقال للسباع كلها: سفد أنثاه، وللتيس والثور، والبعير، والسباع، والطير

It is said for all wild animals: the male mates with his female, and for the goat, and the bull, and the camel, and the wild animals, and the birds.

وأسفدته، ويقال أسفدني تيسك، عن اللحياني، أي أعرني إياه ليسفد عنزي

And he caused it to mate, and it is said, 'Lend me your buck,' according to Al-Lihyani, meaning 'Lend it to me so it can mate with my goat.'

واستعاره أمية بن أبي الصلت للزند، فقال: والأرض صيرها الإلاه طروقة للماء حتى كل زند مسفد

And Umayya ibn Abi al-Salt used it metaphorically for the flint, saying: 'And God made the earth receptive to water until every flint is struck (metaphorically, 'mated').'

وتسافد السباع والطيور

And the wild animals and birds mate with each other.

ويكنى به عن الجماع

And it is used as a metaphor for sexual intercourse.

إذا ضرب الجمل الناقة قيل: قعا وقاع، وسفد يسفد

When the camel mounts the she-camel, it is said: 'qa'a wa qaa', and 'safada yasfudu'.

سفود كتنور: حديدة ذات شعب معقفة يشوى بها وفي بعض النسخ: به، اللحم وجمعه: سفافيد

Safud (like tunur): an iron tool with hooked branches, by which meat is roasted, and in some versions: with it, and its plural is 'safafid'.

وتسفيد اللحم نظمه فيها للاشتواء

And 'tasfida al-lahm' means stringing it (meat) on it for roasting.

ويكنى به عن الجماع، ومنه السفود، لأنه يعلق بما يشوى عليه علوق السافد

And it is used as a metaphor for sexual intercourse, and from it is 'al-safud', because it is hung on what is being roasted, like the hanging of the one who mates.

استسفد بعيره إذا أتاه من خلفه فركبه

He made his camel mount from behind if it came to him from behind and rode it.

وتسفده، أي فرسه، واستسفدها، الأخيرة عن الفارسي؛ تعرقبه، أي ركبه من خلف

And he mounted it, meaning his horse, and he made it mount from behind, the latter from Al-Farisi; meaning he mounted it from behind.

والإسفند، وتكسر الفاء: الخمر

And 'al-isfand', with a kasra on the fa: wine.

السفود من الخيل: التي قطع عنها السفاد حتى تمت منيتها، ومنيتها عشرون يوما

Al-safud among horses: the one from whom mating was prevented until her period was completed, and her period is twenty days.