س ح ف

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root س ح ف primarily relates to scraping, peeling, or burning off a surface, often associated with hair, skin, or fat. It extends to meanings of burning, consuming, and also describes physical characteristics like thinness or length, and sounds.

Derived headwords

السَّحْفnoun

1.
scraping off hairclassical
The act of scraping hair off the skin completely.
2.
fat layerclassical
A broad, thick layer of fat adhering to the skin, especially between the shoulders and hips.
3.
burningclassical
The act of burning something, like a palm tree.
4.
thin woolclassical
Thin wool on the belly of sheep.

سَحَفَverb

1.
to scrape offclassical
To scrape off hair from the skin until nothing remains.
2.
to peelclassical
To peel something, like fat from a sheep's back.
3.
to burnclassical
To burn something, such as a palm tree.
4.
to shaveclassical
To shave the head and remove all hair.
5.
to consumeclassical
Used metaphorically for camels eating their fill, implying scraping hair from the roots.
6.
to scrape awayclassical
Used for wind scraping away clouds.

سَحِيفnoun

1.
sound of grindingclassical
The sound of a millstone when grinding.
2.
sound of milkclassical
The sound of milk being milked.
3.
wide bladeclassical
A wide blade, like that of a sword.
4.
long bladeclassical
A long blade, especially of an arrow.

السَّحُوفadjective

1.
long-uddered camelclassical
A female camel with long teats.
2.
tight-uddered camelclassical
A female camel with tight teats.
3.
dragging camelclassical
A camel that drags its feet on the ground when walking due to exhaustion.
4.
thin-wooled sheepclassical
A sheep with thin wool on its belly.
5.
water-scooping bucketclassical
A bucket that scoops up all the water from a well.

سَحِيفَةnoun

1.
fat layerclassical
A broad, thick layer of fat adhering to the skin.
2.
heavy rainclassical
A strong, sweeping rain that washes away debris.

أَسْحَفَverb

1.
to scrape awayclassical
To scrape away clouds, similar to سَحَفَ.
2.
to sell fatclassical
To sell the fat layer (السحفة).

سَحَّافnoun

1.
consumptionclassical
A disease of consumption or wasting away.
2.
meats and fatsclassical
Meats and fats, often served in dishes.

مَسْحُوفadjective

1.
consumedclassical
One who is afflicted with consumption or wasting away.

أَسْحُوف الأَحَالِيلadjective

1.
wide-udderedclassical
A female camel with wide or abundant teats, implying large milk production.

الأسْحَفَانnoun

1.
creeping plantclassical
A plant that spreads along the ground, with leaves like colocynth but thinner, used medicinally for sciatica.

السَّيْحَفnoun

1.
wide bladeclassical
A wide blade, like that of a sword.
2.
long bladeclassical
A long blade, especially of an arrow.
3.
tall manclassical
A tall man.

سَيَحْفِي اللِّسَانadjective

1.
eloquentclassical
A person who is eloquent or talkative.

سَيَحْفِي اللِّحْيَةadjective

1.
long-beardedclassical
A person with a long beard.

مِسْحَفَةnoun

1.
scraping toolclassical
A tool used for scraping meat.
2.
snake's trackclassical
The track or trail left by a snake on the ground.

السَّحْفَنِيَّةadjective

1.
shaved-headedclassical
A person with a shaved head.

أَرْضٌ مَسْحَفَةadjective

1.
thin of grassclassical
Land that is sparse in vegetation or grass.

Parallel reading

السحف، كالمنع: كشطك الشعر عن الجلد، حتى لا يبقى منه شيء

As-sahfu, like al-man'u: your scraping of hair from the skin, until nothing remains of it.

تقول: سحفته سحفا

You say: 'I scraped it, scraping it.'

والسحائف: طرائق الشحم الذي ونص العين: التي بين طرائق الطفاطف

And as-saḥā'ifu: layers of fat, and according to Al-'Ayn: those between the layers of the flank.

وكل دابة لها سحفة إلا ذوات الخف، فإن مكان السحفة منها الشط

And every animal has a saḥfah except those with hooves, for the place of the saḥfah in them is the shatṭ.

جمل سحوف: ذو سحفة، وناقة سحوف: كثيرتها، أي السحفة، أو السحائف.

A camel saḥūf: possessing a saḥfah, and a camel saḥūf: having many of them, meaning the saḥfah, or the saḥā'if.

سحف الشحم عن ظهرها، أي: الشاة

He scraped the fat from its back, meaning: the sheep's.

سحف الشيء، يسحفه، سحفا: أحرقه

Saḥafa the thing, yasḥufuhu, saḥfan: to burn it.

يقال: الإبل سحفت: أي أكلت ما شاءت

It is said: The camels saḥafat: meaning they ate what they wished.

سحفت الريح السحاب: إذا كشطته، وذهبت به

The wind saḥafat the clouds: when it scraped them and carried them away.

سحف رأسه، سحفا: حلقه، فاستأصل شعره

He shaved his head, saḥfan: he shaved it, and removed all his hair.

سحف النخلة، وغيرها: إذا أحرقها

He burned the palm tree, and others: when he burned it.

رجل سحفنية، كبلهنية: للمحلوق الرأس

A man saḥafniyyah, like balhaniyyah: for one whose head is shaved.

والسحوف من الغنم: الرقيقة صوف البطن

And as-saḥūf from sheep: thin-wooled on the belly.

والمطرة التي تجرف ما مرتبه كما هو نص الصحاح والعباب، واللسان، وسائر الأصول، وتجرف: أي تقشر

And the rain that sweeps away what is arranged, as is the text of As-Siḥāḥ, Al-'Ubāb, Al-Lisān, and all other sources, and it sweeps: meaning it peels.

يقال: سمعت حفيف الرحى، وسحيف الرحى، هو صوتها إذا طحنت

It is said: I heard the rustling of the millstone, and the saḥīf of the millstone, it is its sound when it grinds.

السحيف: صوت الشخب

As-saḥīf: the sound of milk being milked.

السحاف: كغراب: السل

As-saḥāf: like ghurāb: consumption.

وهو مسحوف: أي مسلول

And he is masḥūf: meaning consumed.

ناقة أسحوف الأحاليل، بالضم: واسعتها، هكذا فسره أبو أسلم، أو غزيرة، أي: كثيرة اللبن

A camel usḥūf al-aḥālīl, with dammah: wide-uddered, thus interpreted Abu Aslam, or abundant, meaning: having much milk.

يسمع لصوت شخبها سحفة، وهي سحيفها

The sound of its milk being milked is heard as saḥfah, and it is its saḥīf.

والأسحفان، بالضم: نبت، يمتد حبلا على وجه الأرض

And al-asḥafān, with dammah: a plant, that spreads like a rope on the face of the earth.

والسيحف، كصيقل: النصل العريض

And as-sayḥaf, like ṣayqal: the wide blade.

ورجل سيحفي اللسان: أي لسن

And a man sayḥafī al-lisān: meaning eloquent.

وسييحفي اللحية: أي طويلها

And sayḥafī al-liḥyah: meaning long-bearded.

ودلو سحوف: تجحف ما في البئر من الماء

And a bucket saḥūf: it scoops up all the water from the well.

أتونا بصحاف فيها لحام، وسحاف، بكسرهما: أي لحوم، وشحوم

They brought us dishes containing meat, and saḥāf, with kasrah on both: meaning meats and fats.

المسحفة: كمكنسة: التي يقشر بها اللحم

Al-misḥafah: like miknasah: that with which meat is scraped.

ومسحف الحية، بالفتح: أثرها في الأرض

And misḥaf of the snake, with fatha: its track on the ground.

السحفة: الشحمة عامة، وقيل: هي التي على الظهر الملتزقة بالجلد فيما بين الكتفين إلى الوركين

As-saḥfah: fat in general, and it was said: it is that on the back, adhering to the skin between the shoulders to the hips.

أسحف الرجل: إذا باعها، أي: السحفة، وهي الشحمة

Asḥafa the man: if he sold it, meaning: the saḥfah, which is the fat.

رجل سحفة، كهمزة: محلوق الرأس

A man saḥafah, like hamazah: shaved-headed.

والسحفنية: ما حلقت، وهو أيضا محلوق الرأس

And as-saḥafniyyah: what is shaved, and it is also a shaved head.

والسحفنية أيضا: دابة

And as-saḥafniyyah also: an animal.

سحف الشيء، يسحفه، سحفا: قشره

Saḥafa the thing, yasḥufuhu, saḥfan: to peel it.

والسحيفة: ما قشرته من الشحم من ظهر الشاة

And as-saḥīfah: what you peeled of fat from the sheep's back.

والسحوف: الناقة التي ذهب شحمها

And as-saḥūf: the camel whose fat has gone.

وشاة سحوف، وأسحوف: لها سحفة أو سحفتان

And a sheep saḥūf, and usḥūf: having one saḥfah or two.

وأرض مسحفة، بالفتح: رقيقة الكلإ

And land masḥafah, with fatha: thin of vegetation.