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Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of types, kinds, or categories. It extends to classifying, sorting, and distinguishing between things, including plants and books. It also has secondary meanings related to specific parts of garments, certain types of wood, and physical descriptions of animals.

Derived headwords

الصِّنْفnoun
  1. 1.
    type, kind, sortboth

    A category or variety of something. It refers to a distinct group or classification within a larger whole.

  2. 2.
    صفةclassical

    A characteristic or attribute.

  3. 3.
    جمع الأصنفclassical

    A plural form for 'al-asnaf', referring to something with a specific characteristic, like red legs.

أصنافnoun
  1. 1.
    types, kinds, sortsboth

    The plural of 'ṣinf', referring to multiple categories or varieties of things.

صُنُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    types, kinds, sortsboth

    Another plural form of 'ṣinf', also denoting multiple categories or varieties.

الصِّنْفِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    of a specific type of woodclassical

    Relating to a particular type of incense wood, known for being of lower quality.

الصُّنْفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    part of a garmentclassical

    A part of a garment, specifically the side or edge, used for dusting off a bed.

  2. 2.
    group, bandclassical

    A group or section of a tribe.

صَنَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to classify, categorizeboth

    To divide something into types or kinds, and to distinguish between them.

  2. 2.
    to bud, leaf outboth

    For a tree or plant to begin to grow leaves or sprout.

تَصْنِيفnoun
  1. 1.
    classification, categorizationboth

    The act or process of dividing things into types or kinds, often used in the context of organizing books.

  2. 2.
    budding, leafing outclassical

    The process of a tree or plant beginning to sprout leaves.

مُصَنَّفnoun
  1. 1.
    classified, sortedboth

    Describing something that has been divided into types or kinds.

  2. 2.
    tree with two typesclassical

    A tree that has two kinds of parts, such as dry and moist, or different colors and fruits.

الأصْنَفadjective
  1. 1.
    having scaly legsclassical

    Describing an ostrich with legs that have peeling or scaly skin.

تَصَنَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    to crack, splitboth

    For lips or skin to become chapped or cracked.

  2. 2.
    to sprout, leaf outclassical

    For plants or trees to begin to split open for leafing out or sprouting.

الصِّنْفَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    sides of a mirageclassical

    The edges or sides of a mirage, metaphorically compared to parts of clothing.

صَنَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to bud, leaf outclassical

    To begin to sprout leaves, referring to trees and plants.

الصِّنْفَانname
  1. 1.
    a village nameclassical

    The name of a village located in the Sharqiyya region.

Parallel reading

النوع والضرب من الشيء، يقال: صنف من المتاع، وصنف منه ج: أصناف، وصنوف
The type and kind of a thing; it is said: a type of goods, and from it types, plural: 'asnaf' and 'sunuf'.
الصنف: طائفة من كل شيء، وكل ضرب من الأشياء: صنف على حدة.
A type: a group from everything, and every kind of thing is a separate type.
والصنف: بالكسر وحده: الصفة، وبالضم: جمع الأصنف كأحمر وحمر.
And 'al-ṣinf': with kasra alone: the attribute, and with damma: the plural of 'al-asnaf' like 'ahmar' and 'humr'.
والعود الصنفي، بالفتح: منسوب إلى موضع، وهو من أردإ أجناس العود
And the 'ṣinfī' wood, with fatha: is attributed to a place, and it is of the worst kinds of oud.
إذا أوى أحدكم إلى فراشه، فلينفضه بصنفة إزاره، فإنه لا يدري ما خلفه عليه حاشيته
When one of you goes to his bed, let him dust it off with the edge of his garment, for he does not know what might have been left on it.
أي جانب كان، أو هي طرته، وهو: جانبه الذي لا هدب له
Whichever side it was, or its edge, which is: its side that has no fringe.
على لاحب كحصير الصنا ... ع سوى لها الصنف إرمالها
On a barren path like a woven mat, except that the type of its sand is different.
الأصنف من الظلمان: الظليم المتقشر الساقين والجمع صنف
Al-asnaf from ostriches: the male ostrich with scaly legs, and the plural is 'ṣinf'.
هزف أصنف الساقين هقل ... يبادر بيضه برد الشمال
A swift male ostrich with scaly legs, it hastens to lay its eggs before the north wind.
وصنفه تصنيفا: جعله أصنافا، وميز بعضها عن بعض
And he classified it a classification: he made it into types, and distinguished some of them from others.
ومننه تصنيف الكتب.
And from it is the classification of books.
صنف الشجر: نبت ورقه
The tree 'ṣannafa': its leaves grew.
فكان صنفين: صنف قد أورق، وصنف لم يورق
So it became two types: a type that had leafed out, and a type that had not.
سقيا لحلوان ذي الكروم وما ... صنف من تينه ومن عنبه
May Halwan, the land of vineyards, be watered, and what it produced of its figs and its grapes.
شجر مصنف: مختلف الألوان والثمر.
Classified trees: of different colors and fruits.
وتصنفت شفته: أي تشققت
And his lip 'taṣannafa': meaning it cracked.
وتصنف الأرطى، وكذا النبت: إذا تفطر للإيراق.
And the 'arṭā' tree 'taṣannafa', and likewise the plant: if it cracks for leafing out.
تصنف الشجر والنبات: صار أصنافا، وكذا صنف.
Trees and plants 'taṣannafa': became types, and so did 'ṣannafa'.
وهو مجاز، وإنما الصنفات في الحقيقة للملاء، فاستعاره للسراب من حيث شبه السراب بالملاء في الصفة والنقاء.
And this is metaphorical, for 'al-ṣinfāt' in reality refers to fine garments, so he borrowed it for the mirage by way of comparing the mirage to fine garments in appearance and purity.
والصنفة: طائفة من القبيلة
And 'al-ṣunfah': a group from the tribe.
وصنفت العضاه: اخضرت
And the thorny trees 'ṣannafat': became green.
رآها فؤادي أم خشف خلا لها ... بقور الوراقين السراء المصنف
Did my heart see them, or a young gazelle that left them... in the green pastures, the classified herbage.
بها الجازئات العين تضحي وكورها ... قيال إذا الأرطى لها تتصنف
The large-eyed gazelles spend their morning there with their nests, when the 'arṭā' trees begin to split open for them.
وتصنفت ساق النعامة: تشققت.
And the ostrich's leg 'taṣannafat': it cracked.