ص وف

Root entry · 43 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns wool, its properties, and its use. It extends to related concepts like covering, abundance of wool, and metaphorically, grasping or controlling something. It also encompasses names of people, places, and even a horse, often linked to wool or its characteristics.

Derived headwords

الصوفnoun

1.
woolboth
The soft, curly hair of sheep and some other animals, used for making cloth and yarn.
2.
woolen itemsboth
Things made from wool, such as clothing.

أصوافnoun

1.
woolsboth
The plural of wool, referring to multiple types or quantities of wool.

صوفةnoun

1.
a single wool fiberboth
A single strand or piece of wool.
2.
a tuft of woolboth
A small clump or bunch of wool.

صويفةnoun

1.
small tuft of woolboth
A diminutive form of 'صوفة', referring to a small tuft of wool.

صوفاnoun

1.
wool (as a possession)classical
Referring to wool that has been acquired, often in the context of someone possessing wealth they cannot manage.

صوف رقبتهnoun phrase

1.
nape of the neckclassical
The back part of the neck, metaphorically used to refer to the skin or hair there.
2.
firm gripclassical
Metaphorically, a strong hold or control over someone, as if grasping the back of their neck.

صافها الأخيرnoun phrase

1.
nape of the neckclassical
The back part of the neck, specifically the skin or hair there.

طوف رقبتهnoun phrase

1.
nape of the neckclassical
The back part of the neck, referring to the skin or hair.

طافهاnoun phrase

1.
nape of the neckclassical
The back part of the neck.

ظوف رقبتهnoun phrase

1.
nape of the neckclassical
The back part of the neck.

ظافهاnoun phrase

1.
nape of the neckclassical
The back part of the neck.

قوف رقبتهnoun phrase

1.
nape of the neckclassical
The back part of the neck.

قافهاnoun phrase

1.
nape of the neckclassical
The back part of the neck.

صوفةname

1.
a man's nameclassical
A name of a man, specifically referring to a progenitor of a branch of the Mudar tribe.
2.
a tribe nameclassical
A name for a group or lineage, derived from a progenitor named Sufah.

صوفانname

1.
a man's nameclassical
A name, possibly a variant or related to Sufah, mentioned in relation to a poetic verse.
2.
a group nameclassical
A name for a group of people, possibly related to the tribe Sufah.

آل صوفانname

1.
descendants of Sufanclassical
The lineage or family of a person named Sufan.

ذو الصوفةname

1.
a horse's nameclassical
The name of a horse, mentioned as Abu al-Khazr and al-A'waj.

صَوَّفَverb

1.
to have abundant woolboth
Describing a ram or sheep that has a large amount of wool.

صَوُوفًاnoun

1.
abundance of woolboth
A state of having a great deal of wool.

صَافٌّadjective

1.
woollyboth
Having abundant wool.

صَافّadjective

1.
woollyboth
Having abundant wool.

أَصْوُفٌadjective

1.
woollyboth
Having abundant wool.

صَوَائِفٌadjective

1.
woollyboth
Having abundant wool.

صُوفٌadjective

1.
woollyboth
Having abundant wool.

صُوفَانِيٌّadjective

1.
woollyboth
Having abundant wool.

الصوفانةnoun

1.
a type of herbboth
A known herb, described as downy and short.

صَافَverb

1.
to deviateboth
To turn aside or swerve from a course or target.
2.
to turn awayboth
To avert one's face or attention from something or someone.

يَصِيفُverb

1.
to deviateboth
To turn aside or swerve from a course or target.

أَصَافَverb

1.
to avertclassical
To cause something to turn away or be averted.

صافيname

1.
a nameclassical
A name, possibly of Ibn al-Sayyad.

صوفانnoun

1.
woolly ramboth
A ram that is very woolly.
2.
woolly eweboth
A ewe that is very woolly.

صوفانةnoun

1.
woolly eweboth
A ewe that is very woolly.

الصوفانnoun

1.
administrator of the Kaabaclassical
One who held a position of authority or service related to the Kaaba.

الصوفيةnoun

1.
Sufisboth
Mystics or ascetics, possibly named after Sufah, the Kaaba attendants, or the wool worn by ascetics.

الصوافnoun

1.
wool workerboth
One who makes or works with wool.

صوفة البحرnoun

1.
sea woolclassical
A substance found in the sea that resembles animal wool.

الصوفانnoun

1.
wood coreclassical
A soft, dry substance that emerges from the heart of a tree, used for starting fires.

صوفة الرقبةnoun

1.
nape of the neckclassical
The downy hair or growth on the back of the neck, or what flows into its hollow.

صوف الكرمnoun

1.
grapevine budsboth
The new shoots or buds of a grapevine that appear after pruning.

أبو صوفةname

1.
a kunyahclassical
A patronymic name, used as a kunyah.

تصوّفverb

1.
to practice asceticismboth
To live a life of religious austerity and devotion.
2.
to claim asceticismboth
To pretend to be an ascetic or mystic.

جُبَّةٌ صِيفَةٌnoun phrase

1.
woolly garmentclassical
A garment that is very woolly, originally 'صيوفة' (with a 'waw') but with the 'waw' changed to 'ya' and assimilated.

صيوفةnoun

1.
woolly garmentclassical
An original form of a garment described as very woolly.

Parallel reading

الصوف للغنم كالشعر للمعز، والوبر للإبل

Wool is to sheep as hair is to goats, and fur is to camels.

وقد يقال: الصوف للواحدة على تسمية الطائفة باسم الجميع

And it may be said: wool for a single one, naming the group by the name of the whole.

حلبانة ركبانة صفوف تخلط بين وبر وصوف

A fast-moving, riding-animal, that mixes between fur and wool.

ويقال لواحدة الصوف: صوفة، ويصغر صويفة.

And for a single piece of wool, it is said: 'soufah', and its diminutive is 'suwayfah'.

فلان يلبس الصوف والقطن: أي ما يعمل منهما.

So-and-so wears wool and cotton: meaning, what is made from them.

خرقاء وجدت صوفا

An inept woman found wool.

لأن المرأة غير الصناع إذا أصابت صوفا لم تحذق غزله، وأفسدته

Because an unskilled woman, if she obtained wool, would not master its spinning and would spoil it.

أخذت! بصوف رقبته

I seized him by the nape of his neck!

وكذا بطوف رقبته، وبطافها، وبظوف رقبته، وبظافها، وبقوف رقبته، وبقافها: أي بجلدها

And likewise by the nape of his neck, and its nape, and by the nape of his neck, and its nape, and by the nape of his neck, and its nape: meaning, by its skin.

أعطاه بصوف رقبته كما يقولون: أعطاه برمته

He gave it to him by the nape of his neck, just as they say: he gave it to him entirely.

أو أعطاه مجانا بلا ثمن

Or he gave it to him for free, without price.

وهو الغوث بن مر بن أد بن طابخة بن الياس بن مضر

And he is al-Ghawth ibn Mar ibn Ad ibn Tábikha ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar.

سمي صوفة لأن أمه جعلت في رأسه صوفة، وجعلته ربيطا للكعبة يخدمها

He was named Sufah because his mother placed a tuft of wool on his head and made him a devoted servant to the Kaaba.

وكان أحدهم يقوم، فيقول: أجيزي صوفة، فإذا أجازت قال. أجيزي خندف، فإذا أجازت أذن للناس كلهم في الإجازة

And one of them would stand and say: 'Grant permission, O Sufah,' and when she granted permission, he would say, 'Grant permission, O Khindif,' and when she granted permission, all the people were allowed to depart.

فإذا أبطأت بهم قالوا: أجيزي صوفة.

And if she delayed them, they would say: 'Grant permission, O Sufah.'

أو هم قوم من أفناء القبائل، تجمعوا، فتشبكوا كتشبك الصوفة

Or they are people from various tribes who gathered and intertwined like the intertwining of wool.

حتى يقال: أجيزوا آل! صوفانا

Until it is said: 'Grant permission, O family of Sufan!'

حتى يجوز القائم بذلك من آل صفوان.

Until the one responsible from the family of Safwan permits departure.

صاف الكبش بعد ما زمر، يصوف صوفا بالفتح وصووفا كقعود فهو صاف

The ram became woolly after it rutted, it becomes woolly (ṣūfa) with a dammah and (ṣuwūfa) like qū'ūd, so it is woolly (ṣāff).

وهذه على القلب - وصوفاني بالضم، وهي بهاء كل ذلك: إذا كثر صوفه.

And this is by metathesis - and ṣūfānī with a dammah, and she (feminine) with a ta' marbuta for all of that: if its wool is abundant.

وهي زغباء قصيرة

And it is downy and short.

صاف السهم عن الهدف، يصوف ويصيف: إذا عدل

The arrow deviated from the target, it deviates (yaṣūf) and (yaṣīf): if it swerved.

صاف عني وجهه: مال

His face turned away from me: it inclined.

صاف من باب الإبدال من ضاف

Ṣāfa is from the chapter of metathesis from ḍāfa.

صاف عني شر فلان.

Turn away from me the evil of so-and-so.

أصاف الله عني شره: أي أماله.

May Allah avert his evil from me: meaning, may He turn it away.

وصاف: اسم ابن الصياد المذكور في الحديث

And Ṣāff: the name of Ibn al-Ṣayyād mentioned in the hadith.

أو هو صافي، كقاضي فمحله المعتل أو اسمه عبد الله وصاف لقب له

Or he is Ṣāfī, like qāḍī, so its place is defective, or his name is Abdullah and Ṣāff is a title for him.

يقال: كبش صوفان، ونعجة صوفانة.

It is said: a woolly ram, and a woolly ewe.

الصوفان: كل من ولي شيئا من عمل البيت، وكذلك الصوفة.

Al-Ṣūfān: everyone who held a position in the service of the House (Kaaba), and likewise al-Ṣūfah.

وكانوا يخدمون الكعبة ويتنسكون، ولعل الصوفية نسبت إليهم تشبيها بهم في التنسك والتعبد، أو إلى أهل الصفة، فيقال مكان الصفية: الصوفية بقلب إحدى الفائين واوا للتخفيف، أو إلى الصوف الذي هو لباس العباد، وأهل الصوامع.

And they used to serve the Kaaba and practice asceticism, and perhaps the Sufis were attributed to them by resemblance in asceticism and worship, or to the people of the Suffah, so instead of al-Suffah, it is said al-Ṣūfiyyah by changing one of the 'f's to a 'waw' for lightness, or to the wool which is the garment of worshippers and hermits.

وصوفة البحر: شيء على شكل هذا الصوف الحيواني.

And the sea-soufah: something in the shape of this animal wool.

لا آتيك ما بل البحر صوفة

I will not come to you as long as the sea is wet with wool.

الصوفان: شيء يخرج من قلب الشجر، رخو يابس، تقدح فيه النار، وهو أحسن ما يكون للمقتدحين.

Al-Ṣūfān: something that comes out of the heart of a tree, soft and dry, in which fire is struck, and it is the best for fire-starters.

صوفة الرقبة: زغبات فيها، وقيل: هي ما سال في نقرتها.

Soufah of the neck: downy hairs in it, and it was said: it is what flows into its hollow.

صوف الكرم: بدت نواميه بعد الصرام.

Wool of the vine: its buds appeared after pruning.

لو كانت الولاية بالصوف، لطار الخروف.

If leadership were based on wool, the lamb would fly.

وجبة صيفة، ككيسة: كثيرة الصوف، وأصله صيوفة، فقلبت الواو ياء، فأدغمت.

A garment ṣayfah, like kaysah: very woolly, and its origin is ṣayūfah, so the 'waw' was changed to 'ya', and assimilated.