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صفن

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

The root صفن (ṣafana) primarily relates to containment, enclosure, and specific postures or actions. It encompasses physical objects like pouches, containers for testicles, and vessels, as well as the act of standing or holding oneself in a particular way, often on three legs or with feet together. It also extends to geographical locations and the act of dividing water.

Derived headwords

الصفنnoun
  1. 1.
    scrotumboth

    The pouch containing the testicles.

  2. 2.
    leather pouchclassical

    A leather pouch for a shepherd's food, tinder, and tools, sometimes used to draw water like a bucket.

  3. 3.
    water vesselclassical

    A vessel for ablution, similar to a small bucket or pitcher.

  4. 4.
    lunch boxclassical

    A lunch box or bag, often made of leather, used for carrying provisions.

  5. 5.
    food containerclassical

    A container for food, similar to a lunch box.

  6. 6.
    seed headclassical

    The part of a plant that contains the seeds, like a spike of grain.

  7. 7.
    wasp nestclassical

    A nest built by wasps or similar insects using straw and leaves.

أصفانnoun
  1. 1.
    scrotumsboth

    The plural of الصفن (al-ṣafan), referring to the pouches containing testicles.

  2. 2.
    water bucketsclassical

    Plural of الصفن (al-ṣafan) when used as a water bucket.

يتركن أصفان الخصى جلاجلا — They leave the scrotums of the castrated animals dangling. — جرير
الصفنةnoun
  1. 1.
    lunch boxclassical

    A small leather bag or pouch for carrying provisions, sometimes with a handle.

  2. 2.
    water skinclassical

    A small water skin or bag.

  3. 3.
    wasp nestclassical

    A nest built by insects like wasps.

صفنverb
  1. 1.
    to stand on three legsboth

    A horse stands on three legs, holding the fourth hoof off the ground without being tied.

  2. 2.
    to standclassical

    To stand upright.

  3. 3.
    to stand with feet togetherclassical

    A person stands with their feet joined together.

  4. 4.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike something against the ground.

  5. 5.
    to arrangeclassical

    To arrange or stack things, like a bird arranging nesting material.

صفوناnoun
  1. 1.
    standing on three legsboth

    The act of a horse standing on three legs.

  2. 2.
    standingclassical

    The act of standing.

صافنadjective
  1. 1.
    standing on three legsboth

    Describing a horse that stands on three legs, holding the fourth hoof off the ground.

  2. 2.
    standingclassical

    Describing someone standing.

  3. 3.
    standing with feet togetherclassical

    Describing a person who stands with their feet joined.

إذ عرض عليه بالعشي الصافنات الجياد — When the fine, swift-footed horses were displayed before him in the afternoon. — Quran 38:31
صوافنnoun
  1. 1.
    horses standing on three legsboth

    Plural of صافن (ṣāfin), referring to horses standing on three legs.

  2. 2.
    standing horsesclassical

    Plural of صافن (ṣāfin), referring to horses that are standing.

فاذكروا اسم الله عليها صوافن — So mention the name of Allah over them [as they stand] in rows. — Quran 37:136
صافناتnoun
  1. 1.
    standing horsesboth

    Plural of صافن (ṣāfin), referring to horses that are standing.

صافنname
  1. 1.
    Safinclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Malik bin Khuzaym al-Hamdani.

صفينname
  1. 1.
    Siffinboth

    A location near Raqqa on the Euphrates, site of a major battle between Ali and Muawiyah in 37 AH.

شهدت صفين وبئست الصفون — I witnessed Siffin, and what a terrible standing (or battle) it was. — Abu Wa'il
صفن به الأرضverb
  1. 1.
    to strike against the groundclassical

    To strike something forcefully against the ground.

تصفينnoun
  1. 1.
    arrangingclassical

    The act of arranging or building, as in a bird building its nest.

تصافنوا الماءverb
  1. 1.
    to divide water by lotclassical

    To divide water among people by drawing lots, often using a small amount of water to cover a pebble.

صافن الماءverb
  1. 1.
    to draw water by lotclassical

    To draw water by lot, giving each person a portion.

صفنةnoun
  1. 1.
    a portion of waterclassical

    A portion of water drawn by lot.

صفينةname
  1. 1.
    Safinahclassical

    A place in the Hijaz, in the land of Banu Sulaym.

  2. 2.
    Safinahclassical

    A place in Medina between Banu Salim and Quba.

أصفونname
  1. 1.
    Asfunclassical

    A village in Upper Egypt on the west bank of the Nile.

صفنnoun
  1. 1.
    waterclassical

    Water.

هرقت في حوضه صفنا ليشربهفي داثر خلق الأعضاد أهدام — I poured water into his basin for him to drink, amidst the tattered remains of old limbs. — Abu Dawud
صفن ثيابهverb
  1. 1.
    to gather clothesclassical

    To gather or bundle one's clothes.

صفن الطائرverb
  1. 1.
    to arrange nesting materialclassical

    A bird arranges straw and leaves around its entrance for its nest or young.

الصافنnoun
  1. 1.
    sciatic nerveclassical

    A nerve that runs down the thigh.

الصافنانnoun
  1. 1.
    veins in the thighclassical

    Two veins in the thigh.

الصافنnoun
  1. 1.
    sciatic nerveclassical

    The sciatic nerve.

الصحونnoun
  1. 1.
    standingclassical

    The act of standing.

المصافنةnoun
  1. 1.
    standing oppositeclassical

    Standing opposite or facing a group of people.

Parallel reading

الصفن، بالفتح: وعاء الخصية، ويحرك
Al-ṣafan, with fatḥa: the scrotum, and it is also pronounced with ḥaraka.
الصفن، بالتحريك: جلدة بيضة الإنسان، والجمع أصفان
Al-ṣafan, with ḥaraka: the skin of the human testicle, and the plural is aṣfān.
يتركن أصفان الخصى جلاجلا
They leave the scrotums of the castrated animals dangling.
الصفن: السفرة وشبهها بين العيبة والقربة
Al-ṣafan: a lunch box and similar items between a bag and a waterskin.
الصفن: الشقشقة، كالصفنة فيهما
Al-ṣafan: the qashqasha (sound of a camel's throat), like al-ṣafnah in both.
الصفن، بالضم: كالركوة يتوضأ فيها
Al-ṣafan, with ḍamma: like a pitcher used for ablution.
فخضخضت صفني في جمهخياض المدابر قدحا عطوفا
I swirled my pitcher in the abundant water of the receding flood, a generous draught.
ألحقني بالصفن
Take me to the pitcher.
الصفن: خريطة من أدم لطعام الراعي وزاده وأداته
Al-ṣafan: a leather pouch for a shepherd's food, provisions, and tools.
الصفنة كالعيبة يكون فيها متاع الرجل وأداته، فإذا طرحت الهاء ضممت الصاد
Al-ṣafnah is like a bag in which a man's belongings and tools are kept; if the ḥāʾ is removed, the ṣād is pronounced with ḍamma.
الصفنة: دلو صغيرة لها حلقة واحدة، فإذا عظمت فاسمها الصفن
Al-ṣafnah: a small bucket with one handle; if it is large, its name is al-ṣafan.
غمرتها أصفنا من آجن سدم
I submerged them with our large buckets from stagnant, muddy water.
وتصافنوا الماء: اقتسموه بالحصص
And they divided the water by lot: they shared it out in portions.
تصافن القوم الماء إذا كانوا في سفر ولا ماء معهم، ولا شيء، يقتسمونه على حصاة يلقونها في الإناء يصب فيه من الماء قدر ما يغمر الحصاة فيعطاه كل واحد منهم
People share water by lot when they are traveling and have no water, and nothing to share, dividing it by a pebble they throw into the vessel; water is poured until it covers the pebble, and each person receives a share.
فلما تصافنا الإداوة أجهشتإلي غضون العنبري الجراضم
And when we divided the water skin by lot, the plump, dark-skinned ones rushed towards me.
صفن الفرس يصفن صفونا قام على ثلاث قوائم وطرف حافر الرابعة
A horse ṣafana, yaṣfuna, ṣufūnan: it stood on three legs and the tip of the fourth hoof.
صفن الفرس: قام على طرف الرابعة
A horse ṣafana: it stood on the tip of the fourth hoof.
وهو صافن من خيل صوافن
And he is a ṣāfin among ṣawāfin horses.
إذ عرض عليه بالعشي الصافنات الجياد
When the fine, swift-footed horses were displayed before him in the afternoon.
فاذكروا اسم الله عليها صوافن
So mention the name of Allah over them [as they stand] in rows.
صفن الرجل: إذا صف قدميه
A man ṣafana: if he stood with his feet together.
رأيت عكرمة يصلي وقد صفن قدميه
I saw Ikrimah praying with his feet joined together.
نهى عن صلاة الصافن، أي الذي يجمع بين قدميه
He forbade praying in the ṣāfin posture, meaning one who joins his feet together.
قمنا خلفه صفونا
We stood behind him in rows.
صفن به الأرض يصفنه صفنا: ضربه
He ṣafana it against the ground, yaṣfunuhu, ṣafnan: he struck it.
الصفن، محركة: ما فيه السنبلة من الزرع
Al-ṣafan, muḥarrak: the part of the crop that contains the spikelet.
بيت ينضده الزنبور ونحوه من حشيش وورق لنفسه أو لفراخه
A nest that a wasp or similar insect builds from straw and leaves for itself or its young.
وفعله التصفين
And its action is al-taṣfīn.
صفينة: د بالعالية في ديار بني سليم
Ṣafīnah: a village in the highlands in the land of Banu Sulaym.
طرق النعي على صفينة غدوةونعى المعمم من بني عمرو
News of death arrived at Ṣafīnah in the morning, and news of the turbaned man from Banu Amr.
الصافن: فرس مالك بن خزيم الهمداني
Al-ṣāfin: the horse of Malik bin Khuzaym al-Hamdani.
صفين، كسجين: ع قرب الرقة بشاطىء الفرات، كانت به الوقعة العظمى بين علي ومعاوية
Ṣiffīn, like sijjin: a place near Raqqa on the bank of the Euphrates, where the great battle between Ali and Muawiyah took place.
غرة شهر صفر سنة 37 من الهجرة الشريفة
On the first day of the month of Ṣafar in the year 37 AH.
فمن ثم احترز الناس السفر في صفر
From then on, people avoided traveling in Ṣafar.
شهدت صفين وبئست الصفون
I witnessed Siffin, and what a terrible standing (or battle) it was.
هرقت في حوضه صفنا ليشربهفي داثر خلق الأعضاد أهدام
I poured water into his basin for him to drink, amidst the tattered remains of old limbs.
صفن ثيابه في سرجه أي جمعها فيه
He ṣafana his clothes in his saddlebag, meaning he gathered them in it.
صفن الطائر الحشيش صفنا: نضد حول مدخله
A bird ṣafana the straw, ṣafnan: it arranged it around its entrance.
الصافن: عرق ينغمس في الذراع في عصب الوظيف
Al-ṣāfin: a vein that sinks into the forearm in the nerve of the pastern.
الصافنان: شعبان في الفخذين
Al-ṣāfinān: two veins in the thighs.
الصافن: عرق النسا
Al-ṣāfin: the sciatic nerve.
الصحون: الوقوف
Al-ṣufūn: standing.
المصافنة: المواقفة بحذاء القوم
Al-muṣāfanah: standing opposite a group of people.
صافن الماء بين القوم فأعطاني صفنة أي مقلة
He divided the water among the people by lot, and gave me a ṣafnah, meaning a portion.
صفينة، كسفينة: موضع بالمدينة بين بني سالم وقبا
Ṣafīnah, like safīnah: a place in Medina between Banu Salim and Quba.