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: see 2. -A2- سَجِفَتْ, aor. , inf. n. سَجَفٌ, She (a woman) was, or became, slender in the waist: and lank in the belly. (TK.) [See also سَجَفٌ, below.]

, (K,) inf. n. تَسْجِيفٌ, (TA,) He let down the curtain (السَّجْف) upon [the entrance of] the tent, or chamber; as also ↓ سَجَفَهُ, and ↓ اسجفه: (K, TA:) accord. to the T, التَّسْجِيف signifies the letting down of the سَجْفَانِ [or two separate halves, that hang side by side, of a curtain]: accord. to the M, the letting down of the curtain. (TA. [See also what next follows.])

He let down the curtain. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] اسجف اللَّيْلُ (tropical:) i. q. أَسْدَفَ, (S, K, TA,) i. e. The night became dark. (TA.) ― -b3- See also 2.

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and ↓ سَجْفٌ [of which the former is the more common] A curtain; a veil; or a thing that veils, conceals, hides, covers, or protects; (S, K;) as also ↓ سِجَافٌ, and ↓ سِجَافَةٌ: (TA:) or a pair of curtains having an opening between them: (IDrd, K:) or each half of a pair of curtains, (Lth, K, TA,) divided in the midst, (Lth, TA,) by which any door, or entrance, is veiled; (Lth, K, TA;) as also ↓ سِجَافٌ: (K, TA:) this last is not a pl. of سِجْفٌ: (TA:) thus السِّجْفَانِ signifies the two separate halves [that hang side by side, so as to meet together,] of the curtain of a tent, (Lth, S, TA,) in the fore part thereof: (S:) so in a verse of En-Nábighah EdhDhubyánee cited in the second paragraph of art. رفع: (S, TA:) the pl. of سِجْفٌ and سَجْفٌ is أَسْجَافٌ and سُجُوفٌ; and the pl. of ↓ سِجَافٌ is سُجُفٌ. (TA.) [Hence] one says, أَرْخَى اللَّيْلُ سُجُوفَهُ (tropical:) The night let down its curtains. (TA.) ― -b2- سِجْفٌ also signifies The part that is behind a door or an entrance. (O, TA.)

Slenderness of the waist: and lankness of the belly. (K.) One says فِى خَصْرِهِ سَجَفٌ In his waist is slenderness: and فِى بَطْنِهِ سَجَفٌ In his belly is lankness. (TA.) [See also سَجِفَتْ, in the first paragraph.]

A period (سَاعَةٌ) of the night; (K;) like سُدْفَةٌ. (TA.)

: see سِجْفٌ, in three places. ― -b2- Hence, The thing [i. e. edging, such as a fringe, &c., (thus applied in the present day,)] that is affixed to the borders of a garment, or piece of cloth. (TA.)

: see سِجْفٌ. ― -b2- Hence the saying of Umm-Selemeh to ' Áïsheh, وَجَّهْتِ سِجَافَتَهُ i. e. هَتَكْتِ سِتْرَهُ and أَخَذْتِ وَجْهَهَا (assumed tropical:) [i. e. وَجْهَ سِجَافَتِهِ (as in the JM in art. وجه in explanation of وَجَّهْتِ سِدَافَتَهُ) Thou hast rent open his veil, or covering; both of these explanations meaning the same, as is said in the O and K in art. سدف]: but it is also related otherwise, i. e. وجّهت سِدَافَتَهُ, which has the same meaning. (TA. [See art. سدف.])

[A tent; or chamber,] having a pair of curtains (سِجْفَانِ) upon its entrance, or door. (As, TA.) El-Farezdak applies this masc. sing. epithet to a pl. n., saying الحِجَالُ المُسَجَّفُ. (TA.)

, (S, K, TA,) aor. , (K, TA,) inf. n. سَحْفٌ, (S, TA,) He pared it, or peeled it, off; (S, K, TA;) namely, a thing; (TA;) and [particularly] the fat from the back (S, K) of the sheep or goat, (S, TA,) not of the she-camel, as is indicated by the context in the K, (TA,) by reason of its abundance, after which he roasted it, (S, TA,) i. e., accord. to the S, the fat, but correctly the sheep or goat: (TA:) so says ISK. (S, TA.) ― -b2- And سَحَفَهُ, (Lth, TA,) inf. n. as above, (Lth, K, TA,) He removed it, or stripped it off, namely, hair from skin, so that none of it remained. (Lth, K, TA.) ― -b3- Hence, (TA,) سَحَفَتِ الإِبِلُ (tropical:) The camels ate what they would. (K, TA.) ― -b4- And سَحَفَتِ الرِّيحُ السَّحَابَ (assumed tropical:) The wind removed the clouds; (Lth, K;)as also ↓ أَسْحَفَتْهُ, (Zj, K, TA: in the CK اسْتَحَفَّتُهُ.) ― -b5- سَحَفَ رَأْسَهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He shaved his head (S, K, TA) so as to remove the hair utterly. (TA.) ― -b6- سَحَفَ الشَّىْءَ, and النَّخْلَةَ وَغَيْرَهَا, (K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He burned the thing, and the palm-tree &c.; (K, TA;) in the case of the palm-tree, by kindling fire at the stumps of the branches, being unable to strip them off. (Aboo-Nasr, TA.) ― -b7- And سَحَفَهُ He (i. e. God) caused him to be affected with سُحَاف, i. e. consumption, or ulceration of the lungs. (TA.)

He sold the fat termed سَحْفَة. (K.) -A2- See also 1.

Fat, as a subst.: pl. سِحَافٌ. (TA.) An Arab of the desert said, أَتَوْنَا بِصِحَافٍ فِيهَا لِحَامٌ وَسِحَافٌ They brought us bowls in which were sorts of flesh-meat and of fat. (IAar K, * TA.)

A piece, or portion, of fat; in a general sense: (TA:) or the portion of fat that is upon the back, (S, K, TA,) sticking to the skin, in the part between the two shoulder-blades, extending to the haunches: so says ISk: (S, TA:) or that is upon the two sides and the back: and it is never but from fatness: accord. to IKh, it is in all beasts except the camel: ISd says that, accord. to some, it is in the camel [also]. (TA.) ― -b2- And [the dual] سَحْفَتَانِ The two sides of the tuft of hair that is between the lower lip and the chin: (Aboo-Sa'eed, K:) pl. سَحَفَاتٌ. (TA.) -A2- See also سَحِيفٌ. -A3- [Freytag makes it to be also syn. with مَسْحَفٌ, as on the authority of the K, in which I do not find it in this sense.]

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(in which the ن is augmentative, TA) A man having the head shaven; (IB, K, TA;) as also ↓ سُحَفَةٌ. (IB, TA.) ― -b2- And with the article ال, What one has shaven off: thus it is sometimes a subst.; and sometimes, [i. e. in the former sense,] an epithet. (IB, TA.) -A2- Also A certain beast, or creeping thing: (Seer, TA:) [SM says,] I think it is the سُلَحْفِيَة [or tortoise]. (TA.)

Consumption; or ulceration of the lungs; syn. سِلٌّ. (S, K.)

A bucket (دَلْو) that takes, and bears away, the water that is in a well. (Seer, K.) -A2- Also, applied to a she-camel, Of which the fat has gone away. (ISd, TA.) ― -b2- And, applied to a sheep or goat, or to a ewe or she-goat, (شَاة,) Having a portion of fat such as is termed سَحْفَة, or two such portions of fat; as also ↓ أُسْحُوفٌ: (TA:) or, so applied, (S,) and applied to a she-camel, (S, K,) and to a he-camel, (K,) having abundance of سَحَايأِف, (S, * K, TA,) pl. of سَحِيفَةٌ [q. v.]; or having abundance of the fat termed سَحْفَة. (TA.) ― -b3- Also A she-camel long in the teats. (IDrd, K.) ― -b4- And A she-camel narrow in the orifices of the teats. (IDrd, K.) ― -b5- And A she-camel that drags her feet, or the extremities of her feet, upon the ground, in going along; (K, TA;) so say some; i. e., by reason of fatigue: a dial. var. of زَحُوفٌ. (TA.) ― -b6- And A sheep, or ewe, thin in the wool of the belly. (K.) ― -b7- In the K, three other meanings are erroneously assigned to this word; one of them belonging to سَحِيفَةٌ, and each of the others to سَحِيفٌ. (TA.)

, (ISk, S, Sgh, TA,) accord. to the context in the K سَحُوفٌ, which is wrong, in this and the next sense, (TA,) The sound of the mill when one grinds. (ISk, S, Sgh, K *) And The sound of the streaming of milk from the udder; (O, K, * TA;) as also ↓ سَحْفَةٌ. (K, * TA.)

The fat called سَحْفَةٌ that one has pared off from the back of a sheep or goat. (ISk, S.) ― -b2- And sing. of سَحَايأِفُ, (Lth, TA,) which signifirs The layers of fat between the layers [of flesh] of the flanks: and similar wide portions of fat that are seen adhering to the skin. (Lth, K, TA.) ― -b3- Also A rain (مَطْرَةٌ) that sweeps away that along which it passes: (S, O, L, TA:) in the K, by the omission of كَسَفِينَةٍ, this meaning is erroneously assigned to سَحُوفٌ: accord. to As, a sharp rain, that sweeps away everything: and سَحِيقَةٌ, with ق, a vehement rain, consisting of large drops, but of little width: pls. سَحَايأِفُ and سَحَايأِقُ. (TA.)

: see سَحُوفٌ. ― -b2- أُسْحُوفُ الأَحَالِيلِ, (K,) mentioned by ISh, on the authority of Aboo-Aslam, (TA,) and إِسْحَوْفُ الاحاليل, (K,) thus accord. to Sb, (TA,) A she-camel wide in the orifices of the teats: (Aboo-Aslam, K:) or having much milk, the streaming of which causes a sound to be heard. (Aboo-Málik, K, * TA.)

The mark, or track, of a serpent, upon the ground; (Ibn-'Abbád, K;) as also مَزْحَفٌ. (TA.)

, with fet-h [to the ح, or perhaps to the م and ح], A land of which the herbage is thin [or scanty]: mentioned in the K in art. سخف, as being [written مُسْخِفَةٌ,] like مَحْسِنَةٌ. (TA.)

A thing with which flesh, or flesh-meat, is pared. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)

A man affected with سُحَاف, i. e. consumption, or ulceration of the lungs; (S;) syn. مَسْلُولٌ. (K.)