Root

س ف ق

1 verb · 1 noun and adjective

Verbs

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • سَفَقَ البَابَ Form I He shut, or closed, the door
    , (T, S, Msb, K,) aor. , inf. n. سَفْقٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ اسفقهُ; (T, S, Msb, K;) He shut, or closed, the door; (T, S, Msb, K;) or locked it: (Msb:) and in like manner with ص [in the place of the س]. (TA.) ― -b2- سَفَقَ وَجْهَهُ, (inf. n. as above, TA,) He slapped his face. (IDrd, Msb, K.) [See also صَفَقَ.] ― -b3- السَّفْقُ فِى الأَسْواقَ, occurring in a trad., means The striking of the hands [of the contracting parties] on the occasion of selling and buying [in token of the ratification thereof in the markets]: and so with ص. (TA.) ― -b4- سَفَقَ أْمْرَأَتَهُ, inf. n. as above, i. q. أَصَابَهَا [app. meaning He compressed his wife; like اصاب مِنْهَا]. (TA.) -A2- سَفُقَ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. , (K,) inf. n. سَفَاقَةٌ, (S, Msb,) It (a garment, or piece of cloth,) was thick, substantial, close, or compact, in texture; (T, S, Msb, K;) not سَخِيف; (T;) contr. of سَخُفَ: (Msb:) [and so صَفُقَ.]
  • أَسْفَقَ Form IV He milked the sheep, or goats, but once in the day
    see above, first sentence. ― -b2- اسفق الغَنَمَ He milked the sheep, or goats, but once in the day: and so with ص. (TA.) ― -b3- اسفق الثَّوْبَ He (a weaver) made the garment, or piece of cloth, thick, substantial, close, or compact, in texture. (TA.)
  • انسفق Form VII It (a door) became shut, or closed
    It (a door) became shut, or closed: (S, TA:) and so with ص. (TA.)
  • أَعْطَاهُ سَفْقَةَ يَمِينِهِ He sold and bought with him: he made a covenant, a compact, an engagement, or the like, with him: or he promised, or...
    i. q. بَايَعَهُ [He sold and bought with him: he made a covenant, a compact, an engagement, or the like, with him: or he promised, or swore, allegiance to him]: (O, K:) occurring in a trad., related thus and with ص. (TA.) ― -b2- And اِشْتَرَيْتُ الشَّييأَيْنِ سَفْقَةً وَاحِدَةً, (O,) or فِى سَفْقَةٍ وَاحِدَةً, (K,) I purchased the two things by a single act of purchasing. (O, K.)
  • سَفِيقٌ Thick, substantial, close, or compact, in texture
    , applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, Thick, substantial, close, or compact, in texture. (T, S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And [hence,] سَفِيقُ الوَجْهِ (assumed tropical:) A man (S, O, TA) having little shame. (S, O, K, TA.)
  • سَفِيقَةٌ A broad, thin, long piece of wood, which is put, or laid down, and upon which are then wound the
    A broad, thin, long piece of wood, which is put, or laid down, and upon which are then wound the [mats of reeds called] بَوَارِىّ, (Lth, O, K,) above the house-tops of the people of ElBasrah. (Lth, O. [See also سَقِيفَةٌ.]) ― -b2- And Any piece of gold, and of silver, or other metal, that is beaten thin and long. (Lth, O, K. * [See, again, سَقِيفَةٌ.])

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