nonsense, folly

, [aor. ,] inf. n. سَخَافَةٌ (Mgh, Msb, TA) and سُخْفٌ, or, accord. to Kh, the former only, (Msb,) said of a garment, or piece of cloth, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) It was, or became, thin, flimsy, or unsubstantial; (Msb;) scanty in the yarn; (Mgh, Msb;) or thin in texture. (TA.) And سَخُفَ, (TA,) inf. n. سَخَافَةٌ, said of anything, It was, or became, thin, slender, or unsubstantial. (Msb, * TA. [See سَخَافَةٌ below, voce سُخْفٌ.]) And سَخُفَ, inf. n. سُخْفٌ, (K,) or rather سَخَافَةٌ, accord. to what is said below of a distinction between these two ns., (TA,) said of a skin for water or milk, It was, or became, unsound, (K, TA,) altered for the worse, old, and worn out. (TA.) ― -b2- سَخُفَ, aor. سَخَافَةٌ, [or سُخْفٌ, q. v. infrà,] is also said of a man, meaning He was, or became, slender, or shallow, or weak, in intellect. (S, K. *) And it is also said of the intellect, meaning It was, or became, slender, &c. (K, * TK.)

, inf. n. تَسْخِيفٌ, [It rendered him thin, lean, or emaciated,] said of hunger. (A, TA.)

, (S, K,) inf. n. مُسَاخَفَةٌ, (TA,) i. q. حَامَقَهُ [He aided him in his foolishness, or stupidity]. (S, K.) -A2- مُسَاخَفَةٌ signifies [also] The showing, or making a show of, foolishness or stupidity. (KL.)

, inf. n. إِسْخَافٌ, said of a man, His property became little, or scanty. (TA.) -A2- مَا أَسْخَفَهُ How [slender, shallow, weak,] deficient, or defective, is he in intellect! (Sb, TA.)

He deemed him slender, shallow, or weak, in intellect: but this is perhaps postclassical.]

Slenderness of the means of subsistence. (AA, K.) ― -b2- See also the next paragraph.

(AA, JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ سَخْفٌ (JK, K) and ↓ سُخْفَةٌ and ↓ سَخَافَةٌ (K) Slenderness, shallowness, or weakness, of intellect, (AA, JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) &c.: (K:) or, as some say, a lightness [of body] incident to a man when he is hungry: [but it is not clearly shown whether this refer to all of the foregoing words or only to the last, or last two, of them: (see سَخْفَة, below:)] and some say that ↓ سُخْفَةٌ signifies weakness of intellect; or deficiency thereof: (TA:) or سُخْفٌ is in the intellect; and ↓ سَخَافَةٌ is [thinness, &c., (see 1,)] in everything; (Kh, Msb, K, TA;) as, for instance, in clouds, and in a skin for water or milk, and in herbage, and in a garment, or piece of cloth, &c. (TA.)

, (S, K,) and ↓ سُخْفَتُهُ, (JK, K,) The thinness, and leanness, or emaciation, consequent upon hunger. (JK, S, K.) One says, بِهِ سَخْفَةٌ مِنَ الجَوعِ In him is thinness, &c., consequent upon hunger. (S, TA.)

: see سُخْفٌ, in two places: ― -b2- and see the paragraph here next preceding.

, applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, (JK, Mgh, Msb, K, TA,) Thin, flimsy, or unsubstantial; (Msb;) scanty in the yarn; (Mgh, Msb;) or thin in texture. (JK, TA.) It is also applied to anything, as, for instance, clouds (سَحَاب), and herbage, (JK,) in both of these cases meaning Thin; (TA;) and to a skin for water or milk [as meaning unsound, altered for the worse, old, and worn out; see 1]: (JK:) and to the iron head or blade of an arrow or a spear or the like as meaning long and broad [and app. thin]. (AHn, TA.) ― -b2- Also, applied to a man, Slender, or shallow, or weak, in intellect: (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K: *) and, thus applied, (K,) or سَخِيفُ العَقْلِ, (TA,) lightwitted; or light, or unsteady, in intellect: (K, TA:) from the same epithet applied to a garment, or piece of cloth. (Mgh, Msb.)

: see سُخْفٌ, in two places. [And see also 1, of which it is an inf. n.]

A land in which is little herbage: (ISh, K:) from سَخِيفٌ as an epithet applied to a garment, or piece of cloth. (TA.) [See also ارض مُسْحَفَةٌ, in art. سحف.]