assist, support

: see 4. -A2- سَعِفَتْ يَدُهُ, (S, TA,) inf. n. سَعَفٌ, (S, K,) His hand became cracked around the nails; (S, K, * TA;) as also سَيأِفَتْ. (S, TA.) ― -b2- سَعِفَتِ النَّاقَةُ, in the K, erroneously, سُعِفَت, with damm, (TA,) or سَعِفَ البَعِيرُ, (ISk, S,) The she-camel, (K, TA,) or he-camel, (ISk, S,) became affected with what is termed ↓ سَعَفٌ, meaning a disease in the mouth, like mange, or scab, in consequence of which the hair of the خُرْطُوم [i. e. nose, or fore part of the nose,] falls off, (ISk, S, K,) and the hair of the eyes: (ISk, S:) the like thereof in sheep or goats is termed غَرَبٌ: (S:) accord. to IAar, it is not used in relation to he-camels; and A'Obeyd says the like: accord. to some, as AZ says, it is allowable to use it in relation to he-camels; (TA;) but it is rarely thus used. (K, TA.) ― -b3- سُعِفَ, (S, K,) like عُنِىَ, (K,) said of a boy, He became affected with the pustules termed سَعْفَةٌ [q. v.]. (S, K.)

The mixing of musk and the like with aromatic perfumes (K, TA) and sweetscented oils. (TA.) One says, سَعِّفْ لِى دُهْنِى [Mix thou for me my oil with aromatic perfumes]. (ISh, TA.)

, (K, TA,) inf. n. مُسَاعَفَةٌ, (S, TA,) He aided, assisted, or helped, him; [like أَسْعَفَهُ;] or [so accord. to the K, but accord. to the S “ and, ”] agreed, or complied, with him, (S, * K, TA,) to perform an affair, (TA,) acting towards him with reciprocal purity, or sincerity, of love, or affection, and aiding, assisting, or helping, with him, (K, TA,) well. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] ساعفهُ جَدُّهُ (tropical:) His fortune aided him: and in like manner, ساعفتهُ الدُّنْيَا (tropical:) [Worldly prosperity aided him]. (A, TA.)

, (K,) inf. n. إِسْعَافٌ, (TA,) It (a thing, TA) drew near, or approached: (K, TA:) and اسعف بِهِ it drew near, or approached, to him, or it. (TA.) ― -b2- اسعف لَهُ It (an object of the chase) became within his power, or reach. (K.) ― -b3- اسعف إِلَيْهِ He tended, repaired, or betook himself, to, or towards, him, or it. (TA.) ― -b4- اسعف بِأَهْلِهِ He came to his family; syn. أَلَمَّ. (K.) [And in a similar sense the verb is trans. without a particle, as will be shown by the last sentence of this paragraph.] -A2- أَسْعَفْتُهُ I aided, assisted, or helped, him to perform his affair. (Msb. [See also 3.]) ― -b2- And اسعفهُ بِحَاجَتِهِ, (S, Msb, K, *) inf. n. إِسْعَافٌ, (Msb,) He performed, or accomplished, for him the object of his want; (S, Msb, K;) as also بِهَا ↓ سَعَفَهُ, (Ibn-'Abbád, K, * TA,) aor. , (K,) inf. n. سَعْفٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- It is said in a trad., thus related, فَاطِمَةُ بَضْعَةٌ مِنِّى يُسْعِفُنِى مَا يُسْعِفُهَا, meaning [Fátimeh is a part of me:] that betides, or happens to, [or affects,] me which betides, or happens to, [or affects,] her. (TA. [See another reading in art. بضع.])

A commodity; an article of merchandise. (O, K, TA.) One says, إِنَّهُ سَعْفُ سَوْءٍ Verily it is a bad commodity. (O, TA.) ― -b2- And A man vile, or mean, and despised in all his circumstances. (AHeyth, O, K.)

Palm-branches, (Az, * S, Msb, K,) as long as they have the leaves upon them: when these are removed from them, called جَرِيدٌ: (Msb:) or the part [or parts] of palm-branches upon which leaves have grown: (S voce عَسِيبٌ:) or the leaves of palm-branches, (Mgh, K, TA,) of which are woven [baskets of the kind called] زُبُل (Mgh) or زُبْلَان (TA) [pls. of زَبِيلٌ], and [the similar receptacles called] جِلَال [pl. of جُلَّةٌ], (TA,) and fans [which are made in the form of small flags], (Mgh, TA,) and the like: (TA:) and sometimes palm-branches themselves are thus called: (Mgh:) accord. to Lth, (Mgh, TA,) such as have become dry [of palm-branches] are mostly thus called; the fresh [palm-branch] being called شَطْبَةٌ: (Mgh, K, TA:) sing., (S,) or [rather] n. un., (Mgh, Msb,) with ة: (S, Mgh, Msb:) which also signifies a palm-tree itself; and its pl. is سَعَفَاتٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence, as being likened to palm-leaves,] The forelock of a horse: so in the saying of Imrael-Keys, " وَأَرْكَبُ فِى الرَّوْعِ خَيْفَانَةً كَسَا وَجْهَهَا سَعَفٌ مُنْتَشِرْ " [And I ride, in war, or battle, a brisk, or an agile, leaving mare, whose face a spreading forelock has clad]: which shows that سَعَفٌ [properly] signifies the leaves [of a palm-branch]. (Az, TA.) [Jac. Schultens, as mentioned by Freytag, explains it as meaning A whiteness upon the forehead of a horse: but this explanation is perhaps conjectural, from the verse cited above.] -A2- The paraphernalia (جَهَاز) of a bride: pl. سُعُوفٌ. (IAar, K.) ― -b2- Anything good, goodly, or excel-lent, and consummate, such as a slave, or any precious thing, or a house that one possesses. (IAar, K.) -A3- A species of fly: mentioned by a poet as smiting a lion. (IB, TA.) -A4- See also 1.

A certain disease, (Kr, TA,) or pustules, (S, K, TA,) coming forth upon the head (Kr, S, K, TA) of a child, (S, K, TA,) and upon his face: (K, TA:) said by AHát to be دَآءُ الثَّعْلَبِ [i. e. alopecia], which occasions baldness; and ↓ سَعَفَةٌ is a dial. var. thereof in this last sense. (TA.)

n. un. of سَعَفٌ [q. v.]. (S, * Mgh, Msb.) -A2- See also the next preceding paragraph.

A cracking, and scaling off, around the nail: (TA:) or a cracking at the root of the nail. (Ibn-'Abbád, O.) [See 1.]

Large [drinking-cups or bowls such as are called] أَقْدَاح. (IAar, K.) ― -b2- And The goods, or furniture and utensils, of a tent or house, (S, TA,) and its carpets or the like: or, as some say, particularly such as are held in little estimation, as the [drinking-vessel called] تَوْر, and the bucket, and the rope, and the like. (TA.) ― -b3- [See also سَعَفٌ, of which it is pl.] -A2- Also The natural dispositions, (AA, IAar, K, TA,) generous and other, of men: (IAar, K, TA:) AA says, I have not heard any sing. thereof. (TA.)

A camel having the disease termed سَعَفٌ (see 1): fem. سَعْفَآءُ, applied to a she-camel: (ISk, S, K:) A'Obeyd mentions only the fem. epithet. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A horse white, (S, * K,) or hoary, (S,) in the forelock, (S, K,) when there is some other colour in it, different from the white: (TA:) when the whole of it is white, he is termed أَصْبَغُ: (S, TA:) so in the “ Book of Horses ” by AO. (TA.)

A boy affected with the pustules termed سَعْفَةٌ [q. v.]. (S, K.)