safaqa

shut, slam

سَفَقَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

س ف ق

Forms

Present
يَسْفُقُ

In the library

ما أكرم نفوسهم وأشد إيثارهم وأعظم سفقتهم على الغريب وألطفهم بالوارد وأحبهم فيه وأجملهم أحتفالاً بأمره.

The Travels, page 152 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ سَفَقَيَسْفُقُ—
she هِيَ سَفَقَتتَسْفُقُ—
they two (m.) هُما سَفَقايَسْفُقانِ—
they two (f.) هُما سَفَقَتاتَسْفُقانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ سَفَقُوايَسْفُقُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ سَفَقْنَيَسْفُقْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ سَفَقْتَتَسْفُقُاُسْفُقْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ سَفَقْتِتَسْفُقِينَاُسْفُقِي
you two أَنْتُما سَفَقْتُماتَسْفُقانِاُسْفُقَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ سَفَقْتُمتَسْفُقُونَاُسْفُقُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ سَفَقْتُنَّتَسْفُقْنَاُسْفُقْنَ
I أَنا سَفَقْتُأَسْفُقُ—
we نَحْنُ سَفَقْنانَسْفُقُ—

From the same root

All words from س ف ق →

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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