turtle-like, slow

: 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.

: see the next paragraph.

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.