muṣaffaḥa

armored vehicle

مُصَفَّحَة

Word

Noun · pattern مُفَعَّلَة

Root

ص ف ح

From the same root

All words from ص ف ح →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • صَفَحَ عَنْهُ Form I He turned towards
    , (Mgh, Msb, K, *) aor. , (K,) inf. n. صَفْحٌ, (TA,) properly signifying He turned towards [or from] him, or it, the صَفْحَة [i. e. side] of his face, (Mgh,) means he turned away from, (Mgh, Msb, K, *) and left, (Msb, K,) him, or it, (Mgh, Msb,) i. e. [a man, or] an affair. (Msb.) And ضَرَبْتُ عَنْهُ صَفْحًا I turned away from him and left him; (S, TA;) i. e. a man: (TA:) صَفْحًا being here an inf. n., and therefore in the accus. case, as in the phrase قَعَدْتُ جُلُوسًا; or it is in the accus. case as an adv. n., and the meaning is I turned away from him aside. (Har p. 434. [See also, in art. ضرب, a similar phrase in the Kur xliii. 4, cited here in the TA, and in Har ubi suprà.]) ― -b2- And صَفَحَ عَنْهُ, (S, A, K, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) means [also] He turned away from his crime, sin, fault, or offence: (S, A, TA:) or he forgave him. (K, TA.) And صَفَحْتُ عَنْ ذَنْبِ فُلَانٍ I turned away from the crime, sin, &c., of such a one, and did not punish him for it: (TA:) or صَفَحْتُ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ, aor. and inf. n. as above, I forgave the crime, sin, &c. (Msb.) ― -b3- And صَفَحَتْ, (K, TA,) aor. as above, (TA,) inf. n. صُفُوحٌ, said of a she-camel, (K, TA,) and of a ewe, or she-goat, (TA,) [She ceased to yield her milk;] her milk went away. (K, TA.) -A2- صَفَحَ as a trans. verb: see 5, in five places. ― -b2- And see 2. ― -b3- Also, aor. , inf. n. صَفْحٌ, He (a dog) spread forth, or stretched out, his fore legs: a rájiz says, " صَفْحَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ لِعَظْمٍ كَلْبَا " [As the spreading forth of his fore legs, to, or for, a bone; I mean a dog]; كلبا being put in the accus. case as an explicative: or he here uses an inversion; meaning صَفْحَ كَلْبٍ ذِرَاعَيْهِ. (L.) ― -b4- And صَفَحَهُ, (S,) or صَفَحَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ; (K;) and ↓ اصفحهُ, (S,) or اصفحهُ بالسيف; (TA;) He struck him with the side, or flat, of the sword, (بِعُرْضِهِ, TA, or بِعَرْضِهِ, S, K,) [i. e. with its صَفْح, or صُفْح, or صَفْحَة,] not with its edge. (TA.) ― -b5- And صَفَحَهُ, (S, IAth, K, TA,) aor. , inf. n. صَفْحٌ; (TA;) and ↓ اصفحهُ, (S, K, TA,) inf. n. إِصْفَاحٌ; (TA;) He turned him back, or sent him away; namely, a person asking, or begging; (S, K, TA;) he refused his request: (IAth, TA:) and صَفَحَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ and عَنْهَا ↓ اصفحهُ He refused him the thing that he wanted. (TA.) ― -b6- And صَفَحَهُ also signifies He gave to him. (IAth, TA.) [Thus it has two contr. meanings.] ― -b7- Also He gave him to drink any kind of beverage (K, TA) and at any time. (TA.) ― -b8- And صَفَحَ الإِبِلَ عَلَى الحَوْضِ He made the camels to pass by the wateringtrough; [app. watering them;] syn. أَمَرَّهَا عَلَيْهِ. (S, K.)
  • صفّح Form II He made
    , (K,) inf. n. تَصْفِيحٌ, (S,) He made a thing wide, or broad; (S, K;) as also ↓ صَفَحَ; (K;) [and ↓ اصفح;] see مُصْفَحٌ. One says of a sword, صُفِّحَ, inf. n. as above, It was made broad, or wide, and lengthened out, in the forging. (IAar, S, TA.) -A2- تَصْفِيحٌ is also syn. with تَصْفِيقٌ, (S, Msb, K,) meaning The clapping with the hands. (S, IAth, TA.) One says, صَفَّح بِيَدَيْهِ and صَفَّقَ [He clapped with his hands]; (A, TA;) he struck one of his hands upon the other: (Mgh:) or he struck with the outer side of the right hand upon the inner side of the left hand. (O in art. صفق.) [Golius gives صَفَحَ in this sense, erroneously, as from the S; and Freytag, this form as well as صفّح.] And it is said in a trad., التَّسْبِيحُ لِلرِّجَالِ وَالتَّصْفِيحُ لِلنِّسَآءِ, or, as some relate it, التَّصْفِيقُ instead of التصفيح, [The saying سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ is for men, and the clapping with the hands is for women;] (S, Mgh, * TA;) i. e., when the Imám is inadvertent, the person whom he leads should, if a man, rouse him by saying سبحان اللّٰه; and if a woman, should clap with her hands, instead of speaking. (IAth, TA.)
  • مُصَافَحَةٌ Form III taking by the hand
    signifies The taking by the hand; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ تَصَافُحٌ; (A;) or the latter has a like meaning: (S, K: *) or the former signifies [the joining hands; i. e.] the putting the hand [of one] in the hand [of another] in meeting and saluting: (Ham p. 802:) or the making the palm of the hand to cleave to [that of] the hand [of another], and turning face to face. (L.) You say, صَافَحَهُ بِيَدِهِ He took him by his hand. (A.) And صَافَحْتُهُ, inf. n. as above [and صِفَاحٌ], I applied my hand to his hand; (Msb;) or I put the palm of my hand upon the palm of his hand. (TA.) ― -b2- And لَقِيَهُ صِفَاحًا He met him turning towards him the صَفْح [or side] of his face: (TA:) or he met him face to face; i. q. صِقَابًا: (TA in art. صقب:) [and] he met him suddenly, or unexpectedly. (Ham p. 802.)
  • اصفحهُ Form IV He inverted it, or reversed it
    : see 1, latter part, in three places: ― -b2- and see also 2. ― -b3- Also He inverted it, or reversed it, (Ibn-Buzurj, K,) namely, a sword; like صَابَاهُ [q. v.]. (Ibn-Buzurj.)
  • تصفّحهُ Form V He examined its
    He examined its صَفَحَات [or sides]; i. e. a thing's: (S:) or he considered it carefully, or attentively, and examined its صَفَحَات. (A, Mgh.) And تَصَفَّحْتُ الكِتَابَ I turned over, or examined, the صَفَحَات, meaning pages, of the book; as also ↓ صَفَحْتُهُ, inf. n. صَفْحٌ: (Msb:) and وَرَقَ المُصْحَفِ ↓ صَفَحْتُ I examined the leaves of the مُصْحَف [i. e. volume, or book, or copy of the Kur-án,] one by one. (O, K.) And تصفّح القَوْمَ, (Lth, A,) and ↓ صَفَحَهُمْ, (Lth, O, Msb, K,) He looked at the people, seeking for a particular man: (Lth:) or he examined the states, or conditions, of the people, and looked among them, to ascertain whether such a one was to be seen: (A; in explanation of the former:) or he made the people to pass before him, and examined them, one by one: (O, K; in explanation of the latter:) or he beheld [or looked at] the صَفَحَات [or sides] of the faces of the people. (Msb.) And تصفّح وُجُوهَ القَوْمِ He examined carefully, or attentively, the faces of the people, looking at their (the people's) external appearances and forms, and seeking to make himself acquainted with their cases: and he looked at the faces of the people, seeking to know them; as also ↓ صَفَحَهَا. (Lth, TA.) And تصفّح الأَمْرَ, (A, TA,) and تصفّح فِى الأَمْرِ, (K, TA,) and الأَمْرَ ↓ صَفَحَ, (TA,) and صَفَحَ فِى الأَمْرِ, (K, TA,) He looked into the affair, or case. (K, TA.)
  • تَصَافَحَا Form VI They took each the other's hand
    They took each the other's hand. (TK.) See also 3. ― -b2- Hence, تَصَافُحُ الأَجْفَانِ (assumed tropical:) The closing together of the eyelids. (Har p. 364.)
  • استصفحهُ دَنْبَهُ Form X He asked him, or begged him, to forgive his crime, sin, fault, or offence
    He asked him, or begged him, to forgive his crime, sin, fault, or offence. (L, TA.)
  • صَفْحٌ side; or lateral, or outward, part or portion
    , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) of a thing, (S, A, Mgh,) or of anything; (Msb;) and ↓ صَفْحَةٌ, (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) of a thing, (Mgh,) or of anything; (S, A, Msb;) The side; or lateral, or outward, part or portion; syn. of the former نَاحِيَةٌ; (S, A;) or of the same, (K,) or of the latter, (S, A,) or of each, (Mgh, Msb,) جَانِبٌ: (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K:) and both signify also the face, or surface, or front, of a thing: (Mgh:) pl. [of the former صِفَاحٌ, as below, and] of the latter صَفَحَاتٌ. (Msb.) صَفْحَا الشَّىْءِ signifies The two sides of the thing; syn. جَانِبَاهُ. (TA.) And صَفْحُ الإِنْسَانِ The side of the human being; (S, O, K; *) as also ↓ صَفْحَتُهُ. (O.) And hence, بَعِيرِهِ ↓ صَلَّى إِلَى صَفْحَةِ [He prayed towards the side of his camel]. (Mgh.) And صَفْحٌ and ↓ صُفْحٌ signify The عُرْض [i. e. side] (S, O, and K accord. to the TA, but in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K عَرْض, [which in this instance I think a mistake,]) of the face: (S, O, K:) and so of a sword; (K, TA; [in the former of which, in art. عرض, the عُرْض of a sword is said to be its صَفْح;]) or the عَرْض [i. e. breadth, or width,] (S, O, Msb, and so accord. to the CK and my MS. copy of the K,) of a sword; (S, O, Msb, K;) i. e. contr. of طُول; (Msb;) [but it may be well rendered its side, or its flat, and so ↓ صَفْحَةٌ, for SM says that] صَفْحَتَا السَّيْفِ signifies the two faces, or surfaces, of the sword: (TA:) one says, نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ بِصَفْحِ وَجْهِهِ (S, A) and ↓ بِصُفْحِ وجهه (S) [He looked towards him with the side of his face turned towards him] and ↓ بِصَفْحَتِهِ [which means the same]: (A:) but accord. to AO, one says, السَّيْفِ ↓ ضَرَبَهُ بِصُفْحِ [He struck him with the side, or flat, of the sword], and the vulgar say بِصَفْحِ السيف, with fet-h: (S:) the pl. [of صَفْحٌ] is صِفَاحٌ (K, TA) and [that of ↓ صُفْحٌ is] أَصْفَاحٌ. (TA.) الرَّجُلِ ↓ صَفْحَةٌ signifies The side (عُرْض) of the breast of the man. (L.) And one says, جَنْبِهِ ↓ ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى صَفْحَةِ [He struck him on the surface, or flat part, of his side; and so على صَفْحِ جنبه; but the former is the more common]. (A.) And السَّيْفِ ↓ جَلَا صَفْحَتَى [He polished the two sides, or surfaces, of the sword]. (A.) And الوَرَقَةِ ↓ كَتَبَ فِى صَفْحَتَىِ [He wrote upon the two sides, or faces, of the piece of paper]. (A.) الكِتَابِ ↓ صَفَحَاتُ signifies The pages, or faces of the leaves, of the book. (Msb.) And صَفْحُ الكَفِّ The face [i. e. palm] of the hand. (L.) And صَفْحَا الكَتِفِ The two parts of the scapula that slope down from the عَيْر [or spine thereof]: pl. صِفَاحٌ. (L.) And صَفْحُ الجَبَلِ The part of the mountain where the side thereof rests upon the ground; (S, K;) its سَفْح [q. v.]: (JM:) pl. صِفَاحٌ. (S.)
  • صُفْحٌ Open entry
    : see the next preceding paragraph, in four places.
  • صَفَحٌ Excessive width
    Excessive width in the forehead. (IAar, K.)
  • صَفْحَةٌ He showed open enmity, or hostility, with him
    : see صَفْحٌ, in ten places. ― -b2- [Hence,] أَبْدَى لَهُ صَفْحَتَهُ (tropical:) i. q. كَاشَفَهُ [which is used alone as meaning كَاشَفَهُ بِالعَدَاوَةِ He showed open enmity, or hostility, with him]: (A, TA:) or he showed, or revealed, to him his deed [or crime] which he was concealing. (TA in art. بدو, from a trad. [which shows it to be used in an evil sense].)
  • صِفَاحٌ A quality
    , which is disapproved in horses, is [A quality] like what is termed مَسْحَة [app. meaning a flatness, or an evenness,] in the side (عُرْض) of the cheek, by reason of which its width is excessive. (O, K.) -A2- [It is also an inf. n. of 3, q. v.]

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