ثُفَّآءٌ

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ثُفَّآءٌ , of the measure فُعَّالٌ, or ثُفَآءٌ, of the measure of غُرَابٌ, [a coll. gen. n.,] i q. خَرْدَلٌ [i. e. Mustard]; in the dial. of the people of El-Ghowr: or خَرْدَل worked together, or mixed up, or compounded, (مُعَالَجٌ), with صِبَاغ [i. e. sauce, or fluid seasoning]: or what is called حُرْفٌ in the dial. of the people of El-Ghowr, or, which is the same thing, what is called حَبُّ الرَّشَادِ in the dial of the people of El-'Irák, which is eaten in case of necessity: (Msb: [see art. رشد:]) n. un. with ة: the ء may be original, or it may be substituted for ى or و: Sgh says, in the O, that he thinks the latter to be the case. It is said in a trad., مَا ذَا فِى الأَمَرَّيْنِ مِنَ الشِّفَآءِ الصَّبِرِ وَالثُّفَّآءَ [What remedy is there in the two most bitter things, aloes and the ثفّآء?]. (T, Mgh: but in the latter, the last word is without teshdeed to the ف.)

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