Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

سَافِكٌ

Root: سفك

Full Definition

سَافِكٌ Shedding, or pouring forth, blood and tears [&c.]. You say عُيُونٌ سَوَافِكُ Eyes shedding, or pouring forth, tears.
2 And دُمُوعٌ سَوَافِكُ [Tears pouring forth; properly] meaning ذَوَاتُ سَفْكٍ [having a shedding or pouring forth], the latter word being pl. of سَافِكَةٌ: so as used in a verse of Mutemmim Ibn-Nuweyreh: but the obviously-right expression is


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