سُفْلٌ
Root: سفل
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سُفْلٌ
and
سِفْلٌ [but it is strangely added in the Msb that IKt disallowed the pronunciation with damm] and
سِفْلَةٌ and
The lowest, or lower, part [of a thing]; contr. of
عُلْوٌ and عِلْوٌ and عِلْوَةٌ and عُلَاوَةٌ; [and so
, contr. of
عَاليَةٌ:] كُلّ شَىْءٍ signifies, or is said to signify, the lowest, or lower, part of anything; i. e.
and عُلَاوَتُهُ [The contr., i. e.] أَعْلَاهُ.
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