شَفٌّ
Root: شف
Full Definition
شَفٌّ
A thin, fine, or delicate, garment or piece of cloth; as also
شِفٌّ and
شَفِيفٌ : you say ثَوْبٌ شَفٌّ and
شِفٌّ and
شَفِيفٌ . [see also شَفَّافٌ:] and the garment, or piece of cloth, itself, is termed شَفٌّ and
شِفٌّ : [i. e. each of these words is also used as a subst.; and this is perhaps meant in the O and K: or] شَفٌّ signifies also a certain thin, fine, or delicate, veil or covering: or, accord. to Aboo-Nasr, a certain thin, fine, or delicate, veil or covering, of wool, through which one sees what is behind it: pl. شُفُوفٌ. Among the verses of “ the Book ” [of Sb, cited as exs. therein], is the following:
def.2 See also شِفٌّ.
def.3 شفّ [app. شَفٌّ] also signifies Pimples, or small pustules, that come forth and then go away.
[Verily the wearing of a woollen cloak, my eye being therewithal unheated by tears, is more pleasing to me than the wearing of thin, fine, or delicate, garments].لَلْبْسُ عَبَآءَةٍ وَتَقَرُّ عَيْنِى أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ لُبْسِ الشُّفُوفِ
def.2 See also شِفٌّ.
def.3 شفّ [app. شَفٌّ] also signifies Pimples, or small pustules, that come forth and then go away.
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