صَفْوَانُ
Root: صفو
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صَفْوَانُ
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صَافٍ , A day in which the sun is clear, and which is very cold: or a cold day, or a very cold day, without clouds and without thickness [of the air].
2 صَفْوَانُ is also a name of The second of the days of cold: so called because the sky therein is clear of clouds: [as a proper name,] it is determinate, and imperfectly decl. (TA. [See also صُفَيَّةُ.])
def.2 صَفْوَانٌ [as a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is with ة; and said to be used as a sing. and as a pl.]: see صَفًا, in three places.
2 صَفْوَانُ is also a name of The second of the days of cold: so called because the sky therein is clear of clouds: [as a proper name,] it is determinate, and imperfectly decl. (TA. [See also صُفَيَّةُ.])
def.2 صَفْوَانٌ [as a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is with ة; and said to be used as a sing. and as a pl.]: see صَفًا, in three places.
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