صَفْوٌ
Root: صفو
Full Definition
صَفْوٌ
Clearness, limpidness, or purity; contr. of
كَدَرٌ; like [the inf. ns.] صَفَآءٌ and صُفُوٌّ [&c. when used as simple substs.: see 1, first sentence]. See also صَفَآءٌ, below.
2 Also, and صَفْوَةٌ and صِفْوَةٌ and صُفْوَةٌ , but only with fet-h when without ة, The clear, or pure, part, or portion, of a thing; the best, or choice, part, or portion; and so صَفِىٌّ , of a thing. One says المَآءِ, and المَالِ, and الآخَآءِ, and , and , [i. e. The clear, or pure, part, or portion, or the best, or choice, of water, and of property, and of brothers,] but only صَفْوُ الإِهَالَةِ [the clear, or pure, part, or portion, or the best, or choice, of the grease, or melted fat, &c.]. And Mohammad is said to be ٱللّٰهِ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ and [i. e. God's choice one, or elect, or favourite, of his creatures]: and [in like manner] Adam is said to be ٱللّٰهِ i. e. the chosen one, or elect, of God.
2 Also, and صَفْوَةٌ and صِفْوَةٌ and صُفْوَةٌ , but only with fet-h when without ة, The clear, or pure, part, or portion, of a thing; the best, or choice, part, or portion; and so صَفِىٌّ , of a thing. One says المَآءِ, and المَالِ, and الآخَآءِ, and , and , [i. e. The clear, or pure, part, or portion, or the best, or choice, of water, and of property, and of brothers,] but only صَفْوُ الإِهَالَةِ [the clear, or pure, part, or portion, or the best, or choice, of the grease, or melted fat, &c.]. And Mohammad is said to be ٱللّٰهِ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ and [i. e. God's choice one, or elect, or favourite, of his creatures]: and [in like manner] Adam is said to be ٱللّٰهِ i. e. the chosen one, or elect, of God.
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