Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَصِيفٌ

Root: صيف

Full Definition

مَصِيفٌ A place of remaining, staying, dwelling, or abiding, during the [season called] صَيْف; as also مُصْطَافٌ and : and a time thereof: pl. مَصَايِفُ.
2 And A place in which dates are dried in the [season called] صَيْف.

def.2 [Also part. n. of the verb in the phrase صِيفَتِ الأَرْضُ:] you say أَرْضٌ مَصِيفَةٌ and Land rained upon by the rain of the [season called] صَيْف.

def.3 Also, applied to a channel in which water flows, Winding, or tortuous: from صَافَ, like مَضِيقٌ from ضَاقَ. [See an ex. in a verse cited voce كَرَبَةٌ: and see also مَضِيفٌ.]


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