أَسْفَلُ
Root: سفل
Full Definition
أَسْفَلُ
Lower, and lowest; contr. of أَعْلَى fem. سُفْلَى: and pl. أَسَافِلُ. One says, صَارَأَسْفَلَ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ [He, or it, became lower than another]. And it is said in the Kur [viii. 43], وٱلرَّكْبُ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ
The caravan being in a place lower than ye;
اسفل being here an adv. n.: or, as some read, أَسْفَلُ مِنْكُمْ, i. e. being lower than ye.
2 ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ , in the Kur [xcv. 5], means
3 سُفْلَي مُضَرَ [The lower of Mudar] is said to denote those of Mudar with the exception of Kureysh and Keys: opposed to عُلْيَامُضَرَ. (TA in art. علو.)
4 See also سُفْلٌ.
5 The pl. أَسَافِلُ means The lower, or lowest, parts of valleys [&c.]. The phrase كِلَابُ الأَسَافِلِ occurs in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb as meaning [The dogs] of the lower, or lowest, parts of the valleys.
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2 ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ , in the Kur [xcv. 5], means
3 سُفْلَي مُضَرَ [The lower of Mudar] is said to denote those of Mudar with the exception of Kureysh and Keys: opposed to عُلْيَامُضَرَ. (TA in art. علو.)
4 See also سُفْلٌ.
5 The pl. أَسَافِلُ means The lower, or lowest, parts of valleys [&c.]. The phrase كِلَابُ الأَسَافِلِ occurs in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb as meaning [The dogs] of the lower, or lowest, parts of the valleys.
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