أَسْقَفُ
Root: سقف
Full Definition
أَسْقَفُ
Tall, and bent, or bowed; applied to a man, and to an ostrich, &c.; as also with damm, i. e.
: fem. سَقْفَآءُ, mentioned by IB as an epithet applied to a female ostrich: and hence the
of the Christians, accord. to ISk [and others ignorant of its true derivation], because he affects lowliness. And, applied to a man, [simply,] Tall; likened to the سَقْف [or ceiling, or roof,] in height; and so
مُسَقَّفٌ : or thick and big in the bones: and [simply] bent, or bowed: and, applied to an ostrich, crooked in the neck and the legs: fem. as above; which is applied to a female ostrich as meaning long and crooked in the legs: or to a she-camel as meaning long in the hind legs, and in like manner applied to a she-ostrich.
2 And, applied to a camel, Having no fur upon him.
2 And, applied to a camel, Having no fur upon him.
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