إِشْفَى
Root: اشف
Full Definition
إِشْفَى
, of the measure فِعْلَى, [and therefore fem., and imperfectly decl.,] accord. to some; but accord. to others, of the measure إِفْعَلٌ like إِصْبَعٌ as Kh is related to have said, which latter is said by IB to be the correct measure, the [incipient] ا being augmentative, and the word [masc.,] with tenween, [i. e. إِشْفًى,] perfectly decl.: The instrument belonging to the
إِسكَاف [or sewer of skins or leather]; i. e., with which he sews; and the instrument with which he bores, or perforates: the instrument for boring, or perforating, (K in art. شفى) belonging to the
أَسَاكِفَة; said by ISk to be that which is used for water-skins, or milk-skins, and leather water-bags, and the like; that used for sandals, or shoes, being called مِخْصَفٌ: (S and TA in art. شفى:) and the [instrument called] سِرَاد
with which skin, or leather, is sewed: (K in art. شفى:) i. q.
مِخْرَزٌ: (Mgh in art. شفى:) pl. أَشَافٍ (S, Mgh, Msb, K: [in the CK, erroneously, اَشافِىُّ]) In the K, in the present art., الإِسْكَافُ is put, by a mistake of the copyists, for لِلْإِسْكَافِ See also art.
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