الصَّرْفُ
Root: صرف
Full Definition
الصَّرْفُ
signifies The turning, or sending, or putting, a thing away, or back, from its way, or course; the causing it to turn away, or back; therefrom; the averting it, or repelling it therefrom: or the shifting a thing from one state, or condition, to another; and so
التَّصْرِيفُ . You say, صَرَفَهُ, or صَرَفَهُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ, i. e. عَنْ سَنَنِهِ, (TA in art. وجه,) Present.T
ـِ Verbal.Noun صَرْفٌ, He turned, sent, or put, him, or it, away, or back, &c., from his, or its, way, or course. And نَفْسَهُ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ, meaning صَرَفَهَا عَنْهُ [He turned himself away, or back, from the thing]. And صَرَفْتُ الرَّجُلَ عَنِّى [I turned the man away, or back, or I averted him, or repelled him, from me]. And صَرَفَ الصِّبْيَانَ
He dismissed the boys, or sent them away, syn. قَلَبَهُمْ, from the school: or صَرَفْتُ الصَّبِىَّ
I let the boy go his way; and in like manner, الأَجِيرَ
the hired man. And صَرَفَ ٱللّٰهُ عَنْكَ الأَذَى [May God avert from thee harm]. And
اصطرف وَجْهَهُ (K in art. سفو and سفى) [meaning صَرَفَهُ i. e.] He turned away his face. صَرَفَ ٱللّٰهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ, in the Kur [ix. 128], means God hath made them to err in requital of that which they have done: or God hath turned them away, or may God turn them away, from belief. And سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ آيَاتِى, in the Kur [vii. 143], means [in like manner] I will requite by causing to err from the direction of my signs. [And one says also, صَرَفَهُ إِلَى كَذَا
He turned him , or it , to such a thing.]
2 [Hence,] صَرَفَ الكَلِمَةَ, Verbal.Noun صَرْفٌ, He declined, or inflected, the word [i. e. the noun] with tenween. See also 2.
3 [Hence, also,] الصَّرْفُ means The exchanging, or giving in exchange, gold for silver [and the reverse]: because it is turned (يُصْرَفُ) thereby from one metal to another. You say صَرَفَ الدَّرَاهِمَ He exchanged, or gave in exchange, the dirhems for [other] dirhems or for deenárs. And صَرَفْتُ الذَّهَبَ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ I exchanged, or gave in exchange, the gold for dirhems: and الدَّرَاهِمَ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ [the dirhems for deenárs].
4 It is said in a trad. respecting الشُّفْعَة [or the right of pre-emption], إِذَا صُرِفَتِ الطُّرُوقُ فَلَا شُفْعَةَ i. e. When the roads thereof are made distinct [app. by their being turned in different directions, from the house, or piece of land, in question, to the possessions of different proprietors, there is no right of pre-emption]: the Verbal.Noun of the verb in this case is صَرْفٌ.
5 You say also, صَرَفْتُ المَالَ I expended the property; [and so ; for] التَّصْرِيفُ, or تَصْرِيفُ الدَّرَاهِمِ, فِى البِيَاعَاتِ, means the expending of money [in the purchase of articles of merchandise].
6 And صَرَفْتُ الكَلَامَ I embellished the speech [app. by distorting it, or otherwise altering it]; and has a similar, but intensive, meaning: or صَرْفُ الحَدِيثِ means the embellishing of discourse, or speech, by adding in it, or and adding in it; and in like manner صَرْفُ الكَلَامِ: (K: [of which see another explanation voce صَرْفٌ:]) and is [said to be] from الصَّرْفُ in pieces of money, meaning “ the superiority of one over another in value. ”
7 صَرَفَ لِأَهْلِهِ [as though meaning صَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ لِأَهْلِهِ]: see 8.
8 [See also صَرْفٌ, below.]
def.2 صَرَفَ الشَّرَابَ, Verbal.Noun صُرُوفٌ, He did not mix the beverage, or wine; as also , and ; the last mentioned by Th. And صَرَفَ الخَمْرَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun صَرْفٌ, [or perhaps this should be صُرُوفٌ, as in the next preceding sentence,] He drank the wine unmixed; [and so ; for] تَصْرِيفُ الخَمْرِ, or التَّصْرِيفُ فِى الخَمْرِ, signifies the drinking of wine unmixed. (S, O, K. [Freytag has erroneously expl. صَرَفَ as meaning simply He drank wine.])
def.3 صَرَفَتِ البَكْرَةُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun صَرِيفٌ, The sheave of the pulley caused a sound to be heard on the occasion of the drawing of water: and the صَرِيف of the door, and of the tush of the camel, is like that of the sheave of the pulley; [i. e.] the صَرِيف of the door, and of the writingreed and the like, is a creaking, or grating; and so that of the tush of the camel: (K: [ونابُ البَعِيرِ in the CK is a mistake for ونابِ البعير:]) one says of a man, and of a camel, صَرَفَ بِنَابِهِ, and صَرَفَ نَابَهُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun صَرِيفٌ, He grated his canine tooth [against its opposite] so as to cause a sound to be heard: the صَرِيف of the stallioncamel is [indicative of] his threatening: or that of the canine tooth of the she-camel denotes her weariness; and that of the canine tooth of the he-camel, his lust: or the صَرِيف of the stallion is from briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness; and that of the female, from fatigue. [But]
2 صَرَفَتْ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun صُرُوفٌ and صِرَافٌ, said of a bitch, or of any female having a cloven hoof and of any having a claw, or of a ewe or she-goat and of bitch and of a cow, or of any female animal of prey, but
2 [Hence,] صَرَفَ الكَلِمَةَ, Verbal.Noun صَرْفٌ, He declined, or inflected, the word [i. e. the noun] with tenween. See also 2.
3 [Hence, also,] الصَّرْفُ means The exchanging, or giving in exchange, gold for silver [and the reverse]: because it is turned (يُصْرَفُ) thereby from one metal to another. You say صَرَفَ الدَّرَاهِمَ He exchanged, or gave in exchange, the dirhems for [other] dirhems or for deenárs. And صَرَفْتُ الذَّهَبَ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ I exchanged, or gave in exchange, the gold for dirhems: and الدَّرَاهِمَ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ [the dirhems for deenárs].
4 It is said in a trad. respecting الشُّفْعَة [or the right of pre-emption], إِذَا صُرِفَتِ الطُّرُوقُ فَلَا شُفْعَةَ i. e. When the roads thereof are made distinct [app. by their being turned in different directions, from the house, or piece of land, in question, to the possessions of different proprietors, there is no right of pre-emption]: the Verbal.Noun of the verb in this case is صَرْفٌ.
5 You say also, صَرَفْتُ المَالَ I expended the property; [and so ; for] التَّصْرِيفُ, or تَصْرِيفُ الدَّرَاهِمِ, فِى البِيَاعَاتِ, means the expending of money [in the purchase of articles of merchandise].
6 And صَرَفْتُ الكَلَامَ I embellished the speech [app. by distorting it, or otherwise altering it]; and has a similar, but intensive, meaning: or صَرْفُ الحَدِيثِ means the embellishing of discourse, or speech, by adding in it, or and adding in it; and in like manner صَرْفُ الكَلَامِ: (K: [of which see another explanation voce صَرْفٌ:]) and is [said to be] from الصَّرْفُ in pieces of money, meaning “ the superiority of one over another in value. ”
7 صَرَفَ لِأَهْلِهِ [as though meaning صَرَفَ نَفْسَهُ لِأَهْلِهِ]: see 8.
8 [See also صَرْفٌ, below.]
def.2 صَرَفَ الشَّرَابَ, Verbal.Noun صُرُوفٌ, He did not mix the beverage, or wine; as also , and ; the last mentioned by Th. And صَرَفَ الخَمْرَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun صَرْفٌ, [or perhaps this should be صُرُوفٌ, as in the next preceding sentence,] He drank the wine unmixed; [and so ; for] تَصْرِيفُ الخَمْرِ, or التَّصْرِيفُ فِى الخَمْرِ, signifies the drinking of wine unmixed. (S, O, K. [Freytag has erroneously expl. صَرَفَ as meaning simply He drank wine.])
def.3 صَرَفَتِ البَكْرَةُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun صَرِيفٌ, The sheave of the pulley caused a sound to be heard on the occasion of the drawing of water: and the صَرِيف of the door, and of the tush of the camel, is like that of the sheave of the pulley; [i. e.] the صَرِيف of the door, and of the writingreed and the like, is a creaking, or grating; and so that of the tush of the camel: (K: [ونابُ البَعِيرِ in the CK is a mistake for ونابِ البعير:]) one says of a man, and of a camel, صَرَفَ بِنَابِهِ, and صَرَفَ نَابَهُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun صَرِيفٌ, He grated his canine tooth [against its opposite] so as to cause a sound to be heard: the صَرِيف of the stallioncamel is [indicative of] his threatening: or that of the canine tooth of the she-camel denotes her weariness; and that of the canine tooth of the he-camel, his lust: or the صَرِيف of the stallion is from briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness; and that of the female, from fatigue. [But]
2 صَرَفَتْ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun صُرُوفٌ and صِرَافٌ, said of a bitch, or of any female having a cloven hoof and of any having a claw, or of a ewe or she-goat and of bitch and of a cow, or of any female animal of prey, but
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