الصَّرَفَانُ
Root: صرف
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الصَّرَفَانُ
Death; a name of death.
def.2 And صَرَفَانٌ signifies Lead; syn. رَصَاصٌ: or رَصَاصٌ قَلْعِىٌّ [q. v.]: and accord. to Ibn-'Abbád, copper; syn. نُحَاسٌ.
def.3 And A sort of dates; a heavy sort of dates: n. un. with ة: AHn says, on the authority of certain of the Arabs, that the صَرَفَانَة is a red date, like the بَرْنِيَّة, but hard to be chewed, tough, and the heaviest of all dates: persons having households and slaves and hired men provide it, because of its satisfying quality, (O, K, [but for لجرآتِهَا in the O, referring to the n. un., and لِجَزَاتِهَا in copies of the K, and لجِزايَتِها in the CK, I read لِجَزَائِهَا, which is evidently the right reading, and agrees with what here follows,]) and its standing in great stead: or it is the [sort of dates called] صَيْحَانِىّ [q. v.]: AHn says, En-Nowshajánee told me that the صَرَفَانَة is [called] الصَّيْحَانِيَّةُ in El- Hijáz, and in like manner its palm-tree. صَرَفَانَةٌ رِبْعِيَّهْ تُصْرَمُ بِالصَّيْفِ وَتُؤْكَلُ بِالشَّتِيَّهْ is one of their proverbs [expl. in art. ربع].
def.2 And صَرَفَانٌ signifies Lead; syn. رَصَاصٌ: or رَصَاصٌ قَلْعِىٌّ [q. v.]: and accord. to Ibn-'Abbád, copper; syn. نُحَاسٌ.
def.3 And A sort of dates; a heavy sort of dates: n. un. with ة: AHn says, on the authority of certain of the Arabs, that the صَرَفَانَة is a red date, like the بَرْنِيَّة, but hard to be chewed, tough, and the heaviest of all dates: persons having households and slaves and hired men provide it, because of its satisfying quality, (O, K, [but for لجرآتِهَا in the O, referring to the n. un., and لِجَزَاتِهَا in copies of the K, and لجِزايَتِها in the CK, I read لِجَزَائِهَا, which is evidently the right reading, and agrees with what here follows,]) and its standing in great stead: or it is the [sort of dates called] صَيْحَانِىّ [q. v.]: AHn says, En-Nowshajánee told me that the صَرَفَانَة is [called] الصَّيْحَانِيَّةُ in El- Hijáz, and in like manner its palm-tree. صَرَفَانَةٌ رِبْعِيَّهْ تُصْرَمُ بِالصَّيْفِ وَتُؤْكَلُ بِالشَّتِيَّهْ is one of their proverbs [expl. in art. ربع].
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