سُحَفْنِيَةٌ
Root: سحف
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سُحَفْنِيَةٌ
(in which the ن is augmentative, TA) A man having the head shaven; as also
سُحَفَةٌ .
2 And with the article ال, What one has shaven off: thus it is sometimes a subst.; and sometimes, [i. e. in the former sense,] an epithet.
def.2 Also A certain beast, or creeping thing: [SM says,] I think it is the سُلَحْفِيَة [or tortoise].
2 And with the article ال, What one has shaven off: thus it is sometimes a subst.; and sometimes, [i. e. in the former sense,] an epithet.
def.2 Also A certain beast, or creeping thing: [SM says,] I think it is the سُلَحْفِيَة [or tortoise].
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