سَحِيفَةٌ
Root: سحف
Full Definition
سَحِيفَةٌ
The fat called
سَحْفَةٌ
that one has pared off from the back of a sheep or goat.
2 And sing. of سَحَائِفُ, which signifirs The layers of fat between the layers [of flesh] of the flanks: and similar wide portions of fat that are seen adhering to the skin.
3 Also A rain (مَطْرَةٌ) that sweeps away that along which it passes: in the K, by the omission of كَسَفِينَةٍ, this meaning is erroneously assigned to سَحُوفٌ: accord. to As, a sharp rain, that sweeps away everything: and سَحِيقَةٌ, with ق, a vehement rain, consisting of large drops, but of little width: pls. سَحَائِفُ and سَحَائِقُ.
2 And sing. of سَحَائِفُ, which signifirs The layers of fat between the layers [of flesh] of the flanks: and similar wide portions of fat that are seen adhering to the skin.
3 Also A rain (مَطْرَةٌ) that sweeps away that along which it passes: in the K, by the omission of كَسَفِينَةٍ, this meaning is erroneously assigned to سَحُوفٌ: accord. to As, a sharp rain, that sweeps away everything: and سَحِيقَةٌ, with ق, a vehement rain, consisting of large drops, but of little width: pls. سَحَائِفُ and سَحَائِقُ.
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