سَخِيفٌ
Root: سخف
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سَخِيفٌ
, applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, Thin, flimsy, or unsubstantial; scanty in the yarn; or thin in texture. It is also applied to anything, as, for instance, clouds (سَحَاب), and herbage, in both of these cases meaning Thin; and to a skin for water or milk [as meaning unsound, altered for the worse, old, and worn out; see 1]: and to the iron head or blade of an arrow or a spear or the like as meaning long and broad [and app. thin].
2 Also, applied to a man, Slender, or shallow, or weak, in intellect: and, thus applied, or سَخِيفُ العَقْلِ, lightwitted; or light, or unsteady, in intellect: from the same epithet applied to a garment, or piece of cloth.
2 Also, applied to a man, Slender, or shallow, or weak, in intellect: and, thus applied, or سَخِيفُ العَقْلِ, lightwitted; or light, or unsteady, in intellect: from the same epithet applied to a garment, or piece of cloth.
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