سَعَفَهُ
Root: سعف
Form: 1
Full Definition
def.2 سَعِفَتْ يَدُهُ, Verbal.Noun سَعَفٌ, His hand became cracked around the nails; as also سَئِفَتْ.
2 سَعِفَتِ النَّاقَةُ, in the K, erroneously, سُعِفَت, with damm, or سَعِفَ البَعِيرُ, The she-camel, or he-camel, became affected with what is termed سَعَفٌ , meaning a disease in the mouth, like mange, or scab, in consequence of which the hair of the خُرْطُوم [i. e. nose, or fore part of the nose,] falls off, and the hair of the eyes: the like thereof in sheep or goats is termed غَرَبٌ: accord. to IAar, it is not used in relation to he-camels; and A'Obeyd says the like: accord. to some, as AZ says, it is allowable to use it in relation to he-camels; but it is rarely thus used.
3 سُعِفَ, like عُنِىَ, said of a boy, He became affected with the pustules termed سَعْفَةٌ [q. v.].
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