Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

سَعْفَةٌ

Root: سعف

Full Definition

سَعْفَةٌ A certain disease, or pustules, coming forth upon the head of a child, and upon his face: said by AHát to be دَآءُ الثَّعْلَبِ [i. e. alopecia], which occasions baldness; and سَعَفَةٌ is a dial. var. thereof in this last sense.


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