سَفًا
Root: سفو
Full Definition
2 And, accord. to IAar, A whiteness [or a tinge thereof] in the hair [of a horse]: particularly said by him in one place to be such as is termed أَدْهَم, and such as is أَشْقَر. (M, in art. سفو.)
def.2 Also, [but more properly written سَفًى, the last radical in this case being ىِ,] Dust, or earth; and so سَافٍ : or this is applied to earth, or dust, [as meaning pouring down,] from سَفَى التُّرَابُ [expl. above]: the former signifies dust, or earth, though not raised and carried away, or dispersed, by the wind: or, accord. to the T, whatever is raised and carried away, or dispersed, by the wind: accord. to IAar, dust, or earth, taken forth from a grave or a well: سَفَاةٌ is a more special term, the n. un., سَفَاةٌ مِنْ تُرَابٍ signifying a collection (كُبَّةٌ) of dust, or earth.
def.3 Also Any kind of tree having prickles, or thorns: the prickles [or awn or beard] of بُهْمَى [or barley-grass], and of the ears of corn, [of wheat or barley, (TA in art. خدش,)] and of anything having prickles: accord. to Th, the extremities of بُهْمَى: n. un. سَفَاةٌ, as above.
def.4 Also Leanness, or emaciation, in consequence of disease.
def.5 It is also an Verbal.Noun of سَفِىَ as syn. with سَفِهَ, expl. above.
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