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سَفَقَ

Root: سفق

Form: 1

Full Definition

سَفَقَI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun سَفْقٌ; and ; He shut, or closed, the door; or locked it: and in like manner with ص [in the place of the س].
2 سَفَقَ وَجْهَهُ, He slapped his face. [See also صَفَقَ.]
3 السَّفْقُ فِى الأَسْواقَ, occurring in a trad., means The striking of the hands [of the contracting parties] on the occasion of selling and buying [in token of the ratification thereof in the markets]: and so with ص.
4 سَفَقَ أْمْرَأَتَهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, i. q. أَصَابَهَا [app. meaning He compressed his wife; like اصاب مِنْهَا].

def.2 سَفُقَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun سَفَاقَةٌ, It was thick, substantial, close, or compact, in texture; not سَخِيف; contr. of سَخُفَ: [and so صَفُقَ.]
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