سَفِيفٌ
Root: سف
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سَفِيفٌ
Woven [with the fingers, or plaited,] of palm-leaves.
2 [And hence,] The girth of the رَحْل [or camel's saddle], and of the [women's vehicle called] هَوْدَج: the fore-girth of the رَحْل; because made broad, like the سَفِيف of palm-leaves. [See also the next paragraph.]
def.2 A certain plant.
def.3 The sharpness of the ears of the wolf.
def.4 And السَّفِيفُ is A name of Iblees: so says AA: in one or more of the copies of the “ Nawádir, ” .
2 [And hence,] The girth of the رَحْل [or camel's saddle], and of the [women's vehicle called] هَوْدَج: the fore-girth of the رَحْل; because made broad, like the سَفِيف of palm-leaves. [See also the next paragraph.]
def.2 A certain plant.
def.3 The sharpness of the ears of the wolf.
def.4 And السَّفِيفُ is A name of Iblees: so says AA: in one or more of the copies of the “ Nawádir, ” .
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