شْءاٌفة
Root: شأف
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شْءاٌفة
Original text has hamza and sukun above sheen.
An ulcer, or imposthume, (قَرْحَةٌ,) that breaks out in the bottom of the foot, and is cauterized, or is cut, and goes away; and the word is also pronounced without ء [i. e. شَافَةٌ]: or an ulcer, or imposthume, in the foot of a person, who dies if it is cut: and it is also said to be a tumour in the hand, and foot, from the entering of a piece of wood, or stick, into the flesh of the foot, or the palm of the hand, and its remaining therein, so
2 شَأْفَةٌ is also syn. with أَصْلٌ [i. e. Root, &c.]: so says Sh. [See also 10 in art. اصل: and see what here follows.]
3 It is also said to signify The family and household of a man: and hence the form of imprecation, اِسْتَأْصَلَ ٱللّٰهُ شَأْفَتَهُمْ [May God extirpate their family and household].
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2 شَأْفَةٌ is also syn. with أَصْلٌ [i. e. Root, &c.]: so says Sh. [See also 10 in art. اصل: and see what here follows.]
3 It is also said to signify The family and household of a man: and hence the form of imprecation, اِسْتَأْصَلَ ٱللّٰهُ شَأْفَتَهُمْ [May God extirpate their family and household].
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