شُرْفَةٌ

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شُرْفَةٌ : see the next preceding paragraph, first quarter.
2 Also The choice ones, or best, of مَال [meaning cattle].
3 The شُرْفَة of a [palace, or pavilion, or other building such as is called] قَصْر [and of a mosque] is well-known; [An acroterial ornament, forming a single member of a cresting of a wall or of the crown of a cornice, generally of a fanciful form, and pointed, or small, at the top:] pl. شُرَفٌ, a pl. of mult., and شُرُفَاتٌ and شُرَفَاتٌ and شُرْفَاتٌ, which are pls. of pauc., or, as some say, شرفات [i. e. شُرُفَاتٌ] is pl. of شُرُفَةٌ , with two dammehs: EshShiháb says that شُرْفَات is expl. as meaning the highest portions of a قَصْر; but what are thus termed are only what are built on the top of a wall, distinct from one another, [side by side, like merlons of a parapet,] according to a well-known form: the شُرْفَة is what is called by the [common] people : the شُرَّافَة of a mosque is a word used by the lawyers, and is one of their mistakes, as IB has notified: so says MF: its pl. is شَرَارِيفُ.
4 The شُرُفَات of a horse are The neck and قَطَاة [i. e. croup, or rump, or part between the hips or haunches,] thereof.

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