شَعَفَةٌ
Root: شعف
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شَعَفَةٌ
The head [or summit] of a mountain: and the upper, or uppermost, part of anything: pl.
شَعَفٌ [or rather this is a coll. gen. n., and accord. to Freytag it is used as a sing., in the two senses above mentioned, in the Deewán of Jereer,] and [the pl. is] شُعُوفٌ and شِعَافٌ and شَعَفَاتٌ: and
شَعَفٌ is also expl. as signifying an elevated part of the earth or ground.
2 Also A lock of hair (خُصْلَةٌ) upon the head, or upon the upper, or uppermost, part of the head. And شِعَافٌ signifies The hair of the head: so in the phrase رَجُلٌ صُهْبُ الشِّعَافِ [A man whose hair of the head is red, or red in the outer part and black beneath, or of a red colour tinged over with blackness, &c.].
3 And The [pendent lock of hair termed] ذُؤَابَة of a boy, or young man.
4 And شَعَفَةُ القَلْبِ signifies The head of the heart, at the place of suspension of [or from] the نِيَاط [q. v.].
2 Also A lock of hair (خُصْلَةٌ) upon the head, or upon the upper, or uppermost, part of the head. And شِعَافٌ signifies The hair of the head: so in the phrase رَجُلٌ صُهْبُ الشِّعَافِ [A man whose hair of the head is red, or red in the outer part and black beneath, or of a red colour tinged over with blackness, &c.].
3 And The [pendent lock of hair termed] ذُؤَابَة of a boy, or young man.
4 And شَعَفَةُ القَلْبِ signifies The head of the heart, at the place of suspension of [or from] the نِيَاط [q. v.].
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