Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شُفَافَةٌ

Root: شف

Full Definition

شُفَافَةٌ A portion of water remaining in a vessel; and likewise, of milk: or the last drop remaining in a vessel: IAth says that some of the later writers mention it as being with س. Dhu-rRummeh uses the phrase الشَّفَا, in a verse, as meaning In the remaining portion of the day.


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