Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

صَافِقَةٌ

Root: صفق

Full Definition

صَافِقَةٌ A company of men [alighting at one's abode]. See 1, near the end.
2 Also A calamity, or misfortune: pl. صَوَافِقُ: this pl. and صَفَائِقُ , which latter may be pl. of صَفِيقَةٌ , signify accidents, or evil accidents, and varieties, or vicissitudes, of events.


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