صَحْفَةٌ
Root: صحف
Full Definition
صَحْفَةٌ
[A sort of bowl;] a vessel like the
قَصْعَةٌ, expanded, wide, or a large, expanded
قَصْعَة, or, accord. to Z, an oblong
قَصْعَة, that satisfies the hunger of five [men] and the like of them: Ks says, the largest sort of قَصْعَة is the جَفْنَة; next to which is the قَصْعَة [properly so called], which satisfies the hunger of ten [men]; then, the صَحْفَة, which satisfies the hunger of five; then, the مِئْكَلَة, which satisfies two men, and three; and then, the
, which satisfies one man: the pl. of صَحْفَةٌ is صِحَافٌ. It is said in a prov., اِسْتَفْرَغَ فُلَانٌ مَا فِى صَحْفَتِهِ
Such a one chose for himself, as his share, [or exhausted, all of] what was in his
صحفة.
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