صَفِىٌّ

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صَفِىٌّ : see صَافٍ.
2 Also A friend who regards one, or behaves towards one, with reciprocal purity or sincerity of love or affection, or of brotherly affection: pl. أَصْفِيَآءُ. One says, فُلَانٌ صَفِىُّ فُلَانٍ [Such a man is the friend &c. of such a man]: and فُلَانَةُ صَفِىُّ فُلَانٍ and صَفِيَّتُهُ [Such a woman is the friend, &c. of such a man].
3 See also صَفْوٌ, in two places.
4 Also The portion, of the spoil, which the chief, or commander, chooses for himself before the division; and so صَفِيَّةٌ , of which the pl. is صَفَايَا: or, accord. to As, صَفَايَا is pl. of صَفِىٌّ, which signifies the portion which the chief chooses for himself, exclusively of his companions, such as the horse, and that which cannot be divided among the army: or, as AO says, the portion which the chief chose for himself, after [taking] the fourth part, such as the she-camel, and the horse, and the sword, and the girl or young woman; and thus it continued to be in the case of El-Islám, but the fourth became reduced to the fifth.
5 Also, applied to a she-camel, and to a ewe, or she-goat, Abounding with milk; or so صَفِيَّةٌ : or the former, a she-camel whose milk lasts throughout the year: (IAar, TA in art. شكر:) pl. of the former, or of the latter, as above: Sb says that it is not pluralized with ا and ت because the sing. is without ة.
6 And A palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ) abounding with fruit; or so صَفِيَّةٌ : pl. of the former, or of the latter, as above.

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