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صَفْحٌ ذ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) of a thing, (S, A, Mgh,) or of anything; (Msb;) and ↓ صَفْحَةٌ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) of a thing, (Mgh,) or of anything; (S, A, Msb;) The side; or lateral, or outward, part or portion; syn. of the former نَاحِيَةٌ; (S, A;) or of the same, (K,) or of the latter, (S, A,) or of each, (Mgh, Msb,) جَانِبٌ: (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K:) and both signify also the face, or surface, or front, of a thing: (Mgh:) pl. [of the former صِفَاحٌ, as below, and] of the latter صَفَحَاتٌ. (Msb.) صَفْحَا الشَّىْءِ signifies The two sides of the thing; syn. جَانِبَاهُ. (TA.) And صَفْحُ الإِِنْسَانِ The side of the human being; (S, O, K; *) as also ↓ صَفْحَتُهُ . (O.) And hence, بَعِيرِهِ ↓ صَلَّى إِِلَى صَفْحَةِ [He prayed towards the side of his camel]. (Mgh.) And صَفْحٌ and ↓ صُفْحٌ signify The عُرْض [i. e. side] (S, O, and K accord. to the TA, but in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K عَرْض, [which in this instance I think a mistake,]) of the face: (S, O, K:) and so of a sword; (K, TA; [in the former of which, in art. عرض, the عُرْض of a sword is said to be its صَفْح;]) or the عَرْض [i. e. breadth, or width,] (S, O, Msb, and so accord. to the CK and my MS. copy of the K,) of a sword; (S, O, Msb, K;) i. e. contr. of طُول; (Msb;) [but it may be well rendered its side, or its flat, and so ↓ صَفْحَةٌ , for SM says that] صَفْحَتَا السَّيْفِ signifies the two faces, or surfaces, of the sword: (TA:) one says, نَظَرَ إِِلَيْهِ بِصَفْحِ وَجْهِهِ (S, A) and ↓ بِصُفْحِ وجهه (S) [He looked towards him with the side of his face turned towards him] and ↓ بِصَفْحَتِهِ [which means the same]: (A:) but accord. to AO, one says, السَّيْفِ ↓ ضَرَبَهُ بِصُفْحِ [He struck him with the side, or flat, of the sword], and the vulgar say بِصَفْحِ السيف, with fet-h: (S:) the pl. [of صَفْحٌ] is صِفَاحٌ (K, TA) and [that of ↓ صُفْحٌ is] أَصْفَاحٌ. (TA.) الرَّجُلِ ↓ صَفْحَةٌ signifies The side (عُرْض) of the breast of the man. (L.) And one says, جَنْبِهِ ↓ ضَرَبَهُ عَلَى صَفْحَةِ [He struck him on the surface, or flat part, of his side; and so على صَفْحِ جنبه; but the former is the more common]. (A.) And السَّيْفِ ↓ جَلَا صَفْحَتَى [He polished the two sides, or surfaces, of the sword]. (A.) And الوَرَقَةِ ↓ كَتَبَ فِى صَفْحَتَىِ [He wrote upon the two sides, or faces, of the piece of paper]. (A.) الكِتَابِ ↓ صَفَحَاتُ signifies The pages, or faces of the leaves, of the book. (Msb.) And صَفْحُ الكَفِّ The face [i. e. palm] of the hand. (L.) And صَفْحَا الكَتِفِ The two parts of the scapula that slope down from the عَيْر [or spine thereof]: pl. صِفَاحٌ. (L.) And صَفْحُ الجَبَلِ The part of the mountain where the side thereof rests upon the ground; (S, K;) its سَفْح [q. v.]: (JM:) pl. صِفَاحٌ. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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