1
صَفَا
ذ
, (S, M, Msb,) aor.
يَصْفُو, (S, Msb,) inf. n.
صَفَآءٌ (S, M, Msb, K *) and
صُفُوٌّ (M, Msb, K *) and
صَفْوٌ (K, * TK) and
صَفْوَةٌٰ and
صِفْوَةٌ, (MA,) said of wine, or beverage, (S,) or of water, (TK,) or of a thing, (M,)
It was, or
became, clear, limpid, or
pure; contr. of
كَدِرَ; (S, M, K; *) or
free from
الكَدَر [i. e.
turbidness, thickness, or
muddiness]; (Msb;) or
free from admixture. (Er-Rághib, TA.) And, said of the air, or atmosphere,
It was, or
became, cloudless; free from any particle of cloud. (M, K.) [And it is also said, tropically, of life; and of the mind, or heart; and of love, or affection; &c.] ― -b2-
صَفَتْ, (AA, S, M, K,) aor.
تَصْفُو; (AA, S;) and
صَفُوتْ; (M, K;) said of a she-camel, (AA, S, M, K,) and of a ewe, or she-goat, (AA, S,)
She abounded with milk. (AA, S, M, K.) -A2-
صَفَا الشَّىْءَ
He took the clear, or
pure, part, or
portion, of the thing; (M, TA;) as also
صَفْوَهُ ↓
استصفى ; (M;) and ↓
استصفاهُ [alone] signifies the same; (K, TA;) as also ↓
اصطفاهُ ; (Er-Rághib, TA;) or
he took the best, or
choice, part, or
portion, of it. (TA.) You say,
صَفَوْتُ القِدْرَ
I took the clear, or
pure, part, or
portion, [of the contents]
of the cooking-pot. (S.)
2
صفّاهُ
ذ
, inf. n.
تَصْفِيَةٌ,
He cleared, or
clarified, it, namely, wine, or beverage, (S, TA,)
by means of the
رَاوُوق [or
مِصْفَاة]. (TA.) And
He removed from it the floating particles, or
motes, or
the like, that had fallen into it; (TA;) or so
صفّاهُ
مِنَ القَذَى. (Msb.) ― -b2- And
صفّى عَرَمَتَهُ, inf. n. as above,
He winnowed his heap of trodden-out corn, or
grain. (TA.)
3
صافاهُ
ذ
, (S, M, K, TA,) inf. n.
مُصَافَاةٌ, (TA,) (tropical:)
He regarded him, or
acted towards him, with reciprocal purity of mind, or
sincerity; or
with reciprocal purity, or
sincerity, of love, or
affection; syn.
خَالَصَهُ; (S in art.
خلص;)
he rendered him true, or
sincere, brotherly affection; (M, K, TA;) as also ↓
اصفاهُ ; (K;) or
الوُدَّ ↓
اصفاهُ , (S, Msb,) or
المَوَدَّةَ, (TA,)
he rendered him pure, or
sincere, love or
affection; (S, Msb, TA;) and [in like manner] one says also
صافاهُ الإِِخَآءَ. (TA.)
4
اصفاهُ الشَّىْءَ
ذ
He made the thing to be his, or
he assigned, or
appropriated, to him the thing, purely, absolutely, or
exclusively. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 3 in two places. ― -b3- And
اصفاهُ (S, Msb, K, TA)
بِالشَّىْءِ (S) or
بِكَذَا (K, TA) (tropical:)
He chose him in preference to others (S, Msb, K, TA)
for, or
to give him, the thing or
such a thing; (S, K, TA;) and
he distinguished him particularly, peculiarly, or
specially, i. e.
above, or
from, or
exclusively of, others, by the thing or
by such a thing. (TA.) ― -b4- And
اصفى عِيَالَهُ بِشَىْءٍ قَلِيلٍ (assumed tropical:)
He contented, or
satisfied, his family, or
household, with something little, or
scanty. (TA.) ― -b5-
اصفى الأَمِيرُ دَارَ فُلَانٍ means (assumed tropical:)
The prince, or
governor, took what was in the house of such a one: (S, * TA:) and
مَالَهُ ↓
استصفى (tropical:)
He took all his property. (S, K, TA.) -A2-
اصفى, intrans., (tropical:)
He was, or
became, destitute, or
devoid,
مِنَ
المَالِ [
of property], and
مِنَ الأَدَبِ [
of good education, good breeding, or
polite accomplishments, &c.]: (S, K, TA:) as though clear thereof. (TA.) ― -b2- And (tropical:)
He (a man, TA)
became exhausted of his sperma by women: (Az, K, TA:) or
he ceased from sexual intercourse. (IKtt, TA.) ― -b3- And
اصفت said of a hen, (assumed tropical:)
She ceased to lay eggs: (S, M, K, TA:) as though she became clear. (TA.) ― -b4- Hence, (TA,)
اصفى said of a poet, (tropical:)
He ceased to utter poetry, or
to poetize. (S, M, A, K, * TA.) -A3-
اصفى القَوْمُ
The people had abundance of milk in their camels, and
in their sheep or
goats. (TA.) -A4-
اصفى said of a digger,
He reached stone (
صَفًا, M, TA, i. e.
حَجَرًا, TA),
so that he was repelled [
thereby], (M, TA,) or
prevented from digging [
further]. (TA.)
5
تصفّى
ذ
[
It became cleared, or
clarified]. (K in art.
نطب.)
6
تَصَافَيْنَا
ذ
We regarded one another, or
acted reciprocally, with purity, or
sincerity, [
of mind, or]
of love, or
affection; syn.
تَخَالَصْنَا. (S. [See also 3.])
8
اصطفاهُ
ذ
: see 1, last sentence but one. ― -b2- Also
He took it clear, limpid, or
pure; (M, TA;) and so [accord. to SM, which, however, I think doubtful,] ↓
استصفاهُ , which is expl. in the K as signifying
he reckoned it clear, limpid, or
pure; though the former meaning is assigned in the M to
اصطفاهُ only. (TA.) ― -b3- And
He chose, made choice of, selected, elected, or
preferred, it, (S, M, K,) namely, a thing; (M;) as also ↓
استصفاهُ . (M, K.) And
اِصْطَفَيْتُ كَذَا عَلَى كَذَا
I chose such a thing in preference to such a thing. (TA.) But
اِصْطِفَآءُ ا@للّٰهِ عِبَادَهُ [sometimes means
God's creating his servants pure; for it] is sometimes by his bringing them into existence clear from the admixture that is found in others: and sometimes it is by his choice and judgment. (TA.)
10
إِِسْتَصْفَوَ
see 1, last sentence but one, in two places: ― -b2- see also 8, in two places: ― -b3- and see 4.
صَفًا
ذ
Stones: or
smooth stones: and one thereof is termed
صَفَاةٌ: [i. e. the former word is a coll. gen. n., and the latter is its n. un.:] the two words being like
حَصًى and
حَصَاةٌ: (Msb:) or
صَفَاةٌ signifies
a smooth rock: (S:) or
a hard and smooth stone, large, and such as does not give growth to anything: (M, K:) and the pl. of this is
صَفًا [improperly thus termed a pl.] (S, M, K) and
صَفَوَاتٌ, (M, K,) and (S, M, K) that of
صَفًا, (M, K, *) not of
صَفَاةٌ, (M,)
أَصْفَآءٌ and
صُفِىٌّ (S, M, K) and
صِفِىٌّ: (M, K:) or
صَفًا signifies
stones that are broad and smooth: (ISk, TA:) and [accord. to F,] ↓
صَفْوَآءُ signifies the same as
صَفَاةٌ, as also
صَفْوَانَةٌ [in the CK erroneously written
صَفْوَاة], of which the pl. is ↓
صَفْوَانٌ and ↓
صَفَوَانٌ , (K,) which last is said by El-Háfidh to be a mistaken pronunciation of
صَفْوَانٌ; (TA;) [but correctly,] ↓
صَفْوَآءُ [which is a quasi-pl. n.] and ↓
صَفْوَانٌ [a coll. gen. n.] (As, T, S, M, TA) of which the sing. or n. un. is
صَفْوَانَةٌ (S, M, TA) signify the same as
صَفًا, (As, T, M, TA,) or
stones, (S,) or
soft, smooth stones; (TA;) or ↓
صَفْوَانٌ is used as a pl. and as a sing.; as a pl. meaning
smooth stones, one of which is termed
صَفْوَانَةٌ; and as a sing.,
stone, or
a stone: (Msb:) the dual of
صَفًا is
صَفَوَانِ. (ISk, TA.)
مَا تَنْدَى صَفَاتُهُ is a prov., (S,) applied to the niggardly, like
مَا يَبِضُّ حَجَرُهُ, (S, in art.
بض,) meaning (assumed tropical:)
No good is obtained from him. (TA in that art.) And one says also,
قَرَعَ صَفَاتَهُ, meaning (assumed tropical:)
He im-
pugned his character; blamed, or
censured, him; or
spoke against him. (Mgh in art.
غمز.) ― -b2-
الصَّفَا
A certain place in Mekkeh (S, Msb) may be masc. or fem., as meaning either the
مَكَان or the
بُقْعَة. (Msb.) ― -b3- [
بِنْتُ صَفًا, accord. to Reiske, as stated by Freytag, signifies
The echo.]
صَفْوٌ
ذ
Clearness, limpidness, or
purity; contr. of
كَدَرٌ; (M, K;) like [the inf. ns.]
صَفَآءٌ and
صُفُوٌّ [&c. when used as simple substs.: see 1, first sentence]. (K.) See also
صَفَآءٌ, below. ― -b2- Also, and ↓
صَفْوَةٌ and ↓
صِفْوَةٌ and ↓
صُفْوَةٌ , (S, M, Msb, K,) but only with fet-h when without
ة, (AO, S,) The
clear, or
pure, part, or
portion, of a thing; (S, M, Msb, K;) the
best, or
choice, part, or
portion; (TA;) and so ↓
صَفِىٌّ , (K, * TA,) of a thing. (K, TA.) One says
المَآءِ ↓
صَفْوَةُ , (T, TA,) and
المَالِ, (AO, T, S, TA,) and
الآخَآءِ, (T, TA,) and ↓
صِفْوَتُهُ , (AO, T, S, TA,) and ↓
صُفْوَتُهُ , (AO, S,) [i. e.
The clear, or
pure, part, or
portion, or
the best, or
choice, of water, and
of property, and
of brothers,] but only
صَفْوُ الإِِهَالَةِ [
the clear, or
pure, part, or
portion, or
the best, or
choice, of the grease, or
melted fat, &c.]. (T, TA.) And Mohammad is said to be
ا@للّٰهِ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ ↓
صَفْوَةُ and ↓
مُصْطَفَاهُ [i. e.
God's choice one, or
elect, or
favourite, of his creatures]: (S:) and [in like manner] Adam is said to be
ا@للّٰهِ ↓
صَفِىُّ i. e.
the chosen one, or
elect, of God. (TA.)
صَفَاةٌ
ذ
as meaning
صَافِيَةٌ: see
صَافٍ. -A2- Also n. un. of
صَفًا [q. v.].
صَفْوَةٌ
ذ
: see
صَفْوٌ, in three places.
صُفْوَةٌ
ذ
: see
صَفْوٌ, in two places.
صِفْوَةٌ
ذ
: see
صَفْوٌ, in two places. ― -b2- One says also,
فِى الإِِنَآءِ صِفْوَةٌ مِنْ مَآءٍ, or
خَمْرٍ, i. e. [
In the vessel is]
a small quantity [
of water, or
of wine]. (M.)
صَفْوَآءُ
ذ
: see
صَفًا, in two places.
يَوْمٌ صَفْوَانُ
ذ
, (S, M, K,) and ↓
صَافٍ , (M, K,)
A day in which the sun is clear, and which is very cold: (S:) or
a cold day, (K,) or
a very cold day, (M,)
without clouds and without thickness [
of the air]. (M, K.) ― -b2-
صَفْوَانُ is also a name of
The second of the days of cold: (K, TA:) so called because the sky therein is clear of clouds: [as a proper name,] it is determinate, and imperfectly decl. (TA. [See also
صُفَيَّةُ.]) -A2-
صَفْوَانٌ [as a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is with
ة; and said to be used as a sing. and as a pl.]: see
صَفًا, in three places.
صَفَوَانٌ
ذ
: see
صَفًا.
صَفَآءٌ
ذ
an inf. n. of
صَفَا. (S, M, &c. [See 1, first sentence.]) ― -b2- [It is often used by moderns as meaning (assumed tropical:)
Serenity of life, and
of the mind; freedom from trouble; comfort; content; complacency; happiness, joy, or pleasure: and so, sometimes, ↓
صَفْوٌ .] ― -b3- Also (tropical:) [
Reciprocal purity or
sincerity of mind, or
of love or
affection, or
of brotherly affection; or
pure, or
sincere, reciprocal love &c.;] a subst, from
صَافَاهُ. (TA.)
صَفِىٌّ
ذ
: see
صَافٍ. ― -b2- Also (tropical:)
A friend who regards one, or
behaves towards one, with reciprocal purity or
sincerity of love or
affection, or
of brotherly affection: (S, * M, * K, TA:) pl.
أَصْفِيَآءُ. (TA.) One says,
فُلَانٌ صَفِىُّ فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) [
Such a man is the friend &c.
of such a man]: and
فُلَانَةُ صَفِىُّ فُلَانٍ and
صَفِيَّتُهُ (assumed tropical:) [
Such a woman is the friend, &c.
of such a man]. (Ham p. 430.) ― -b3- See also
صَفْوٌ, in two places. ― -b4- Also (tropical:)
The portion, of the spoil, which the chief, or
commander, chooses for himself before the division; (S, Msb, K, TA;) and so ↓
صَفِيَّةٌ , of which the pl. is
صَفَايَا: (S, Msb:) 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. (Msb.) ― -b5- Also, applied to a she-camel, (S, M, K,) and to a ewe, or she-goat, (S,)
Abounding with milk; (S, M, K;) or so ↓
صَفِيَّةٌ : (Z, TA:) or the former, a she-camel
whose milk lasts throughout the year: (IAar, TA in art.
شكر:) pl. of the former, (Sb, S, M, K,) or of the latter, (Z, TA,) as above: (Sb, S, M, Z, K:) Sb says that it is not pluralized with
ا and
ت because the sing. is without
ة. (M.) ― -b6- And A palm-tree (
نَخْلَةٌ)
abounding with fruit; (M, K;) or so ↓
صَفِيَّةٌ : (Z, TA:) pl. of the former, (TA,) or of the latter, as above. (Z, TA.)
صَفِيَّةٌ
ذ
: see the next preceding paragraph, in three places.
صُفَيَّةُ
ذ
a name of
The first of the days of cold: (K, TA:) so called because the sky therein is clear of clouds. (TA. [See also
صَفْوَانُ.])
صَافٍ
ذ
Clear, limpid, or
pure; free from
كَدَر [or
turbidness, &c.]; (Msb;) and so ↓
صَفِىٌّ , applied to anything. (M.) Applied to pasturage, the former word may mean
Clear of dried-up leaves or
similar rubbish: or it may be formed by transposition from
صَائِفٌ, meaning “ of the [season called]
صَيْف, ” and so belonging to art.
صيف. (M. [See also
صَافٍ in another sense as formed by transposition from
صَائِفٌ, voce
صَافٌ, in art.
صوف.]) In the phrase
اللَّوْنِ ↓
صَفَاةُ applied by the poet Kutheiyir-'Azzeh to honey (
جَنَاةُ النَّحْلِ), and expl. as meaning
Clear in respect of colour, [ISd says,] I think that
صفاة is originally
صَفِيَة, as a possessive epithet. (M.) [
صَافٍ is also applied to a sword, and the like, as meaning
Bright, or
free from rust.] And in the Kur xxii. 37, [instead of the common reading
صَوَافَّ, pl. of
صَافٌّ and
صَافَّةٌ,] some read
صَوَافِىَ, [pl. of
صَافِيَةٌ, as well as of
صَافٍ applied to irrational animals,] as meaning that the animals there mentioned are [to be regarded
as]
things purely [or
exclusively]
belonging to God. (TA.) ― -b2- See also
صَفْوَانُ. -A2- Also
A certain fish, which [
it is said]
chews the cud; pl.
صَوَافٍ. (TA.)
صَافِيَةٌ
ذ
[fem. of
صَافٍ, q. v. ― -b2- And also, as a subst.,] (tropical:)
One of what are termed
صَوَافِى الإِِمَامِ, which means
the towns, or
villages, of those who have rebelled against him, which the Imám [or
Khaleefeh]
chooses for himself [
as his peculiar property]: (A, TA:) or, as in the T,
الصَّوَافِى signifies
what the Sultán appropriates exclusively to those persons whom he specially favours: or, as some say, it means
the possessions and lands which their owners have abandoned, or
of which the owners have died leaving no heirs thereof. (TA.)
مِصْفَاةٌ
ذ
i. q.
رَاوُوقٌ; (S, MA, K, TA;) i. e.
A strainer; (MA; [thus accord. to modern usage;])
a clarifier; i. e.
a thing from which clearing, or
clarifying, is effected; called by the vulgar
مصفيَّة [i. e.
مِصْفَيَّة, and also
مِصْفَايَة]: pl.
مَصَافٍ. (TA.)
عَسَلٌ مُصَفًّى
ذ
[
Clarified honey; or]
honey cleared of the floating particles, or
motes, or
the like, that had fallen into it. (TA.)
مُصْطَفًى
ذ
: see
صَفْوٌ, last sentence.
