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صَافٌّ ذ [originally صَافِفٌ, act. part. n. of صَفَّ, q. v.]. صَافَّةٌ and [its pl.] صَوَافُّ are epithets applied to camels [as meaning Setting their legs in an even row], from صَفَّتْ قَوَائِمَهَا: (S, O:) [or] صَوَافَّ (in the Kur xxii. 37, O, K) means مَصْفُوفَةً [i. e. set in a row], (M, O, K, TA,) to be slaughtered; (M, TA;) of the measure فَوَاعِل in the sense of the measure مَفَاعِل [thus in the O, and also (probably copied therefrom) in the copies of the K; but correctly مَفَاعِيل]: or it means مُصْطَفَّةً [i. e. standing in a row]: (O, K:) or, as related by I 'Ab, it is صَوَافِنَ. (TA.) In the phrase وَا@لصَّافَّاتِ صَفًّا in the Kur [xxxvii. 1], by الصَّافَّات are meant The angels standing in ranks in Heaven, glorifying God. (M, O, K.) ― -b2- Applied to a bird, it means Expanding its wings and not moving [or flapping] them [in its flight]: opposed to دَافٌّ. (M and TA in art. دف.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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