خصف

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muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarخَصْفٌ خِصَافٌ

Core sense — he joined things together; he sewed a sole double; he liedgenerated

1.1

The maṣdar of خَصَفَ means joining and putting together.

1.1.1he sewed a sole [so as to make it double], facing one piece with another—خَصَفَ

Or: he patched a sole, mending it by sewing on another piece.

Also: he made anything double, putting one piece on another; he faced it.

1.1.2figurative · مجازhe stuck [or sewed] the leaves together and covered himself with them, leaf by leaf—خَصَفَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ

Also خَصَفَ الوَرَقَ عَلَى بَدَنِهِ, with the same muḍāriʿ and the same maṣdar.

اختصف, اخصف and خصّف, maṣdar تَخْصِيفٌ, have the same meaning.

he put wide leaves, or the like, over his private parts—اختصف

[he covered his private parts with such a thing]—اختصف بِكَذَا

and they set about sticking the leaves of Paradise together, one to another, to hide their private parts—وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الجَنَّةِ

Done to hide his private parts.

Said of a naked man.

In the Qur'ān 7:21 and 20:119.

يَخِصِّفَانِ, originally يَخْتَصِفَانِ, is pronounced by some يَخَصِّفَانِ and by some يَخْصِّفَانِ, with two sākin letters together; but this appears to be incorrect — see form 8 in art. خصم. Other readings are يُخْصِفَانِ, from أَخْصَفَ, and يُخَصِّفَانِ, from خَصَّفَ.

let him take the waist-wrapper and not put his hand on his private parts—وَلَا يُخَصِّفْ إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الحَمَّامَ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالنَّشِيرِ

Said in a tradition: [When any one of you enters the bath.]

Like this in meaning is تخصّفه [apparently a mistranscription for يَتَخَصَّفُ or يَخِصِّفُ or the like, for يَخْتَصِفُ; if not, it must be تَخَصَّفَهُ, meaning he put his hand on it].

Lane cites “Bd in vii. 21” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

1.1.3figurative · مجازthey kept covering the camels' tracks with the prints of the horses' hoofs [until they overtook them]—فَمَا زَالُوا يَخْصِفُونَ أَخْفَافَ المَطِىِّ بِحَوَافِرِ الخَيْلِ حَتَّى لِحِقُوهُمْ

As though they sewed the one set of prints upon the other, as one sews a sole by facing one piece with another.

1.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred[the body of troops] was followed [by horsemen]—خُصِفَتِ الكَتِيبَةُ مِنْ وَرَائِهَا بِخَيْلٍ

1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe lied—خَصَفَ

[See خَصَّافٌ.]

1.1.6figurative · مجازI exceeded such a one in reviling—خَصَفْتُ فُلَانًا

[As though adding reviling upon reviling.]

1.2she cast her young one in the ninth month—خَصَفَتْ

. Said of a she-camel.

The adjective applied to her in this case is خَصُوفٌ; or, as some say, it means one that brings forth a year and a month after the time when she was covered — in some copies a year and two months, which is wrong.

one that brings forth a year and two months after that time—جَرُورٌ

Or that first adjective means one that brings forth at the completion of the year; or one of the camels termed مَرَابِيع [plural of مِرْبَاعٌ] that brings forth at the completion of the year; or one of such camels that brings forth exactly when she reaches the time of year in which she was covered.

she (a camel) became one that casts her young in the ninth month—اختصفت

That is, she became such as is termed خَصُوف.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

7:22

فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ ۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا ٱلشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَنَادَىٰهُمَا رَبُّهُمَآ أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلْكُمَا ٱلشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَآ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?"

20:121

فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚ وَعَصَىٰٓ ءَادَمُ رَبَّهُۥ فَغَوَىٰ

In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[inf. n. of خَصَفَ ] signifies The act of adjoining, and putting together. (TA.) Hence, (TA,) خَصَفَ , (S, Msb, K, TA,) aor. خَصِفَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. خَصْفٌ , (Msb,) He sewed a sole (S, K, TA) [so as to make it double], covering, or facing, one piece with another: (TA:) or he patched a sole; mended it by sewing on another piece. (Msb.) And He made anything double, putting one piece upon another; he faced it. (TA.) And [hence,] خَصَفَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ , (JK,) or خَصَفَ الوَرَقَ عَلَى بَدَنِهِ , (S, * K,) aor. as above, (S, TA,) and so the inf. n.; (TA;) and اختصف ; (S, K;) and اخصف ; (K;) and خصّف , inf. n. تَخْصِيفٌ ; (TA;) He stuck [or sewed] the leaves together, one to another, (S, K, * TA,) and covered his person with them, leaf by leaf, (K,) to conceal therewith his pudenda: (S, TA:) or the first phrase, (JK,) as also اختصف , (Lth, JK,) signifies he (a naked man) put upon his pudenda wide leaves, (Lth, JK,) or the like: (Lth:) you say, اختصف بِكَذَا [he covered his pudenda with such a thing]. (Lth, JK.) It is said in the Kur [vii. 21 and xx. 119], وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الجَنَّةِ ; and يَخِصِّفَانِ , originally يَخْتَصِفَانِ , by some pronounced يَخَصِّفَانِ , (S, TA,) and by some, يَخْصِّفَانِ , with two quiescent letters together; (TA; [but this appears to be incorrect; see 8 in art. خصم ;]) and يُخْصِفَانِ , from أَخْصَفَ ; and يُخَصِّفَانِ , from خَصَّفَ ; (Ksh and Bd in vii. 21, and TA;) thus accord. to different readings; i. e. And they betook themselves to sticking [or sewing] together, one to another, of the leaves of Paradise, to conceal therewith their pudenda. (S, TA.) And hence, also, the saying, in a trad., وَلَا يُخَصِّفْ إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الحَمَّامَ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالنَّشِيرِ , i. e. [When any one of you enters the bath,] let him take the waist-wrapper, and not put his hand upon his pudendum: and like this in meaning is تخصّفه [app. a mistranscription for يَتَخَصَّفُ , or يَخِصِّفُ or the like, for يَخْتَصِفُ : if not, it must be تَخَصَّفَهُ , meaning he put his hand upon it]. (TA.) [Hence also the saying,] فَمَا زَالُوا يَخْصِفُونَ أَخْفَافَ المَطِىِّ بِحَوَافِرِ الخَيْلِ حَتَّى لِحِقُوهُمْ And they ceased not to make the prints of the feet of the camels to be covered by the prints of the hoofs of the horses [until they overtook them]; as though they sewed these upon the others, like as one sews a sole by covering, or facing, one piece with another. (TA.) And خُصِفَتِ الكَتِيبَةُ مِنْ وَرَائِهَا بِخَيْلٍ , i. e. [The body of troops] was followed [by horsemen]. (S.) And خَصَفَ , aor. خَصِفَ , inf. n. خَصْفٌ , He lied. (Munjid of Kr. [See خَصَّافٌ .]) And خَصَفْتُ فُلَانًا I exceeded such a one in reviling [as though adding reviling upon reviling]. (TA.) خَصَفَتْ , (AZ, S, K,) aor. خَصِفَ , (AZ, S,) inf. n. خِصَافٌ , said of a she-camel, She cast her young one in the ninth month: (AZ, S, K:) the epithet applied to her in this case is خَصُوفٌ : (AZ, S:) or, as some say, (S,) this epithet signifies one that brings forth a year and a month, (S, and so in some copies of the K,) in [some of] the copies of the K a year and two months, which is wrong, (TA,) after the time when she was covered: (S, K:) جَرُورٌ is applied to one that brings forth a year and two months after that time: (S, TA:) or ↓ the former epithet signifies one that brings forth on the completion of the year: (IAar, TA:) or one of the camels termed مَرَابِيع [pl. of مِرْبَاعٌ q. v.] that brings forth at the completion of the year; or one of such camels that brings forth when she comes to the time of the year in which she was covered, completely: (TA:) and اختصفت signifies she (a camel) became such as is termed خَصُوف . (JK, TA.)

Form 2خَصَّفَ2 senses · 1 main

maṣdarتَخْصِيفٌ تَخْوِيصٌ تَثْقُيبٌ

Core sense — hoariness made his hair white and black in equal proportionsgenerated

2.1

See form 1, in three places.

2.1.1figurative · مجازhoariness made his hair white and black in equal proportions—خَصَّفَهُ الشَّيْبُ

[Derived from the primary meaning of the verb.]

the same in meaning as خَوَّصَهُ () and ثَقَّبَ فِيهِ ().

hoariness made the hair hanging below his ears white and black—خَصَّفَ الشَّيْبُ لِمَّتَهُ

خَصِيف means white and black; لمّة is the hair hanging down below the ears.

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see 1, in three places. [From the primary signification of the verb is derived the phrase,] خَصَّفَهُ الشَّيْبُ , inf. n. تَخْصِيفٌ , Hoariness rendered his hair white and black in equal proportions; (IAar, * K, * TA;) syn. with خَوَّصَهُ , inf. n. تَخْوِيصٌ ; and ثَقَّبَ فِيهِ , inf. n. تَثْقُيبٌ . (IAar.) And خَصَّفَ الشَّيْبُ لِمَّتَهُ Hoariness rendered خَصِيف [i. e. white and black] his لمّة [or hair hanging down below his ears]. (A, TA.)

Form 4أَخْصَفَ1 sense

Core sense — he stuck leaves together and covered himself with themgenerated

4.1

See form 1, in two places.

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see 1, in two places.

Form 5تَخَصَّفَ1 sense

Core sense — he stuck leaves together and covered himself with themgenerated

5.1

See form 1, in two places.

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see 1, in two places.

Form 8اختصف2 senses

Core sense — he covered himself with leaves stuck together; she cast her young in the ninth monthgenerated

8.1

Also with three variations of the muḍāriʿ: see form 1, in seven places.

8.2

اختصف, said of a she-camel: see form 1, last sentence.

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, and three variations of the aor.: see 1, in seven places: and اختصف said of a she-camel: see 1, last sentence.

Derived nouns 13

Nounخَصْفٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sole having another sole sewed on itgenerated

A sole having another sole sewed on it; نَعْلٌ خَصِيفٌ means the same, and is the same as مَخْصُوفَةٌ.

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A sole having another sole sewed upon it; (S, K;) and so نَعْلٌ خَصِيفٌ , (S, * TA,) i. q. مَخْصُوفَةٌ . (K.)

Nounخَصَفٌ3 senses

Core sense — a mixed colour, black and whitegenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

A mixed colour, black and white.

See also خَصَفَةٌ, in two places.

Also a dialectal variant of خَزَفٌ.

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A mixed colour, black and white. (Freytag, from the Deewán of the Hudhalees.) See also خَصَفَةٌ , in two places. Also a dial. var. of خَزَفٌ [q. v.]. (Lth, TA.)

Nounخَصْفَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sole, or matching piece, sewed on a solegenerated

Any sole, or matching piece, that is sewed on a sole [so as to make it double]; خَصِيفَةٌ means the same. Mentioned under the word طِرَاقٌ.

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Any sole, or matching piece, that is sewed upon a sole [so as to make it double]; (JK, S, K;) as also خَصِيفَةٌ . (S; * and K voce طِرَاقٌ .)

Nounخُصْفَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a puncture, or stitch-hole, in a skin; the anusgenerated

A puncture, or stitch-hole, in a skin; the same as خُرْزَةٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Hence,] the anus, or orifice of the rectum; also the orifice of the vagina. Mentioned under خُرْبَةٌ.

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A puncture, or stitch-hole, in a skin; syn. خُرْزَةٌ . (K.) And [hence,] The anus, or orifice of the rectum: and the orifice of the vagina. (TA voce خُرْبَةٌ .)

Nounخَصَفَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a receptacle for dates made of palm-leaves; a mat of woven palm-leavesgenerated

A receptacle for dates, of the kind termed جُلَّة, made of palm-leaves, in which dates are stored; of the dialect of El-Bahreyn.

Also a mat on which أَقِط and the like are put to dry; mentioned in art. شر.

It is also said to mean a very thick kind of cloth.

Plural خَصَفٌ [or rather this is an ism jamʿ], the plural properly speaking being خِصَافٌ.

Lth says that a certain Tubbaʿ [a king of El-Yemen] clothed the House [i.e. the Kaʿbeh] with خَصَف, meaning very thick cloths, so called from their likeness to the خَصَف of woven palm-leaves.

Az says this is wrong: it means pieces of matting made of palm-leaves woven together; oblong pieces of it were used as coverings for the tents of the Arabs of the desert, and were sometimes made into جِلَال [plural of جُلَّةٌ] for dates.

خُصَّافٌ also means a piece of matting of palm-leaves; its plural is خَصَاصِيفُ.

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A receptacle for dates, such as is termed جُلَّة , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) made of palm-leaves; (S, K;) wherein they are stored: of the dial. of El-Bahreyn: (TA:) and a mat upon which أَقِط &c. are put to dry: (TA in art. شر :) and [it is said to signify] a very thick kind of cloth: (Lth, K:) pl. خَصَفٌ , (S, K,) [or rather this is a coll. gen. n.,] and [the pl. properly speaking is] خِصَافٌ : (S, Msb, K:) Lth says that a certain Tubba' [a king of El-Yemen] clothed the House [i. e. the Kaabeh] with خَصَف , meaning very thick cloths; so called as being likened to the خَصَف of woven palm-leaves: but Az says that this is wrong; and that it means pieces of matting made of palm-leaves woven together, oblong pieces of which were used as coverings for the tents of the Arabs of the desert, and sometimes made into جِلَال [pl. of جُلَّةٌ ] for dates: (TA:) خُصَّافٌ , also, signifies a piece of matting of palm-leaves; and its pl. is خَصَاصِيفُ . (JK.)

Nounخَصُوفٌ1 sense

Core sense — a woman who brings forth in the ninth monthgenerated

See form 1, last sentence, in two places.

Applied to a woman: one who brings forth in the ninth [month], without entering on the tenth.

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: see 1, last sentence, in two places. Applied to a woman, One who brings forth in the ninth [month], not entering upon the tenth. (TA.)

Nounخَصِيفٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — combining two colours, black and white; ashes; fresh milk with curdled milk poured on itgenerated

See خَصْفٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[a body of troops] having two colours, that of iron and another colour—كَتِيبَةٌ خَصِيفٌ

A thing in which any two colours are united. See also form 2, and see أَخْصَفُ, in two places.

[Hence,] ashes, because two colours are in them, blackness and whiteness; but more commonly one says رَمَادٌ خَصِيفٌ, using that word as an adjective.

Also said as كتيبة خَصِيفَةٌ.

Or it is so called because of the rust of the iron and the like.

Or, as some say, the first of these phrases means followed by horsemen; the adjective is then without ة, because it has the meaning of an ism mafʿūl. If it denoted the colour of the iron they would have said خَصِيفَةٌ, which would have the meaning of an ism fāʿil.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also fresh milk on which رَائِب [i.e. curdled, or thick, or churned, milk] is poured.

If dates and clarified butter are put into it, it is [termed] عَوْبَثَانِىٌّ.

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: see خَصْفٌ . A thing in which are united any two colours. (S, TA.) See also 2. And see أَخْصَفُ in two places. [Hence,] Ashes; (K;) because there are two colours therein, blackness and whiteness: but one says more commonly رَمَادٌ خَصِيفٌ , using the latter word as an epithet. (TA.) And كَتِيبَةٌ خَصِيفٌ , (S,) or كتيبة خَصِيفَةٌ , (K,) [A body of troops] having two colours, (K,) having the colour of iron (S, K) and another colour: (K:) or so called because of the rust of the iron &c.: (L:) or the former phrase means, as some say, followed by horsemen; and therefore the epithet is without ة , because it has the signification of a pass. part. n.: for were it to denote the colour of the iron, they had said خَصِيفَةٌ , because it would in this latter case have the signification of an act. part. n. (S.) Also Fresh milk upon which is poured رَائِب [i.e. curdled, or thick, or churned, milk]: (S, K:) if dates and clarified butter are put into it, it is [termed] عَوْبَثَانِىٌّ . (S.)

Nounخَصِيفَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — combining two colours, black and whitegenerated

Feminine of خَصِيفٌ.

1.1

And also a simple noun: see خَصْفَةٌ.

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[fem. of خَصِيفٌ , q. v. And also a simple subst.]: see خَصْفَةٌ .

Nounخَصَّافٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who sews or patches soles; a liar; one who covers himself with his handgenerated

One who sews soles [so as to make them double, facing one piece with another: see form 1]; or one who patches soles, mending them by sewing on other pieces.

1.1figurative · مجاز

One who covers his private parts with his hand; on the authority of Seer.

1.2figurative · مجاز

A liar, as though he sewed one saying onto another and so embellished it.

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One who sews soles [so as to make them double, covering, or facing, one piece with another: see 1]: (Kr, K:) or one who patches soles; who mends them by sewing on other pieces. (Msb.) One who covers his pudendum with his hand: on the authority of Seer. (TA. [See 1.]) A liar: (Kr, K, TA:) as though he sewed one saying upon another, and [thus] embellished it. (TA.)

Nounخِصَّافٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who sews, or patches, solesgenerated

See خَصَفَةٌ.

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: see خَصَفَةٌ .

Nounأَخْصَفُ1 sense

Core sense — of a colour like ashes, in which are blackness and whitenessgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Of a colour like that of ashes, in which are blackness and whiteness; and so خَصِيفٌ.

In this sense applied to a mountain, as also خَصِيفٌ, and to a male ostrich, meaning in which are blackness and whiteness; feminine خَصْفَآءُ.

Also a rope, or cord, of two colours, having one strand black and another strand white.

Also a horse, or a sheep, white in the flanks, the rest being of any colour; and sometimes white in one side only; or whose بَلَق [i.e. blackness and whiteness] extends from the belly to the sides; or a horse white in the side.

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Of a colour like that of ashes, in which are blackness and whiteness; (JK, S;) as also خَصِيفٌ . (JK.) In this sense, (TA,) applied to a mountain, (S, K,) as also خَصِيفٌ , (TA,) and to a male ostrich, meaning In which are blackness and whiteness: (S, K:) fem. خَصْفَآءُ . (TA.) A rope, or cord, of two colours, having one strand black and another strand white. (JK.) A horse, and a sheep, white in the flanks; (S, K:) the rest being of any colour: and sometimes in one side: (TA:) or whose بَلَق [or blackness and whiteness] extends from his belly to his sides: (S, TA:) or a horse white in the side. (Mgh.)

Nounمِخْصَبٌ1 sense

Core sense — an awl used in the sewing of solesgenerated

The awl, or instrument for boring, used in the sewing of soles [and the like]; the same as إِشْفًى. [Plural مَخَاصِفُ.]

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The awl; or instrument for boring, or perforating; (JK, TA;) use in the sewing of soles [and the like;] (JK;) i. q. إِشْفًى [q. v.]: (S, Msb, TA:) [pl. مَخَاصِفُ .]

Nounمَخْصُوفَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a sole sewed double; of a ewe or she-goat, smooth, or black and whitegenerated

Applied to a sole: see خَصْفٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Applied to a ewe or she-goat: smooth; or of two colours, black and white; so in the O.

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, applied to a sole: see خَصْفٌ . Applied to a ewe or she-goat, Smooth: or of two colours, black and white: (K, TA:) so in the O. (TA.)