سقف

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Form 1سَقَفَ البَيْتَ3 senses

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarسَقَفٌ

Core sense — he roofed the house; he was tall and bentgenerated

1.1he made a ceiling, or roof, to the house, chamber, or tent—اسقفهُ

(in the K, but this seems to be a mistake, being irregular); maṣdar سَقْفٌ. What is made is a سَقْف, that is, a ceiling or roof.

he ceiled it, or roofed it—سقّفهُ

maṣdar تَسْقِيفٌ; or this last has an intensive meaning.

1.2he was, or became, tall, and bent, or bowed—سَقِفَ

Said of a man, of an ostrich, and the like.

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Derived nouns 15

Nounسَقْفٌ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — a ceiling, or roof, of a house; the skygenerated

1the ceiling, roof, or covering of a house, chamber, or tent—سَقِفٌ

So called because of its height, and the tallness of the wall, or walls.

The plural of the first is سُقُوفٌ and سُقُفٌ, the latter on the authority of Akh, and irregular; or, according to Fr, it is the plural of سَقِيفٌ; or, according to Fr, it may be a plural of a plural, so that you may say سَقْفٌ and سُقُوفٌ and then سُقُفٌ [as plural of سُقُوفٌ]. سُقْفٌ is also a plural of سَقْفٌ.

In the Qur’ān 43:32 Aboo-Jaafar read سَقْفًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ with fet-h; others read سُقُفًا. In the first reading it is a singular with a plural meaning: “we would have made to the house of every one of them a سَقْف of silver.”

Qur’ān 43:33 approximate — somewhere between 43:19 and 43:36 Lane cites “Kur xliii. 32”

Qur’ān 43:33 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

وَلَوْلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّن فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ

And were it not that (all) men might become of one (evil) way of life, We would provide, for everyone that blasphemes against (Allah) Most Gracious, silver roofs for their houses and (silver) stair-ways on which to go up,Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1the sky, or heaven; the ceiling, or roof, of the earth—سَقْفُ الأَرْضِ

Masculine in gender. It occurs in the Qur’ān 21:33 and 52:5.

Qur’ān 21:32 approximate — somewhere between 21:30 and 21:33 Lane cites “Kur xxi. 33”

Qur’ān 21:32 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقْفًا مَّحْفُوظًا ۖ وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do they turn away from the Signs which these things (point to)!Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

2long, and flabby, or hanging down—طَوِيلٌ مُسْتَرْخٍ

Said of the لَحْى, the part on which the beard grows.

See also أُسْقُفٌّ.

Qur’ānic occurrences سَقْف

16:26

قَدْ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى ٱللَّهُ بُنْيَـٰنَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّقْفُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Those before them did also plot (against Allah's Way): but Allah took their structures from their foundations, and the roof fell down on them from above; and the Wrath seized them from directions they did not perceive.

21:32

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقْفًا مَّحْفُوظًا ۖ وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do they turn away from the Signs which these things (point to)!

43:33

52:5

وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ

By the Canopy Raised High;

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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The ceiling, roof, or covering, (JK, MA, PS,) of a house or chamber or tent; (JK, S, MA, K, PS;) as also سَقِفٌ ; (K;) so called because of its height, and the tallness of its wall [or walls]: (TA:) pl. of the former سُقُوفٌ and سُقُفٌ , (S, Msb, K,) the latter pl. on the authority of Akh, (S,) extr., (Msb,) or, accord. to Fr, this is pl. of سَقِيفٌ , (S, Msb, TA,) or, accord. to Fr, it may be a pl. pl., i. e. you may say سَقْفٌ and سُقُوفٌ and [then] سُقُفٌ [as pl. of سُقُوفٌ ], (TA,) and سُقْفٌ [also] is a pl. of سَقْفٌ . (Ham p. 227.) [In the Kur xliii. 32,] Aboo-Jaafar read سَقْفًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ ; with fet-h: (TA:) others read سُقُفًا : (S, TA:) in the former reading, it is a sing. denoting a pl. meaning; i. e., “ we would have made to the house of every one of them a سَقْف of silver. ” (TA.) [Hence,] The sky, or heaven: (S, K:) this is called سَقْفُ الأَرْضِ [the ceiling, or roof, of the earth]: of the masc. gender: occurring in the Kur xxi. 33 and lii. 5. (TA.) Also, applied to the لَحْى [or part on which the beard grows] Long, and flaccid, or pendulous; syn. طَوِيلٌ مُسْتَرْخٍ . (S, K.) See also أُسْقُفٌّ .

Nounسُقْفٌ2 senses

Core sense — a ceiling, or roof, of a housegenerated

See أُسْقُفٌّ.

Also a plural of سَقْفٌ; perhaps a contraction of سُقُفٌ.

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: see أُسْقُفٌّ . Also a pl. of سَقْفٌ [q. v.: perhaps a contraction of سُقُفٌ ]. (Ham p. 227.)

Nounسَقَفٌ1 sense

Core sense — tallness, with a bending, or bowinggenerated

Tallness, with a bending, or bowing; it is in a man, and in an ostrich and the like. See form 1, second sentence.

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Tallness, with a bending, or bowing: (S, K:) it is in a man, (S,) [and] in an ostrich &c. (K.) [See 1, second sentence.]

Nounالسُّقَفَآءَ1 sense

Core sense — of unknown meaning; perhaps those who intercede before the Sultangenerated

1beware of me with respect to these سقفاء—إِيَّاىَوَهٰذِهِ ألسُّقَفَآءَ

This occurs in a saying of El-Hajjāj. The word is said to be one whose meaning is unknown: Kt says, “I have asked often about it, and no one knew it.” But according to Z, as related by IAth, it is said to be a mistranscription for الشُّفَعَآء, plural of شَفِيعٌ; for they used to gather in the presence of the Sultan and intercede for anyone suspected, and for criminals, and El-Hajjāj forbade their doing that.

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in the saying of El-Hajjáj, إِيَّاىَوَهٰذِهِ ألسُّقَفَآءَ [Beware ye of me with respect to these سقفاء ], (S, K, * TA,) is [said to be] a word of which the meaning is unknown: (S:) Kt says, “ I have asked often respecting it, and no one knew it: ” but accord. to Z, as is related by IAth, (TA,) it is said to be a mistranscription for الشُّفَعَآء , (K, * TA,) pl. of شَفِيعٌ ; (TA;) for they used to assemble in the presence of the Sultán and intercede for him who was suspected, (K, TA,) and for criminals; and he [i. e. El-Hajjáj] forbade their doing that. (TA.)

Nounسَقِيفٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a ceiling, or roof, of a housegenerated

See سَقْفٌ, in two places.

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See also the entry that follows, in two places.

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: see سَقْفٌ , in two places: and see also the paragraph here following, in two places.

Nounسَقِيفَةٌ8 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a projecting roof; a broad piece of wood or stone; a splintgenerated

1a roof, or covering, or the like, such as projects over the door of a house—صُفَّة

Or one of which the ends of the beams rest upon opposite houses; that is, a ظُلَّة, a word often applied today to a roofed, or covered, portion of a street or the like.

Also any wing or porch or other part of a building that is roofed over.

Of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ. Plural سَقَائِفُ, and, as a collective noun, سَقِيفٌ.

1.1the covering of a hunter’s lurking-place—سَقَائِفُ

Any broad piece of wood, such as a plank, or a broad piece of stone, with which one may roof the lurking-place of a hunter and the like.

This plural is given as the طوايق, apparently a mistranscription for طَوَابِق, which, if so, means — in line with a modern usage — flat stones covering a hollow such as that of the hunter’s lurking-place.

[And the pieces of wood which form the roof of the kind of vehicle called مَحْمِل: see عَارِضَةٌ, and see also خُذْرُوفٌ.]

1.2figurative · مجاز

A plank, apparently of the deck, of a ship or boat. Plural as above.

1.3figurative · مجازthe cranial bones of the camel’s head—سَقَائِفُ الرَّأْسِ

Ibn-ʿAbbād: a single cranial bone of the head of the camel.

1.4figurative · مجازtravel disjointed, or dislocated, the ribs of the camel—هَدَمَ السَّفَرُ سَقَائِفَ البَعِيرِ

A single rib of a camel; its ribs are termed سَقَائِفُ and سَقِيفٌ.

1.5figurative · مجاز

Also a splint; that is, a piece of wood with which a bone is set, or brought back from a fractured state. Plural as above.

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A broad and long piece of wood, which is laid down, and upon which are wound the mats of reeds above the house-tops of the people of El-Basrah. [See also سَفِيقَةٌ.]

1.7figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also any piece of gold or silver that is beaten out thin and long. [See, again, سَفِيقَةٌ.]

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A صُفَّة , (S, Msb, K, TA,) or the like, (TA,) [i. e. a roof, or covering,] such as projects [over the door of a house], (TA,) [or of which the ends of the beams rest upon opposite houses; i. e.] a ظُلَّة ; [often applied in the present day to a roofed, or covered, portion of a street or the like;] and any wing or porch or other thing [of a building] that is roofed over: (Msb:) of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ : (TA:) pl. سَقَائِفُ (Msb) and [coll. gen. n.] سَقِيفٌ . (MA.) Any broad piece of wood, such as a plank, or a broad piece of stone, with which one may form a roof (O, K, TA) to the lurking-place of a hunter &c. (O, TA.) And [the pl.] سَقَائِفُ signifies The طوايق [app. a mistranscription for طَوَابِق , and, if so, meaning, agreeably with a modern usage, flat stones covering a hollow such as that] of the lurking-place of the hunter. (TA.) [And The pieces of wood which form the roof of the kind of vehicle called مَحْمِل : see عَارِضَةٌ : and see also خُذْرُوفٌ .] A plank [app. of the deck] of a ship or boat: (S, K, TA:) pl. as above. (S, TA.) A single cranial bone of the head of the camel: (Ibn- 'Abbád, K, TA:) the cranial bones being termed سَقَائِفُ الرَّأْسِ . (Ibn-'Abbád, TA.) And A single rib of a camel: (K, TA:) its ribs being termed سَقَائِفُ (Az, Z, O, TA) and سَقِيفٌ . (O, TA.) One says, هَدَمَ السَّفَرُ سَقَائِفَ البَعِيرِ [Travel disjointed, or luxated,] the ribs of the camel. (Az, Z, TA.) Also A splint; i. e. a piece of wood with which a bone is set, or reduced from a fractured state: (O, K, TA:) pl. as above. (O, TA.) And A broad and long piece of wood, which is put, or laid down, and upon which are wound the mats of reeds ( البَوَارِىّ ) above the house-tops of the people of El-Basrah. (TA. [See also سَفِيقَةٌ .]) And Any piece of gold, and of silver, that is beaten thin and long. (TA. [See, again, سَفِيقَةٌ .])

Nounسَقَّافٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who constructs ceilings, or roofsgenerated

One whose occupation is the construction of ceilings or roofs.

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One whose occupation is the construction of ceilings or roofs ( سُقُوف ). (TA.)

Nounسِقِيفَى1 sense

Core sense — the office of a bishopgenerated

The office of an أُسْقُفّ, that is, of a bishop; also written أُسْقُفِيَّةٌِ or أُسْقُفِيَّةٌ. See also form 5.

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[and أُسْقُفِيَّةٌِ or أُسْقُفِيَّةٌ ] The office of an أُسْقُفّ [i. e. of a bishop]. (K, * O, TA.) [See also 5.]

Nounأَسْقَفُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — tall, and bent, or bowed; tall; a bishopgenerated

1tall, and bent, or bowed—اُسْقُفٌ

long and crooked in the legs, said of a female ostrich—سَقْفَآءُ

Applied to a man, to an ostrich, and the like; this is the form with damm.

Mentioned by IB as an adjective applied to a female ostrich.

The feminine is also applied to a she-camel as meaning long in the hind legs, and in the same way to a she-ostrich.

Hence the أُسْقُفّ of the Christians, according to ISk [and others who did not know its true derivation], because he affects lowliness.

Applied to a man, simply tall, likened in height to the سَقْف, the ceiling or roof.

tall; or thick and big in the bones—مُسَقَّفٌ

on this sense Also simply bent, or bowed; and, applied to an ostrich, crooked in the neck and the legs.

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Applied to a camel: having no fur upon him.

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Tall, and bent, or bowed; (S, K;) applied to a man, (S, TA,) and to an ostrich, &c.; (K, TA;) as also with damm, (K,) i. e. اُسْقُفٌ : (TA:) fem. سَقْفَآءُ , (K,) mentioned by IB as an epithet applied to a female ostrich: (TA:) and hence the أُسْقُفّ of the Christians, (S, K,) accord. to ISk [and others ignorant of its true derivation], because he affects lowliness. (S.) And, applied to a man, [simply,] Tall; (K;) likened to the سَقْف [or ceiling, or roof,] in height; (TA;) and so مُسَقَّفٌ : (O, K:) or thick and big in the bones: (K:) and [simply] bent, or bowed: (TA:) and, applied to an ostrich, crooked in the neck (K, TA) and the legs: (TA:) fem. as above; (K;) which is applied to a female ostrich as meaning long and crooked in the legs: (O:) or to a she-camel as meaning long in the hind legs, and in like manner applied to a she-ostrich. (JK.) And, applied to a camel, Having no fur upon him. (K.)

Nounأُسْقُفٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a bishop; tall, and bent, or bowedgenerated

See the entry just before this.

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And see the entry that follows as well.

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: see the next preceding paragraph: and the next following also.

Nounأُسْقُفٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a bishop, a headman of the Christians in religiongenerated

1a bishop; a headman of the Christians in religion—أُسْقُفٌ

Also سَقْفٌ and سَقْفٌ, each a variation of a foreign word used by the Arabs, from the Greek.

More exactly, one who is above the قِسِيس, the presbyter or priest, and below the مَطْرَان, the metropolitan; or one who is learned in their religion; or, as the K has it, a king who affects lowliness in his gait — a very strange explanation.

Plural أَسَاقِفَةٌ and أَسَاقِفُ. See also أَسْقَفُ.

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and أُسْقُفٌ , (S, Msb, K,) as also سَقْفٌ (K) and سَقْفٌ , (TA,) [each a variation of] a foreign word used by the Arabs, (TA,) [from the Greek , A bishop; i. e.] a headman of the Christians (S, Msb, K) in religion; (S, K;) or [more exactly] one who is above the قِسِيس [i. e. presbyter, or priest], and below the مَطْرَان [or metropolitan]: (K:) or one who is learned (K, TA) in their religion: (TA:) or a king who affects lowliness in his gait: (K: [a very strange explanation:]) pl. أَسَاقِفَةٌ (Msb, K) and أَسَاقِفُ . (K.) See also أَسْقَفُ .

Nounأُسْقُفِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the office of a bishopgenerated

Or أُسْقُفِيَّةٌ: see سِقِيفَى.

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or أُسْقُفِيَّةٌ : see سِقِيفَى .

Nounمُسَقَّفٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — wide in the bones of the bodygenerated

Wide in the bones of the body.

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