Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

سَفَقَ البَابَ, (T, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـِ {يَسْفِقُ}, inf. n. سَفْقٌ; (Mṣb;) andاسفقهُ↓; (T, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) He shut, or closed, the door; (T, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) or locked it: (Mṣb:) and in like manner with ص [in the place of the س]. (TA.)

سَفَقَ وَجْهَهُ, (inf. n. as above, TA,) He slapped his face. (IDrd, Mṣb, Ḳ.) [See also صَفَقَ.]

السَّفْقُ فِى الأَسْواقَ, occurring in a trad., means The striking of the hands [of the contracting parties] on the occasion of selling and buying [in token of the ratification thereof in the markets]: and so with ص. (TA.)

سَفَقَ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ, inf. n. as above, i. q. أَصَابَهَا [app. meaning He compressed his wife; like اصاب مِنْهَا]. (TA.)

سَفُقَ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـُ {يَسْفُقُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. سَفَاقَةٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) It (a garment, or piece of cloth,) was thick, substantial, close, or compact, in texture; (T, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) not سَخِيف; (T;) contr. of سَخُفَ: (Mṣb:) [and so صَفُقَ.]

see above, first sentence {1}.

اسفق الغَنَمَ He milked the sheep, or goats, but once in the day: and so with ص. (TA.)

اسفق الثَّوْبَ He (a weaver) made the garment, or piece of cloth, thick, substantial, close, or compact, in texture. (TA.)

انسفق It (a door) became shut, or closed: (Ṣ, TA:) and so with ص. (TA.)

أَعْطَاهُ سَفْقَةَ يَمِينِهِ i. q. بَايَعَهُ [He sold and bought with him: he made a covenant, a compact, an engagement, or the like, with him: or he promised, or swore, allegiance to him]: (O, Ḳ:) occurring in a trad., related thus and with ص. (TA.)

And اِشْتَرَيْتُ الشَّيئَيْنِ سَفْقَةً وَاحِدَةً, (O,) or فِى سَفْقَةٍ وَاحِدَةً, (Ḳ,) I purchased the two things by a single act of purchasing. (O, Ḳ.)

سَفِيقٌ, applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, Thick, substantial, close, or compact, in texture. (T, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ.)

And [hence,] سَفِيقُ الوَجْهِ † A man (Ṣ, O, TA) having little shame. (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA.)

سَفِيقَةٌ A broad, thin, long piece of wood, which is put, or laid down, and upon which are then wound the [mats of reeds called] بَوَارِىّ, (Lth, O, Ḳ,) above the house-tops of the people of El-Basrah. (Lth, O. [See also سَقِيفَةٌ.])

And Any piece of gold, and of silver, or other metal, that is beaten thin and long. (Lth, O, Ḳ.* [See, again, سَقِيفَةٌ.])