From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root خصف. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.
خَصْفٌ خصف [inf. n. of خَصَفَ ] signifies The act of adjoining, and putting together. (TA.) ― -b2- 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.) ― -b3- 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;) (tropical:) 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, بِكَذَا ↓ اختصف [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. (tropical:) 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., اـِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الحَمَّامَ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالنَّشِيرِ ↓ وَلَا يُخَصِّفْ , i. e. (tropical:) [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.) ― -b4- [Hence also the saying,] فَمَا زَالُوا يَخْصِفُونَ أَخْفَافَ المَطِىِّ بِحَوَافِرِ الخَيْلِ حَتَّى لِحِقُوهُمْ (tropical:) 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.) ― -b5- And خُصِفَتِ الكَتِيبَةُ مِنْ وَرَايءِهَا بِخَيْلٍ , i. e. (assumed tropical:) [The body of troops] was followed [by horsemen]. (S.) ― -b6- And خَصَفَ , aor. خَصِفَ , inf. n. خَصْفٌ , (assumed tropical:) He lied. (Munjid of Kr. [See خَصَّافٌ .]) ― -b7- And خَصَفْتُ فُلَانًا (tropical:) I exceeded such a one in reviling [as though adding reviling upon reviling]. (TA.) -A2- 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.)
خَصَّفَ see 1, in three places. ― -b2- [From the primary signification of the verb is derived the phrase,] خَصَّفَهُ الشَّيْبُ , inf. n. تَخْصِيفٌ , (tropical:) 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 (tropical:) Hoariness rendered ↓ خَصِيف [i. e. white and black] his لمّة [or hair hanging down below his ears]. (A, TA.)
أَخْصَفَ see 1, in two places.
تَخَصَّفَ see 1, in two places.
اختصف اختصف , and three variations of the aor.: see 1, in seven places: -A2- and اختصف said of a she-camel: see 1, last sentence.
خَصْفٌ خصف A sole having another sole sewed upon it; (S, K;) and so ↓ نَعْلٌ خَصِيفٌ , (S, * TA,) i. q. ↓ مَخْصُوفَةٌ . (K.)
خَصَفٌ خصف (assumed tropical:) A mixed colour, black and white. (Freytag, from the Deewán of the Hudhalees.) -A2- See also خَصَفَةٌ , in two places. -A3- Also a dial. var. of خَزَفٌ [q. v.]. (Lth, TA.)
خَصْفَةٌ خصف خصفه خصفة 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 .)
خُصْفَةٌ خصف خصفه خصفة A puncture, or stitch-hole, in a skin; syn. خُرْزَةٌ . (K.) ― -b2- And [hence,] (assumed tropical:) The anus, or orifice of the rectum: and (assumed tropical:) the orifice of the vagina. (TA voce خُرْبَةٌ .)
خَصَفَةٌ خصف خصفه خصفة 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.)
خَصُوفٌ خصوف : 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.)
خَصِيفٌ خصيف : see خَصْفٌ . ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) A thing in which are united any two colours. (S, TA.) See also 2. And see أَخْصَفُ in two places. [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) 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,) (assumed tropical:) [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.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) Fresh milk upon which is poured رَايءِب [i.e. curdled, or thick, or churned, milk]: (S, K:) if dates and clarified butter are put into it, it is [termed] عَوْبَثَانِىٌّ . (S.)
خَصِيفَةٌ خصيفه خصيفة [fem. of خَصِيفٌ , q. v. ― -b2- And also a simple subst.]: see خَصْفَةٌ .
خَصَّافٌ خصاف خصفة 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.) ― -b2- (tropical:) One who covers his pudendum with his hand: on the authority of Seer. (TA. [See 1.]) ― -b3- (tropical:) A liar: (Kr, K, TA:) as though he sewed one saying upon another, and [thus] embellished it. (TA.)
خِصَّافٌ خصاف خصفة : see خَصَفَةٌ .
أَخْصَفُ (assumed tropical:) 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 (assumed tropical:) In which are blackness and whiteness: (S, K:) fem. خَصْفَا=ءُ . (TA.) (assumed tropical:) A rope, or cord, of two colours, having one strand black and another strand white. (JK.) (assumed tropical:) 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.)
مِخْصَبٌ مخصب The awl; or instrument for boring, or perforating; (JK, TA;) use in the sewing of soles [and the like;] (JK;) i. q. اـِشْفًى [q. v.]: (S, Msb, TA:) [pl. مَخَاصِفُ .]
مَخْصُوفَةٌ مخصوفه مخصوفة , applied to a sole: see خَصْفٌ . ― -b2- Applied to a ewe or she-goat, (assumed tropical:) Smooth: or of two colours, black and white: (K, TA:) so in the O. (TA.)
The roots that most often share a verse with خ ص ف. Window: the verse. Measure: the number of distinct verses in which both roots occur (of the 2 this root appears in). Ubiquitous roots are excluded so genuinely connected concepts surface — see the method.
Page 1 of 1. The root is highlighted in each verse.
فَدَلَّىٰهُمَابِغُرُورٍفَلَمَّاذَاقَاٱلشَّجَرَةَبَدَتْلَهُمَاسَوْءَٰتُهُمَاوَطَفِقَايَخْصِفَانِعَلَيْهِمَامِنوَرَقِٱلْجَنَّةِوَنَادَىٰهُمَارَبُّهُمَآأَلَمْأَنْهَكُمَاعَنتِلْكُمَاٱلشَّجَرَةِوَأَقُللَّكُمَآإِنَّٱلشَّيْطَٰنَلَكُمَاعَدُوٌّمُّبِينٌ
Reference 7:22فَأَكَلَامِنْهَافَبَدَتْلَهُمَاسَوْءَٰتُهُمَاوَطَفِقَايَخْصِفَانِعَلَيْهِمَامِنوَرَقِٱلْجَنَّةِوَعَصَىٰٓءَادَمُرَبَّهُۥفَغَوَىٰ
Reference 20:121No published investigation cites this root yet. When one does, it appears here — the evidence links back to the argument.