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أُصْحِفَ It had صُحُف [i. e. written pieces of paper or of skin] (S, O, K, TA) collected in it, (S, O,) or put in it (K, TA) between two boards. (TA.)

تصحّف , said of a word, or an expression, It became altered [so as to have a meaning different from that intended by the application thereof, (see 2,) or] so as to be dubious. (Msb.) One says, تصحّف عَلَيْهِ لَفْظُ كَذَا [Such a word, or such an expression, became altered so as to be dubious to him]. (O, K. *)

صَحْفَةٌ [A sort of bowl;] a vessel like the قَصْعَةٌ , (S, ISd, O, Msb, K, * TA,) expanded, wide, (ISd, TA,) or a large, expanded قَصْعَة , (Mgh,) or, accord. to Z, an oblong قَصْعَة , (Msb,) that satisfies the hunger of five [men] (Ks, S, ISd, Mgh, O, TA) and the like of them: (ISd, TA:) Ks says, (S, O,) the largest sort of قَصْعَة is the جَفْنَة ; next to which is the قَصْعَة [properly so called], (S, O, K,) which satisfies the hunger of ten [men]; (S, O;) then, the صَحْفَة , (S, O, K,) which satisfies the hunger of five; (S, O;) then, the مِيءْكَلَة , (S, O, K,) which satisfies two men, and three; (S, O;) and then, the ↓ صُحَيْفَة , (S, O, K,) which satisfies one man: (S, O:) the pl. of صَحْفَةٌ is صِحَافٌ . (S, O, Mgh, Msb.) It is said in a prov., اِسْتَفْرَغَ فُلَانٌ مَا فِى صَحْفَتِهِ Such a one chose for himself, as his share, [or exhausted, all of] what was in his صحفة . (TA.)

صَحَفِىٌّ One who makes mistakes in reading the صَحِيفَة [or writing, or written piece of paper or of skin]; incorrectly termed by the vulgar صُحُفِىٌّ , with two dammehs; (O, K;) [for the formation of a rel. n. from a pl. of this kind (i. e. from صُحُفٌ ) is not allowable,] though the pl. is not restored to the sing. in forming the rel. n. in the case of proper names, such as أَنْمَارِىٌّ &c., nor in the case of words that are used in a manner like that of proper names, such as أَنْصَارِىٌ &c.: (O:) or a learner, or one who acquires knowledge, (Mgh, Msb,) from the صَحِيفَة , (Mgh,) inferior [in rank] to the مَشَايِخِ [pl. of شَيْخٌ ]: (Msb:) a rel. n. from صَحِيفَةٌ ; (Mgh, Msb;) like حَنَفِىٌّ and بَجَلِىٌّ from حَنِيفَةُ and بَجِيلَةُ : (Msb:) and ↓ مُصَحِّفٌ signifies the same as صَحَفِىٌّ [in the former of these senses]. (TA.)

صِحَافٌ Small places that are made for water to collect and remain therein ( مَنَاقِعُ صِغَارٌ تُتَّخَذُ لِلْمَا=ءِ ): pl. صُحُفٌ . (Esh-Sheybánee, O, K.)

صَحِيفٌ [appears from what here follows, to be syn. with ↓ صَحِيفَةٌ , or rather it is a coll. gen. n. of which the latter is the n. un.:] (tropical:) The surface of the ground or earth; (O, K, TA;) as being likened to the thing [i. e. paper or skin] that is written upon. (TA.) ― -b2- See also the next paragraph.

صَحِيفَةٌ A written piece of paper (MA, Mgh, Msb) or of skin; (Msb;) a writing, or thing written; a book, or volume; a letter, i. e. an epistle; syn. كِتَابٌ ; (S, O, K;) [syn. with كِتَابٌ in all of these senses; in the last of them in an anecdote related in Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 721-2, and in Har p. 119, q. v.;] and a [portion of a book, such as is termed] كُرَّاسَة ; and a register; [for] in the اـِنْقَاع [a title of several books, it is said that] the كُرَّاسَة and ↓ مُصْحَف and صَحِيفَة and كِتَاب and دَفْتَر are one: (MA:) pl. صُحُفٌ (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and صُحْفٌ , a contraction of the former, (TA,) and صَحَايءِفُ , (S, O, Msb, K,) like سَفَايءِنُ pl. of سَفِينَةٌ ; (Lth, O;) the first of these pls. anomalous, (Lth, Sb, O, K,) the sing. being likened to قَضِيتٌ (Sb, O, TA) and قَلِيبٌ (Sb, TA) and رَغِيفٌ , (O,) of which the pls. are قُضُبٌ (Sb, O, TA) and قُلُبٌ (Sb, TA) and رُغُفٌ : (O:) [or صَحِيفٌ may be its original, as well as regular, sing.:] see the next preceding paragraph. صُحُفِ اـِبْرٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَى , in the Kur [lxxxvii. last verse], means [In the books of Abraham and Moses; i. e.] the books revealed to Abraham and Moses. (O.) [ صَحِيفَةٌ also means The record of the actions of anyone, that is kept in heaven: (see رَقٌّ :) one says, صَحِيفَنُهُ سَوْدَا=ءُ , meaning (assumed tropical:) The record of his actions is black; a phrase often used in the present day, in speaking of a bad man.] Mohammad [the Hanafee Imám] speaks of صُحُف not written upon; saying, فَاـِنْ كَانَتِ السَّرِقَةُ صُحُفًا لَيْسَ فِيهَا كِتَابٌ [And if the stolen property be papers, or books, not having any writing upon them]. (Mgh. [See, again, رَقٌّ .]) ― -b2- صَحِيفَةٌ signifies also A plank, board, or leaf, of a door; like صَحَايءِفُ [from which it is perhaps formed by transposition, or it may be tropical in this sense]: pl. صَحِيفٌ . (MA.) ― -b3- Also (tropical:) The external skin, or scarf-skin, of the face: (O, TA:) or as some say, the part thereof that fronts one: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] ↓ صَحِيفٌ ; or this may be used, in a verse in which it occurs, for صَحِيفَة . (TA.) ― -b4- One says also صَحَايءِفُ مِنْ شَحْمٍ [meaning (assumed tropical:) Layers of fat]. (A in art. نير .)

صُحَيْفَةٌ : see صَحْفَةٌ .

صَحَّافٌ [A bookseller;] a seller of صُحُف : or [a bookbinder;] a maker [meaning binder] of صُحُف . (TA.)

مَصْحَفٌ : see what next follows.

مُصْحَفٌ (Th, S, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and ↓ مِصْحَفٌ (Th, S, O, Msb, K) and ↓ مَصْحَفٌ ; (Th, O, K;) the first of which is the original, (Fr, S, O, Msb,) being from أُصْحِفَ meaning as expl. above, and one of certain words that are pronounced by [some of] the Arabs with kesr to the م instead of damm because the latter is deemed by them difficult of utterance, of which words are also مِخْدَعٌ and مِطْرَفٌ and مِغْزَلٌ and مِجْسَدٌ , (Fr, S, O,) or, accord. to AZ, Temeem pronounce the م with kesr, and Keys pronounce it with damm, [as do most persons in the instance of مصحف in the present day,] and Th says that مَصْحَفٌ , with fet-h, is correct and chaste; (O;) [A book, or volume, consisting of] a collection of صُحُف , (S, Mgh, O, K, TA,) written upon, and put between two boards: (TA:) [generally applied in the present day to a copy of the Kur-án:] and also signifying a [portion of a book, such as is termed] كُرَّاسَة : but the former is the primary [and more common] signification: (Mgh:) pl. مَصَاحِفُ . (KL.) See also صَحِيفَةٌ .

مِصْحَفٌ : see the next preceding paragraph.

مُصَحِّفٌ : see صَحَفِىٌّ .