صَفَا(n. ac. صَغْو [ ]) a. [Ila], Inclined, leant, bent towards. b. Was low, near setting (sun).
صفَا(n. ac. صَفْو صَفْوَة صِفْوَةصَفَآء [] صُفُوّ [] ) a. Was pure, clear, limpid; was clear, serene ( sky ); was free from malice (heart). b. see VIII صَفَّوَa. Cleared; clarified; filtered, strained; decanted ( wine ). b. Winnowed (corn). صَاْفَوَa. Was sincere, open with; had a sincere affection for. أَصْفَوَa. see II (a) (b). c. Left off laying (hen); left off making verses (poet). d. [acc. & Bi], Preferred to, liked better than. e. Had in abundance. f. Assigned, apportioned to. g. see X (b) تَصَاْفَوَa. Were fast friends. b. Made friends, became reconciled. إِصْتَفَوَ (ط) a. Chose, took, picked out the best of. إِسْتَصْفَوَa. see VIIIb. Took the whole of. c. Considered pure, good; deemed sincere. صَفْوa. Clearness, limpidness, purity, pureness; serenity: sincerity, sincere affection. b. Clear, pure, limpid; serene. c. The best, the choice of. صَفْوَةa. see 1 (c)b. Familiar friend; favourite. c. [ coll. ], Ashes. صِفْوَة صُفْوَةa. see 1 (c) & 1t (b). صَفَاة [] (pl. صَفًا أَصْفَآء [ 38A ] ) a. صَفَوَات صُِفِيّ Rock, stone; boulder. مِصْفَاة [] (pl. مَصَافٍ) a. Strainer; filter. b. Colander. صَافٍa. Limpid, clear, pure; unsullied. صَفَآء [] صَفَاوَة [] a. see 1 (a) صَفِيّ [] (pl. أَصْفِيَآء [] ) a. Pure, clear; unmixed. b. Sincere. c. Chosen; elect. d. see 1t (b) صَفْوَانَة [] (pl. صَفْوَاْنُ صَفَوَاْن) a. see 4t مِصْفَايَة [] a. [ coll. ] see 20t مُصَغًّى [ N. P. a. II], Clarified. تَصْفِيَة [ N. Ac. a. II], Clarification. filtration; distillation. مُصْطَفًى [ N. P. a. VIII], Chosen; choice; elect. b. Mustapha ( proper name ).
