شَفٌّ
1.
A thin, fine, or delicate, garment or piece of cloth; (AZ, S, Mgh, O, * Msb, K; *) as also
شِفٌّ (AZ, S, O, Msb, K) and
شَفِيفٌ: (Msb:) you say ثَوْبٌ شَفٌّ (S, Mgh, Msb) and
شِفٌّ (S, Msb) and
شَفِيفٌ. (Msb:) [see also شَفَّافٌ:] and the garment, or piece of cloth, itself, is termed شَفٌّ and
شِفٌّ: (Har p. 70:) [i. e. each of these words is also used as a subst.; and this is perhaps meant in the O and K: or] شَفٌّ signifies also a certain thin, fine, or delicate, veil or covering: or, according to Aboo-Nasr, a certain thin, fine, or delicate, veil or covering, of wool, through which one sees what is behind it: (S:) plural شُفُوفٌ. (O, Msb, K.) Among the verses of “ the Book ” [of Sb, cited as exs. therein], is the following:
[Verily the wearing of a woollen cloak, my eye being therewithal unheated by tears, is more pleasing to me than the wearing of thin, fine, or delicate, garments]. (O.)لَلْبْسُ عَبَاءَةٍ وَتَقَرُّ عَيْنِىأَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ لُبْسِ الشُّفُوفِ
2.
See also شِفٌّ.
3.
شفّ [apparently شَفٌّ] also signifies Pimples, or small pustules, that come forth and then go away. (Ibn-Buzurj, TA.)