صَفَرَ
1.
aorist
صَفِرَ
, verbal noun صَفِيرٌ, (S, M, K,) with which
صُفَارٌ is synonym in a phrase mentioned below; (S;) and
صفّر, (M, K,) verbal noun تَصْفِيرٌ; (TA;) He, or it, (a bird, a vulture, S, and a serpent, or the أَسْوَد, or أَعْرَج, or اِبْن قِتْرَة, or أَصَلَة, M,) whistled; synonym مكَا; (S;) made, or uttered, a certain sound, (M, Msb, * K,) without the utterance of letters. (Msb.) [It is mostly said of a bird: see an example voce جَوٌّ.] One says [also], صَفَرَ
فِى الصَّفَّارَةِ [He whistled in the whistle]. (M, K.) And صَفَرَ بِالْحِمَارِ, and
صفّر, He called the ass to water [by whistling; for to do thus is the common custom of the Arabs]. (M, K.) And Fr mentions the phrase,
كَانَ فِى كَلَامِهِ صَفَارٌ, meaning صَفِيرٌ [i. e. There was in his speech a whistling]. (S.)
2.
صَفِرَ, aorist
صَفَرَ
, verbal noun صَفَرٌ (S, M, A, K, &c.) and صُفُورٌ; (M, K;) and according to the T, صَفَرَ, aorist
صَفُرَ
, verbal noun صُفُورَةٌ; (TA;) It, or he, was, or became, empty, void, or vacant; (S, M, A, Msb, K;) namely, a house or tent; (S;) or a vessel, (S, M, &c.,) مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِ [of food and beverage]; and a skin, مِنَ اللَّبَنِ [of milk]; (TA;) and a hand; (A;) and a thing; (S, M;) and according to ISk, صَفِرَ, aor
صَفَرَ
, verbal noun صَفِيرٌ, is said of a man. (TA.) [See also 4, last sentence but one.] One says, نَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنْ قَرَعِ الفِنَاءِ وَصَفَرِ
الإِنَاءِ (S, M, A) [We seek preservation by God from the yard's becoming void of cattle, and the vessel's becoming empty;] meaning, from the perishing of the cattle. (S.) And صَفِرَتْ وِطَابُهُ, (M, A, K, [in the CK, erroneously, وَطْاَتُهُ,]) and صَفِرَ إِنَاوءُهُ, (A,) [lit. His milk-skins, and his vessel, became empty;] meaning (tropical:) he died; (M, K;) he perished. (A. [See also other explanations in article وطب.])