صُفْرِيَّةٌ
1.
A sort of dates of El-Yemen, which are dried in the state in which they are termed
بُسْر, (AHn, M, K,) being then yellow; and when they become dry, and are rubbed with the hand, they crumble, and
سَوِيق
is sweetened with them, and they surpass sugar; (AHn, M;) [or] they supply the place of sugar in
سَوِيق. (K.)
2.
الصُّفْرِيَّةُ, (S, M, K,) and, (K,) or as some say, (S, M,)
الصِّفْرِيَّةُ, (M, K,) A sect of the
خَوَارِج, (S,) a party of the
حَرُورِيَّة; (M, K;) so called in relation to Sufrah (صُفْرَةُ [which is the name of a place in El-Yemámeh]): (M:) or in relation to Ziyád Ibn-El-Asfar, (S, K,) their head, or chief; (S;) or to 'Abd-Allah (S, M, K) Ibn-Es-Saffár, (S,) or Ibn-Saffár, (K,) or Ibn-Safár, (so in a copy of the M,) in which case it is extr. in form; (M;) or on account of the yellowness of their complexions; or because of their being void of religion; (K;) according to which last derivation, it is
الصِّفْرِيَّةُ, with kesr; and As holds this to be the right opinion. (TA.)