صُوفَةٌ
1.
n. un. of صُوفٌ [q. v.]. (M &c.)
2.
[Also applied by physicians to A pessary, or suppository, of wool, containing a medicament of some kind, to be inserted into the vagina or rectum.]
3.
Also Any of those who had the management of aught of the work of the
بَيْت [meaning the House of God, i. e. the Kaabeh], and who were called
الصُّوفَانُ: (M:) [according to the TA, it is said that الصُّوفَانُ and الصُّوفَةُ are both alike appel-lations applied to any of such persons:] J and others say that صُوفَةٌ was the father of a tribe of Mudar, who used to serve the Kaabeh, and to return with the pilgrims from ' Arafát, in the Time of Ignorance; and it is implied in the S [that they were also called الُ صُوفَانَ, or] that صُوفَة was also called صُوفَان; and in a saying of Z, that الصُّوفَان and الُ صُوفَان were appellations of one and the same people: [hence, apparently, the applications of صُوفَةٌ and صُوفَانٌ to any servants of the Kaabeh:] but according to Sgh and the K, الُ
صُوفَانَ is a mistake for الُ صَفْوَانَ. (TA.)