suḥafnīatun suHafoniyapN سُحَفْنِيَةٌ Bookmark Bookmarked Share 1.(in which the ن is augmentative, TA) A man having the head shaven; (IB, K, TA;) as also ↓ سُحَفَةٌ. (IB, TA.) 2.And with the article ال, What one has shaven off: thus it is sometimes a subst.; and sometimes, [i. e. in the former sense,] an epithet. (IB, TA.)3. -A2- Also A certain beast, or creeping thing: (Seer, TA:) [SM says,] I think it is the سُلَحْفِيَة [or tortoise]. (TA.)