, (K,) verbal noun سَفْسَفَةٌ, (S, M,) He cleared, or sifted, (اِنْتَخَلَ,) flour, (S, M, K,) and the like, (S, K,) with the مُنْخُل [or sieve], and the like. (L, TA.) One says, سَمِعْتُ سَفْسَفَةَالمُنْخُلِ [I heard the sifting of the sieve]. (TA.)
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And سَفْسَفَ عَمَلَهُ (tropical:) He did his deed imperfectly, or not soundly. (IDrd, M, K, TA.)
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And سَفْسَفَتِ الرِيحُThe wind raised the fine dust, blowing a little above the surface of the earth. (TA.)