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سَفَلَ , aor.
سَفُلَ ; (M, MA, Mgh, O, * Msb, K;)
and سَفُلَ, aor.
سَفُلَ ; (M, Msb, K;) and سَفِلَ, (O, K,)
aor.
سَفَلَ ; (K;) inf. n. (of the first, Mgh, Msb, TA,
and of the last, TA) سُفُولٌ (M, MA, Mgh, Msb,
K) and سَفَالٌ (M, MA, K, TA, in the CK [erroneously] سِفال,) and of the second سَفَالَةٌ (TA;)
and ↓ تسفّل; (M, K;) He, or it, was, or became,
low; (M, * Mgh, O, K; *) the first contr. of عَلَا
(Mgh, O;) and the third, of عَلِىَ; and (assumed tropical:) both
are said of a man; (O;) سُفُولٌ and سَفَالٌ being
the contr. of عُلُوٌّ and عَلآءٌ: (S, K:) or became
lower than another: (Msb:) [and] the first
signifies it descended, subsided, or sank downwards. (MA.) Hence the phrase بِنْتُ بِنْتِ بِنْتٍ
وَإِنْ سَفَلَتْ (assumed tropical:) [A daughter of a daughter of a
daughter, and if she be lower in descent]: سَفُلَتْ
i. e. with damm to the ف, in this case, is a mistake. (Mgh.) And سَفَلَتْ مَنْزِلَتُهُ عِنْدَ الأَمِيرِ
(assumed tropical:) [His station with, or in the estimation of, the
commander, governor, or prince, was, or became,
low, or lower]. (TA.) And أَمْرُهُمْ فِىسَفَالٍ
(assumed tropical:) [Their case is in a low state]. (TA.) And
سَفَلَ فِىالشّىْءِ, (K, * TA, [in the former of which
the context implies that it is سَفُلَ, but it is]) like
نَصَرَ, [aor.
سَفُلَ ,] (TA,) inf. n. سُفُولٌ, [It subsided in
the thing;] it descended from the upper, or uppermost, part of the thing, to the lower, or lowest,
part thereof. (K.) ―
2-b2- And سَفُلَ, [aor.
سَفُلَ ,] inf. n.
سَفَالَةٌ (Fr, S, MA, Mgh, O, K *) and سَفَالِيَةٌMا)
and سُفْلٌ, (Fr, O,) (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, low,
base, vile, ignoble, mean, or sordid; (Fr, S, MA,
Mgh, O, K; *) as also سَفَلَ, with fet-h, (Fr, O,)
or سَفِلَ. (MA.) You say, سَفَلَ, like قَتَلَ,
(Msb,) or سَفُلَ, like كَرُمَ, (K,) فِى خُلُقِهِ, and
عَمَلِهِ, (Msb, K,) and نَسَبِهِ, (TA,) [aor. in either
case
سَفُلَ ,] inf. n. سَفْلٌ (Msb, K) and سُفْلٌ (K) and
سِفَالٌ, (Msb, * K, [in the former without any
indication of the syll. signs,]) the last like كِتَابٌ;
(K;) [and app. سَفِلَ also accord. to the MA, as
shown above;] and ↓ تسفّل, and ↓ استفل; (TA;)
(tropical:) He was low, base, vile, ignoble, or mean, in his
lot, [or, as seems to be indicated in the Msb,
inferior to others,] in respect of his disposition,
and his deed, and his lineage: (TA:) ↓ تسفّل is
the contr. of جَادَ. (Msb.)