سَقْف

saqofN * The ceiling, roof, or covering, (JK, MA, PS,) of a house or chamber or tent; (JK, S, MA, K, PS;) as also ↓ saqifN ; (K;) so called because of its height, and the tallness of its wall [or walls]: (TA:) pl. of the former suquwfN and suqufN , (S, Msb, K,) the latter pl. on the authority of Akh, (S,) extr., (Msb,) or, accord. to Fr, this is pl. of ↓ saqiyfN , (S, Msb, TA,) or, accord. to Fr, it may be a pl. pl., i. e. you may say saqofN and suquwfN and [then] suqufN [as pl. of suquwfN ], (TA,) and suqofN [also] is a pl. of saqofN . (Ham p. 227.) [In the Kur xliii. 32,] Aboo-Jaafar read saqofFA mino fiD~apK ; with fet-h: (TA:) others read suqufFA : (S, TA:) in the former reading, it is a sing. denoting a pl. meaning; i. e., “ we would have made to the house of every one of them a saqof of silver. ” (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] The sky, or heaven: (S, K:) this is called saqofu AlA^aroDi [ the ceiling, or roof, of the earth ]: of the masc. gender: occurring in the Kur xxi. 33 and lii. 5. (TA.) -A2- Also, applied to the laHoY [or part on which the beard grows] Long, and flaccid, or pendulous; syn. TawiylN musotaroxK . (S, K.) -A3- See also A^usoquf~N .