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— سَفِيْنَةٌsafīnah pl. سُفُنٌ وَسَفَائِنُsufun wa-safāʾinu (noun, ism dhāt): ship, boat. The lexicographers say that the original sense is that of paring or planing (سَفَنَsafana = to pare, مِسْفَنٌmisfan = a plane), and a ship is called safīnah because it moves along paring the surface of the water. ﴿حَتّٰٓى اِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِيْنَةِ خَرَقَهَا﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:71); ﴿اَمَّا السَّفِيْنَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسٰكِيْنَ﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:79); ﴿فَاَنْجَيْنٰهُ وَاَصْحٰبَ السَّفِيْنَةِ﴾ (Al-ʿAnkabūt 29:15)