שְׁפָאִים, (שָׁפָה I) same, chips. Ab. Zar. 49ᵇ אותן ש׳ מה וכ׳ what is the law about those chips? Ib. שְׁפָאֶיהָ (Ms. M. שִׁיפּוּיֶיהָ, v. שִׁיפּוּי I).—Trnsf. שְׁפָאֵי עידית (cmp. בִּיזְלֵי) disconnected strips of a first class field. Gitt. 50ᵃ (v. Tosaf. a. l.); [Rashi takes שפאי as verb, fr. שפי = שׁוּף to slip].