sofa
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[edit] English
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Derived from Arabic صفة (súffa, sofa, long seat made of stone or brick). The word may have entered European languages via Turkish or through the Moorish occupation of Spain.
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sofa (plural sofas)
- An upholstered seat, typically having sides and back, long enough to accommodate two or more people.
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upholstered seat
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[edit] Danish
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sofa c. (singular definite sofaen, plural indefinite sofaer)
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Inflection of “sofa”
[edit] French
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sofa m. (plural sofas)
- couch (furniture for seating)
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- (couch): canapé
This French entry was created from the translations listed at couch. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see sofa in the French Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
[edit] Icelandic
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- to sleep
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- sofa hjá
- sofa yfir sig
- fara að sofa
- sofa laust (to sleep lightly)
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sofa (plural sofas)
- (item of furniture) sofa
[edit] Norwegian
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sofa
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
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sòfa f. (Cyrillic spelling со̀фа)
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declension of sofa
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| nominative | sofa | sofe |
| genitive | sofe | sofa |
| dative | sofi | sofama |
| accusative | sofu | sofe |
| vocative | sofo | sofe |
| locative | sofi | sofama |
| instrumental | sofom | sofama |
Categories: Arabic derivations | English nouns | Furniture | Danish nouns | fr:English derivations | French nouns | French masculine nouns | Tbot entries April 2008 | Tbot entries (French) | is:Old Norse derivations | Icelandic verbs | Interlingua nouns | ia:Furniture | Norwegian nouns | Serbo-Croatian nouns