ספה
Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”). The word may have entered European languages via Turkish or through the Moorish occupation of Spain.
Noun
סַפָּה • (sapa) f (plural indefinite סַפּוֹת, singular construct סַפַּת־) [pattern: קַטְלָה]
- a sofa