إسفين

Arabic

Alternative forms

• سَفِين (safīn), سَفَن (safan)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”), probably also through Classical Syriac ܐܣܦܢܐ (ʾespēnā), ܣܦܝܢܐ (sp̄īnā, “wedge”). However in the sense sphene, titanite its alternative form has, it is from French sphène from the same Greek word, for mineralogist René Just Haüy has coined this name in 1801 (Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114).

Noun

إِسْفِين • (ʔisfīn) m (plural أَسَافِين (ʔasāfīn))

1. wedge (in many senses, including in wedge-writing and as a simple machine)

Declension

Declension of noun إِسْفِين (ʔisfīn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِسْفِين ʔisfīn	الْإِسْفِين al-ʔisfīn	إِسْفِين ʔisfīn
Nominative	إِسْفِينٌ ʔisfīnun	الْإِسْفِينُ al-ʔisfīnu	إِسْفِينُ ʔisfīnu
Accusative	إِسْفِينًا ʔisfīnan	الْإِسْفِينَ al-ʔisfīna	إِسْفِينَ ʔisfīna
Genitive	إِسْفِينٍ ʔisfīnin	الْإِسْفِينِ al-ʔisfīni	إِسْفِينِ ʔisfīni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِسْفِينَيْن ʔisfīnayn	الْإِسْفِينَيْن al-ʔisfīnayn	إِسْفِينَيْ ʔisfīnay
Nominative	إِسْفِينَانِ ʔisfīnāni	الْإِسْفِينَانِ al-ʔisfīnāni	إِسْفِينَا ʔisfīnā
Accusative	إِسْفِينَيْنِ ʔisfīnayni	الْإِسْفِينَيْنِ al-ʔisfīnayni	إِسْفِينَيْ ʔisfīnay
Genitive	إِسْفِينَيْنِ ʔisfīnayni	الْإِسْفِينَيْنِ al-ʔisfīnayni	إِسْفِينَيْ ʔisfīnay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسَافِين ʔasāfīn	الْأَسَافِين al-ʔasāfīn	أَسَافِين ʔasāfīn
Nominative	أَسَافِينُ ʔasāfīnu	الْأَسَافِينُ al-ʔasāfīnu	أَسَافِينُ ʔasāfīnu
Accusative	أَسَافِينَ ʔasāfīna	الْأَسَافِينَ al-ʔasāfīna	أَسَافِينَ ʔasāfīna
Genitive	أَسَافِينَ ʔasāfīna	الْأَسَافِينِ al-ʔasāfīni	أَسَافِينِ ʔasāfīni

Derived terms

• إِسْفِينِيّ (ʔisfīniyy)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “سفين”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 659
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “إسفين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 25
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “سفين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 576