سأف

See also: ساف

Arabic

Etymology

See سَعَف (saʕaf, “palm branches having leaves”), as سَأَف (saʔaf) is glossed the opposite, “palm branches stripped of leaves”.

Verb

سَأَفَ • (saʔafa) I (non-past يَسْأَفُ (yasʔafu), verbal noun سَأْف (saʔf)) (obsolete)

1. to be rent, to be pared, to be chapped, to be affected by fissures, to have fibres or rind or keratin divided

Conjugation

    Conjugation of سَأَفَ (I, sound, a ~ a, no passive, verbal noun سَأْف)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						سَأْف saʔf
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						سَائِف sāʔif
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	سَأَفْتُ saʔaftu	سَأَفْتَ saʔafta	سَأَفَ saʔafa		سَأَفْتُمَا saʔaftumā	سَأَفَا saʔafā		سَأَفْنَا saʔafnā	سَأَفْتُمْ saʔaftum	سَأَفُوا saʔafū
	f		سَأَفْتِ saʔafti	سَأَفَتْ saʔafat			سَأَفَتَا saʔafatā			سَأَفْتُنَّ saʔaftunna	سَأَفْنَ saʔafna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَسْأَفُ ʔasʔafu	تَسْأَفُ tasʔafu	يَسْأَفُ yasʔafu		تَسْأَفَانِ tasʔafāni	يَسْأَفَانِ yasʔafāni		نَسْأَفُ nasʔafu	تَسْأَفُونَ tasʔafūna	يَسْأَفُونَ yasʔafūna
	f		تَسْأَفِينَ tasʔafīna	تَسْأَفُ tasʔafu			تَسْأَفَانِ tasʔafāni			تَسْأَفْنَ tasʔafna	يَسْأَفْنَ yasʔafna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَسْأَفَ ʔasʔafa	تَسْأَفَ tasʔafa	يَسْأَفَ yasʔafa		تَسْأَفَا tasʔafā	يَسْأَفَا yasʔafā		نَسْأَفَ nasʔafa	تَسْأَفُوا tasʔafū	يَسْأَفُوا yasʔafū
	f		تَسْأَفِي tasʔafī	تَسْأَفَ tasʔafa			تَسْأَفَا tasʔafā			تَسْأَفْنَ tasʔafna	يَسْأَفْنَ yasʔafna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَسْأَفْ ʔasʔaf	تَسْأَفْ tasʔaf	يَسْأَفْ yasʔaf		تَسْأَفَا tasʔafā	يَسْأَفَا yasʔafā		نَسْأَفْ nasʔaf	تَسْأَفُوا tasʔafū	يَسْأَفُوا yasʔafū
	f		تَسْأَفِي tasʔafī	تَسْأَفْ tasʔaf			تَسْأَفَا tasʔafā			تَسْأَفْنَ tasʔafna	يَسْأَفْنَ yasʔafna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِسْأَفْ isʔaf			اِسْأَفَا isʔafā				اِسْأَفُوا isʔafū
	f		اِسْأَفِي isʔafī							اِسْأَفْنَ isʔafna

Alternative forms

• سَئِفَ (saʔifa), verbal noun سَأَف (saʔaf)
• اِنْسَأَفَ (insaʔafa), form VII

Noun

سَأَف • (saʔaf) m (collective, singulative سَأَفَة f (saʔafa)) (obsolete)

1. palm branches stripped of leaves
2. bristles, hair at the end of the tail of a wolf

Declension

Declension of noun سَأَف (saʔaf)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَأَف saʔaf	السَّأَف as-saʔaf	سَأَف saʔaf
Nominative	سَأَفٌ saʔafun	السَّأَفُ as-saʔafu	سَأَفُ saʔafu
Accusative	سَأَفًا saʔafan	السَّأَفَ as-saʔafa	سَأَفَ saʔafa
Genitive	سَأَفٍ saʔafin	السَّأَفِ as-saʔafi	سَأَفِ saʔafi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَأَفَة saʔafa	السَّأَفَة as-saʔafa	سَأَفَة saʔafat
Nominative	سَأَفَةٌ saʔafatun	السَّأَفَةُ as-saʔafatu	سَأَفَةُ saʔafatu
Accusative	سَأَفَةً saʔafatan	السَّأَفَةَ as-saʔafata	سَأَفَةَ saʔafata
Genitive	سَأَفَةٍ saʔafatin	السَّأَفَةِ as-saʔafati	سَأَفَةِ saʔafati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَأَفَتَيْن saʔafatayn	السَّأَفَتَيْن as-saʔafatayn	سَأَفَتَيْ saʔafatay
Nominative	سَأَفَتَانِ saʔafatāni	السَّأَفَتَانِ as-saʔafatāni	سَأَفَتَا saʔafatā
Accusative	سَأَفَتَيْنِ saʔafatayni	السَّأَفَتَيْنِ as-saʔafatayni	سَأَفَتَيْ saʔafatay
Genitive	سَأَفَتَيْنِ saʔafatayni	السَّأَفَتَيْنِ as-saʔafatayni	سَأَفَتَيْ saʔafatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَأَفَات saʔafāt	السَّأَفَات as-saʔafāt	سَأَفَات saʔafāt
Nominative	سَأَفَاتٌ saʔafātun	السَّأَفَاتُ as-saʔafātu	سَأَفَاتُ saʔafātu
Accusative	سَأَفَاتٍ saʔafātin	السَّأَفَاتِ as-saʔafāti	سَأَفَاتِ saʔafāti
Genitive	سَأَفَاتٍ saʔafātin	السَّأَفَاتِ as-saʔafāti	سَأَفَاتِ saʔafāti

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سأف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 272
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “سأف”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1036
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سأف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 474