سقف

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See also: شفق, شقق, and شقف

Arabic[edit]

Root
س ق ف (s-q-f)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun
  • IPA(key): /saqf/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

سَقْف (saqfm (plural سُقُوف (suqūf) or أَسْقُف (ʔasquf) or سُقُف (suquf))

  1. ceiling
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:26:
      قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى اللهُ بُنْيَانَهُمْ مِنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ
      qad makara allaḏīna min qablihim faʔatā llāhu bunyānahum mina l-qawāʕidi faḵarra ʕalayhimu as-saqfu min fawqihim
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. roof

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Swahili: sakafu (floor)

Verb[edit]

سَقَفَ (saqafa) I, non-past يَسْقُفُ‎ (yasqufu)

  1. to ceil; to roof

Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

سَقَّفَ (saqqafa) II, non-past يُسَقِّفُ‎ (yusaqqifu)

  1. to ceil; to roof

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic سَقْف (saqf).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

سقف (saʔfm (plural سقوف (suʔūf) or سقفة (suʔufa) or أسقف (ʾasʔuf))

  1. ceiling

References[edit]

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Root
س ق ف
1 term

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic سَقْف (saqf).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

سقف (sagfm (plural سقوف (sugūf) or أسقُف (ʔasguf) or سُقُف (suguf))

  1. ceiling

See also[edit]

Persian[edit]

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic سَقْف (saqf).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? saqf
Dari reading? saqf
Iranian reading? sağf
Tajik reading? saqf

Noun[edit]

Dari سَقف
Iranian Persian
Tajik сақф

سَقف (saqf) (plural سُقوف (soquf) or سَقف‌ها (saqf-hâ))

  1. ceiling, roof
    Synonym: بام (bâm)
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 4669:
      چون به خانه مرغ اشتر پا نهاد
      خانه ویران گشت و سقف اندر فتاد
      čon be xâne-ye morğ oštor pâ nehâd
      xâne virân gašt o saqf andar fatâd
      When the camel set foot in the hen's house, the house was destroyed and the roof fell in.
    • 1967, Samad Behrangi, ماهی سیاه کوچولو [The Little Black Fish]:
      خانه ی ماهی کوچولو و مادرش پشت سنگ سیاهی بود؛ زیر سقفی از خزه.
      xâne-ye mâhi-ye kučulu o mâdar-eš pošt-e sang-e siyâhi bud; zir-e saqfi az xaze.
      The house of the little fish and his mother was behind a black stone, under a roof of moss.

Derived terms[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic سَقْف (saqf).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /saʔf/, [ˈsa.ʔ(ɪ)f]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /saɡf/, [ˈsa.ɡ(ɪ)f]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

سقف (saʔfm

  1. ceiling
  2. roof

See also[edit]

  • سطح (saṭḥ, flat roof)