صحافة

Arabic

Root
ص ح ف (ṣ-ḥ-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤi.ħaː.fa/, /sˤa.ħaː.fa/

Noun

صِحَافَة or صَحَافَة • (ṣiḥāfa or ṣaḥāfa) f

1. journalism, news business
2. (newspapers, media in general): press

Declension

Declension of noun صِحَافَة (ṣiḥāfa)‎; صَحَافَة (ṣaḥāfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِحَافَة‎; صَحَافَة ṣiḥāfa‎; ṣaḥāfa	الصِّحَافَة‎; الصَّحَافَة aṣ-ṣiḥāfa‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāfa	صِحَافَة‎; صَحَافَة ṣiḥāfat‎; ṣaḥāfat
Nominative	صِحَافَةٌ‎; صَحَافَةٌ ṣiḥāfatun‎; ṣaḥāfatun	الصِّحَافَةُ‎; الصَّحَافَةُ aṣ-ṣiḥāfatu‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāfatu	صِحَافَةُ‎; صَحَافَةُ ṣiḥāfatu‎; ṣaḥāfatu
Accusative	صِحَافَةً‎; صَحَافَةً ṣiḥāfatan‎; ṣaḥāfatan	الصِّحَافَةَ‎; الصَّحَافَةَ aṣ-ṣiḥāfata‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāfata	صِحَافَةَ‎; صَحَافَةَ ṣiḥāfata‎; ṣaḥāfata
Genitive	صِحَافَةٍ‎; صَحَافَةٍ ṣiḥāfatin‎; ṣaḥāfatin	الصِّحَافَةِ‎; الصَّحَافَةِ aṣ-ṣiḥāfati‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāfati	صِحَافَةِ‎; صَحَافَةِ ṣiḥāfati‎; ṣaḥāfati

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “صحافة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صحافة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN