صحيفة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ح ف (ṣ-ḥ-f).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤa.ħiː.fa/

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Noun

صَحِيفَة • (ṣaḥīfa) f (plural صُحُف (ṣuḥuf) or صَحَائِف (ṣaḥāʔif))

1. newspaper, journal, ephemeris
2. a loose piece of paper written on it, a sheet, letters, paper
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 66:9:

     أَرْسِلِي إِلَيْنَا بِالصُّحُفِ نَنْسَخُهَا فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ ثُمَّ نَرُدُّهَا إِلَيْكِ

     ʔarsilī ʔilay-nā bi-ṣ-ṣuḥufi nansaḵu-hā fī l-maṣāḥifi ṯumma naruddu-hā ʔilay-ki

     Send to us the sheets so we can transcribe manuscripts from them and thereafter we will return them.

3. an amount of paper in a bound work, a page or leaf of a physical book, a sheet such as a كُرَّاسَة (kurrāsa), record
4. surface, exterior, outer skin, epidermis

Declension

Declension of noun صَحِيفَة (ṣaḥīfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَحِيفَة ṣaḥīfa	الصَّحِيفَة aṣ-ṣaḥīfa	صَحِيفَة ṣaḥīfat
Nominative	صَحِيفَةٌ ṣaḥīfatun	الصَّحِيفَةُ aṣ-ṣaḥīfatu	صَحِيفَةُ ṣaḥīfatu
Accusative	صَحِيفَةً ṣaḥīfatan	الصَّحِيفَةَ aṣ-ṣaḥīfata	صَحِيفَةَ ṣaḥīfata
Genitive	صَحِيفَةٍ ṣaḥīfatin	الصَّحِيفَةِ aṣ-ṣaḥīfati	صَحِيفَةِ ṣaḥīfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَحِيفَتَيْن ṣaḥīfatayn	الصَّحِيفَتَيْن aṣ-ṣaḥīfatayn	صَحِيفَتَيْ ṣaḥīfatay
Nominative	صَحِيفَتَانِ ṣaḥīfatāni	الصَّحِيفَتَانِ aṣ-ṣaḥīfatāni	صَحِيفَتَا ṣaḥīfatā
Accusative	صَحِيفَتَيْنِ ṣaḥīfatayni	الصَّحِيفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaḥīfatayni	صَحِيفَتَيْ ṣaḥīfatay
Genitive	صَحِيفَتَيْنِ ṣaḥīfatayni	الصَّحِيفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaḥīfatayni	صَحِيفَتَيْ ṣaḥīfatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُحُف‎; صَحَائِف ṣuḥuf‎; ṣaḥāʔif	الصُّحُف‎; الصَّحَائِف aṣ-ṣuḥuf‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāʔif	صُحُف‎; صَحَائِف ṣuḥuf‎; ṣaḥāʔif
Nominative	صُحُفٌ‎; صَحَائِفُ ṣuḥufun‎; ṣaḥāʔifu	الصُّحُفُ‎; الصَّحَائِفُ aṣ-ṣuḥufu‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāʔifu	صُحُفُ‎; صَحَائِفُ ṣuḥufu‎; ṣaḥāʔifu
Accusative	صُحُفًا‎; صَحَائِفَ ṣuḥufan‎; ṣaḥāʔifa	الصُّحُفَ‎; الصَّحَائِفَ aṣ-ṣuḥufa‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāʔifa	صُحُفَ‎; صَحَائِفَ ṣuḥufa‎; ṣaḥāʔifa
Genitive	صُحُفٍ‎; صَحَائِفَ ṣuḥufin‎; ṣaḥāʔifa	الصُّحُفِ‎; الصَّحَائِفِ aṣ-ṣuḥufi‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāʔifi	صُحُفِ‎; صَحَائِفِ ṣuḥufi‎; ṣaḥāʔifi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: səhifə
• → Bashkir: сәхифә (səxifə)
• → Tatar: сәхифә (säxifä)
• → Ottoman Turkish: صحیفه (sahife)
  • Turkish: sahife