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صدف

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See also: صدق and ص د ق

Arabic

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Root
ص د ف (ṣ d f)
6 terms

Verb

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صَدَفَ (ṣadafa) I (non-past يَصْدِفُ (yaṣdifu), verbal noun صَدْف (ṣadf))

  1. (transitive, construed with direct object and عَن (ʕan)) turn away from

Conjugation

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Verb

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صَدَفَ (ṣadafa) I (non-past يَصْدِفُ (yaṣdifu), verbal noun صَدْف (ṣadf) or صُدُوف (ṣudūf))

  1. (intransitive, construed with عَن (ʕan)) turn away from, avoid, shun

Conjugation

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Noun

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صَدَف (ṣadafm (plural أَصْدَاف (ʔaṣdāf))

  1. highest part, top
  2. mountain cutting
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:96:
      آتُونِي زُبَرَ الْحَدِيدِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنْفُخُوا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَارًا قَالَ آتُونِي أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا
      ʔātūnī zubara l-ḥadīdi ḥattā ʔiḏā sāwā bayna aṣ-ṣadafayni qāla nfuḵū ḥattā ʔiḏā jaʕalahū nāran qāla ʔātūnī ʔufriḡ ʕalayhi qiṭran
      “Give me bits of iron.” Until he dumped equally high between the two mountain cuttings. He said: “Blow.” Till he made fire. He said: “Bring me molten copper I pour upon it.“

Declension

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Declension of noun صَدَف (ṣadaf)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal صَدَف
ṣadaf
الصَّدَف
aṣ-ṣadaf
صَدَف
ṣadaf
nominative صَدَفٌ
ṣadafun
الصَّدَفُ
aṣ-ṣadafu
صَدَفُ
ṣadafu
accusative صَدَفًا
ṣadafan
الصَّدَفَ
aṣ-ṣadafa
صَدَفَ
ṣadafa
genitive صَدَفٍ
ṣadafin
الصَّدَفِ
aṣ-ṣadafi
صَدَفِ
ṣadafi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal صَدَفَيْن
ṣadafayn
الصَّدَفَيْن
aṣ-ṣadafayn
صَدَفَيْ
ṣadafay
nominative صَدَفَانِ
ṣadafāni
الصَّدَفَانِ
aṣ-ṣadafāni
صَدَفَا
ṣadafā
accusative صَدَفَيْنِ
ṣadafayni
الصَّدَفَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣadafayni
صَدَفَيْ
ṣadafay
genitive صَدَفَيْنِ
ṣadafayni
الصَّدَفَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣadafayni
صَدَفَيْ
ṣadafay
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَصْدَاف
ʔaṣdāf
الْأَصْدَاف
al-ʔaṣdāf
أَصْدَاف
ʔaṣdāf
nominative أَصْدَافٌ
ʔaṣdāfun
الْأَصْدَافُ
al-ʔaṣdāfu
أَصْدَافُ
ʔaṣdāfu
accusative أَصْدَافًا
ʔaṣdāfan
الْأَصْدَافَ
al-ʔaṣdāfa
أَصْدَافَ
ʔaṣdāfa
genitive أَصْدَافٍ
ʔaṣdāfin
الْأَصْدَافِ
al-ʔaṣdāfi
أَصْدَافِ
ʔaṣdāfi

Noun

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صَدَف (ṣadafm (collective, singulative صَدَفَة f (ṣadafa), plural أَصْدَاف (ʔaṣdāf))

  1. shell(s), seashell(s)
  2. oyster(s)

Declension

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Declension of noun صَدَف (ṣadaf)
collective basic collective triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal صَدَف
ṣadaf
الصَّدَف
aṣ-ṣadaf
صَدَف
ṣadaf
nominative صَدَفٌ
ṣadafun
الصَّدَفُ
aṣ-ṣadafu
صَدَفُ
ṣadafu
accusative صَدَفًا
ṣadafan
الصَّدَفَ
aṣ-ṣadafa
صَدَفَ
ṣadafa
genitive صَدَفٍ
ṣadafin
الصَّدَفِ
aṣ-ṣadafi
صَدَفِ
ṣadafi
singulative singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal صَدَفَة
ṣadafa
الصَّدَفَة
aṣ-ṣadafa
صَدَفَة
ṣadafat
nominative صَدَفَةٌ
ṣadafatun
الصَّدَفَةُ
aṣ-ṣadafatu
صَدَفَةُ
ṣadafatu
accusative صَدَفَةً
ṣadafatan
الصَّدَفَةَ
aṣ-ṣadafata
صَدَفَةَ
ṣadafata
genitive صَدَفَةٍ
ṣadafatin
الصَّدَفَةِ
aṣ-ṣadafati
صَدَفَةِ
ṣadafati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal صَدَفَتَيْن
ṣadafatayn
الصَّدَفَتَيْن
aṣ-ṣadafatayn
صَدَفَتَيْ
ṣadafatay
nominative صَدَفَتَانِ
ṣadafatāni
الصَّدَفَتَانِ
aṣ-ṣadafatāni
صَدَفَتَا
ṣadafatā
accusative صَدَفَتَيْنِ
ṣadafatayni
الصَّدَفَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣadafatayni
صَدَفَتَيْ
ṣadafatay
genitive صَدَفَتَيْنِ
ṣadafatayni
الصَّدَفَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣadafatayni
صَدَفَتَيْ
ṣadafatay
paucal (3-10) sound feminine paucal
indefinite definite construct
informal صَدَفَات
ṣadafāt
الصَّدَفَات
aṣ-ṣadafāt
صَدَفَات
ṣadafāt
nominative صَدَفَاتٌ
ṣadafātun
الصَّدَفَاتُ
aṣ-ṣadafātu
صَدَفَاتُ
ṣadafātu
accusative صَدَفَاتٍ
ṣadafātin
الصَّدَفَاتِ
aṣ-ṣadafāti
صَدَفَاتِ
ṣadafāti
genitive صَدَفَاتٍ
ṣadafātin
الصَّدَفَاتِ
aṣ-ṣadafāti
صَدَفَاتِ
ṣadafāti
plural of variety basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَصْدَاف
ʔaṣdāf
الْأَصْدَاف
al-ʔaṣdāf
أَصْدَاف
ʔaṣdāf
nominative أَصْدَافٌ
ʔaṣdāfun
الْأَصْدَافُ
al-ʔaṣdāfu
أَصْدَافُ
ʔaṣdāfu
accusative أَصْدَافًا
ʔaṣdāfan
الْأَصْدَافَ
al-ʔaṣdāfa
أَصْدَافَ
ʔaṣdāfa
genitive أَصْدَافٍ
ʔaṣdāfin
الْأَصْدَافِ
al-ʔaṣdāfi
أَصْدَافِ
ʔaṣdāfi

Descendants

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Noun

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صَدْف (ṣadfm

  1. verbal noun of صَدَفَ (ṣadafa, turn away from) (form I)

Declension

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Declension of noun صَدْف (ṣadf)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal صَدْف
ṣadf
الصَّدْف
aṣ-ṣadf
صَدْف
ṣadf
nominative صَدْفٌ
ṣadfun
الصَّدْفُ
aṣ-ṣadfu
صَدْفُ
ṣadfu
accusative صَدْفًا
ṣadfan
الصَّدْفَ
aṣ-ṣadfa
صَدْفَ
ṣadfa
genitive صَدْفٍ
ṣadfin
الصَّدْفِ
aṣ-ṣadfi
صَدْفِ
ṣadfi

Noun

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صُدَف (ṣudafpl

  1. plural of صُدْفَة (ṣudfa)

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic صَدَف (ṣadaf).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? saḏaf
Dari reading? sadaf
Iranian reading? sadaf
Tajik reading? sadaf

Noun

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صدف (sadaf) (plural صدف‌ها (sadaf-hâ))

  1. shell, seashell
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2677:
      خود چه گویم پیش آن در این صدف / نیست الا کف کف کف کف
      xwad či goyad peš ân dar in sadaf / nest alâ kaf-i-kaf-i-kaf-i-kaf
      What indeed shall I say? Compared with that pearl (Divine clemency) this oyster-shell (human clemency) is naught but the foam of the foam of the foam of foam.

Proper noun

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صدف (sadaf)

  1. a female given name, Sadaf, from Arabic