صدف

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See also: صدق and ص د ق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص د ف (ṣ-d-f).

Verb

صَدَفَ (ṣadafa) I, non-past يَصْدِفُ‎ (yaṣdifu)

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

Conjugation

Verb

صَدَفَ (ṣadafa) I, non-past يَصْدِفُ‎ (yaṣdifu)

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

Conjugation

Noun

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

Noun

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

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

Declension

Descendants

Noun

صَدْف (ṣadfm

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

Declension

Noun

صُدَف (ṣudafpl

  1. plural of صُدْفَة (ṣudfa)

Persian

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Etymology

From Arabic صَدَف (ṣadaf).

Noun

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

  1. shell, seashell

Proper noun

صدف (sadaf)

  1. a female given name, Sadaf, from Arabic.