صف

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ص ف ف‎ (ṣ-f-f).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaff/

Noun

صَفّ • (ṣaff) m (plural صُفُوف‎ (ṣufūf))

1. row, line (sequence of people or objects)
2. battle order (arrangement of soldiers in battle)
3. setting in type
4. year, grade, form

Declension

Declension of noun صَفّ (ṣaff)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفّ ṣaff	الصَّفّ‎ aṣ-ṣaff	صَفّ ṣaff
Nominative	صَفٌّ ṣaffun	الصَّفُّ‎ aṣ-ṣaffu	صَفُّ ṣaffu
Accusative	صَفًّا‎ ṣaffan	الصَّفَّ‎ aṣ-ṣaffa	صَفَّ ṣaffa
Genitive	صَفٍّ ṣaffin	الصَّفِّ‎ aṣ-ṣaffi	صَفِّ ṣaffi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفَّيْن‎ ṣaffayn	الصَّفَّيْن‎ aṣ-ṣaffayn	صَفَّيْ‎ ṣaffay
Nominative	صَفَّانِ‎ ṣaffāni	الصَّفَّانِ‎ aṣ-ṣaffāni	صَفَّا‎ ṣaffā
Accusative	صَفَّيْنِ‎ ṣaffayni	الصَّفَّيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣaffayni	صَفَّيْ‎ ṣaffay
Genitive	صَفَّيْنِ‎ ṣaffayni	الصَّفَّيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣaffayni	صَفَّيْ‎ ṣaffay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُفُوف‎ ṣufūf	الصُّفُوف‎ aṣ-ṣufūf	صُفُوف‎ ṣufūf
Nominative	صُفُوفٌ‎ ṣufūfun	الصُّفُوفُ‎ aṣ-ṣufūfu	صُفُوفُ‎ ṣufūfu
Accusative	صُفُوفًا‎ ṣufūfan	الصُّفُوفَ‎ aṣ-ṣufūfa	صُفُوفَ‎ ṣufūfa
Genitive	صُفُوفٍ‎ ṣufūfin	الصُّفُوفِ‎ aṣ-ṣufūfi	صُفُوفِ‎ ṣufūfi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “صف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “صف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

صِفْ • (ṣif) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَصَفَ‎ (waṣafa)