صف
Arabic
Etymology 1
Of the root ص ف ف (ṣ-f-f). Potentially an Aramaic borrowing, doublet of ضَفَّ (ḍaffa, “to push, to throng, to jam, to collect together”), the cognate of which is attested in the passive participle as Jewish Babylonian Aramaic צְפִיפ (ṣəp̄īp̄, “crowded, pushed into”), while the noun is also found as Jewish Babylonian Aramaic צַפָּא (ṣappā, “row”), a relative of which would be Jewish Palestinian Aramaic צפד (ṣfd, “to weave”), as this meaning is present in Arabic in an extended root Arabic ضَفَرَ (ḍafara, “to weave, to plait”), though the example of عَصًا (ʕaṣan) shows that rarely Proto-Semitic *ṣ́ inherited as Arabic ص (ṣ) is possible. Compare the suspicious term صَفَد (ṣafad, “fetter, shackle”), as well as رَفّ (raff, “shelf, a part of furniture where one rows things into”), and صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “bench”) is also a borrowing and possibly related to the root.
Pronunciation
Noun
صَفّ • (ṣaff) m (plural صُفُوف (ṣufūf))
- row, line (sequence of people or objects)
- battle order (arrangement of soldiers in battle)
- setting in type
- year, grade, form
- class
Declension
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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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 |
Verb
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- to line up, align
- to compose, classify
- to park (a car)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2
Verb
- second-person masculine singular active imperative of وَصَفَ (waṣafa)
References
- “ṣpp2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ṣpd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “ṣp2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], 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, page 603
South Levantine Arabic
Root |
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ص ف ف |
1 term |
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
صفّ • (ṣaff) I (present بصفّ (biṣoff))
Conjugation
Conjugation of صفّّ (ṣaff) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | صفّّيت (ṣaffēt) | صفّّيت (ṣaffēt) | صفّّ (ṣaff) | صفّّينا (ṣaffēna) | صفّّيتو (ṣaffētu) | صفّّو (ṣaffu) | |
f | صفّّيتي (ṣaffēti) | صفّّت (ṣaffat) | ||||||
present | m | بصفّّ (baṣoff) | بتصفّّ (bitṣoff) | بصفّّ (biṣoff) | منصفّّ (minṣoff) | بتصفّّو (bitṣoffu) | بصفّّو (biṣoffu) | |
f | بتصفّّي (bitṣoffi) | بتصفّّ (bitṣoff) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | اصفّّ (aṣoff) | تصفّّ (tṣoff) | يصفّّ (yṣoff) | نصفّّ (nṣoff) | تصفّّو (tṣoffu) | يصفّّو (yṣoffu) | |
f | تصفّّي (tṣoffi) | تصفّّ (tṣoff) | ||||||
imperative | m | صفّّ (ṣoff) | صفّّو (ṣoffu) | |||||
f | صفّّي (ṣoffi) |
Etymology 2
Noun
- Arabic terms belonging to the root ص ف ف
- Arabic terms borrowed from Aramaic
- Arabic terms derived from Aramaic
- Arabic doublets
- Arabic terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Arabic 1-syllable words
- Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic nouns
- Arabic masculine nouns
- Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular
- Arabic nouns with broken plural
- Arabic nouns with basic triptote broken plural
- South Levantine Arabic terms belonging to the root ص ف ف
- South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- South Levantine Arabic terms with audio links
- South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic lemmas
- South Levantine Arabic verbs
- South Levantine Arabic form-I verbs
- South Levantine Arabic nouns
- South Levantine Arabic masculine nouns
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