sifat

See also: sîfat and sıfat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sifat, from Classical Malay sifat, from Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa). Displaced native watak in general senses other than fairy tale characters.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsifat/ [ˈsi.fat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ifat
  • Syllabification: si‧fat
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈsipat/ [ˈsi.pat̪̚]

Noun

sifat (plural sifat-sifat)

1. attribute; property; quality
2. nature; temperament
3. (biology) trait: an identifying characteristic, habit or trend

   Synonym: ciri

Synonyms

• ciri-ciri
• tanda
• (nature): tabiat

Further reading

• “sifat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsifat/ [ˈsi.fat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: si‧fat
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

sifat (Jawi spelling صفة, plural sifat-sifat or sifat²)

1. attribute; quality; property
2. nature; temperament

   Synonym: tabiat

3. (biology) trait: an identifying characteristic, habit or trend

   Synonym: ciri

4. (grammar, archaic) adjective

   Synonyms: kata sifat, adjektif

Derived terms

• kata sifat

Descendants

• Indonesian: sifat
• → Maranao: sipat
• → Sundanese: sipat
• → Tausug: sipat
• → West Makian: sifat

Further reading

• "sifat" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Classical Persian صِفَت (sifat), from Arabic صِفَةٌ (ṣifatun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɨ̞̊.fat]
• Hyphenation: si‧fat

Noun

sifat (plural sifatlar)

1. adjective

Declension

Declension of sifat

	singular	plural
nominative	sifat	sifatlar
genitive	sifatning	sifatlarning
dative	sifatga	sifatlarga
definite accusative	sifatni	sifatlarni
locative	sifatda	sifatlarda
ablative	sifatdan	sifatlardan
similative	sifatdek	sifatlardek

Possessive forms of sifat

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	sifatim	sifatlarim
genitive	sifatimning	sifatlarimning
dative	sifatimga	sifatlarimga
definite accusative	sifatimni	sifatlarimni
locative	sifatimda	sifatlarimda
ablative	sifatimdan	sifatlarimdan
similative	sifatimdek	sifatlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	sifating	sifatlaring
genitive	sifatingning	sifatlaringning
dative	sifatingga	sifatlaringga
definite accusative	sifatingni	sifatlaringni
locative	sifatingda	sifatlaringda
ablative	sifatingdan	sifatlaringdan
similative	sifatingdek	sifatlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	sifati	sifatlari
genitive	sifatining	sifatlarining
dative	sifatiga	sifatlariga
definite accusative	sifatini	sifatlarini
locative	sifatida	sifatlarida
ablative	sifatidan	sifatlaridan
similative	sifatidek	sifatlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	sifatimiz	sifatlarimiz
genitive	sifatimizning	sifatlarimizning
dative	sifatimizga	sifatlarimizga
definite accusative	sifatimizni	sifatlarimizni
locative	sifatimizda	sifatlarimizda
ablative	sifatimizdan	sifatlarimizdan
similative	sifatimizdek	sifatlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	sifatingiz	sifatlaringiz
genitive	sifatingizning	sifatlaringizning
dative	sifatingizga	sifatlaringizga
definite accusative	sifatingizni	sifatlaringizni
locative	sifatingizda	sifatlaringizda
ablative	sifatingizdan	sifatlaringizdan
similative	sifatingizdek	sifatlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	sifati	sifatlari
genitive	sifatining	sifatlarining
dative	sifatiga	sifatlariga
definite accusative	sifatini	sifatlarini
locative	sifatida	sifatlarida
ablative	sifatidan	sifatlaridan
similative	sifatidek	sifatlaridek

Derived terms

• sifatli
• sifatsiz

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay sifat, from Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪i.ɸat̪/

Noun

sifat

1. appearance

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics