sofà
Catalan
Etymology
Derived from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sofà m (plural sofàs)
Further reading
- “sofà” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sofà”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “sofà” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sofà” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Etymology
From Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sofà m (uncountable)
Further reading
- sofà in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Catalan terms derived from Arabic
- Catalan terms derived from Aramaic
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- Rhymes:Catalan/a
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
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- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Furniture
- Italian terms derived from Arabic
- Italian terms derived from Aramaic
- Italian 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/a
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian uncountable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Furniture
- Italian nouns with irregular gender