سافر

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Arabic

Root
س ف ر (s-f-r)

Etymology 1

Root
س ف ر (s-f-r)

Compare سَفَر (safar, journey, travel).

Verb

سَافَرَ (sāfara) III, non-past يُسَافِرُ‎ (yusāfiru)

  1. to travel
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: siefer
  • Swahili: safiri

Etymology 2

Not relating to meanings from the root س ف ر (s-f-r) but terminology of the religious sphere borrowed from Aramaic סִפְרָא (sip̱rā, writing, book) / ܣܷܦܪܴܐ (sep̱rā, writing, book); and compare Hebrew סֵפֶר (sēp̄er, writing, book).

Noun

سَافِرٌ (sāfirunm (plural سَفَرَة (safara))

  1. writer
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 80:15-16:
      بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ
      bi-ʔaydī safaratin kirāmin bararatin
      In the hands of scribes, noble and dutiful.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ف ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic سَافَرَ (sāfara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saː.far/,
  • (file)

Verb

سافر (sāfar) III (present بسافر (bisāfer), active participle مسافر (msāfer))

  1. to travel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of سافر (sāfar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سافرت (sāfart) سافرت (sāfart) سافر (sāfar) سافرنا (sāfarna) سافرتو (sāfartu) سافرو (sāfaru)
f سافرتي (sāfarti) سافرت (sāfarat)
present m بسافر (basāfer) بتسافر (bitsāfer) بسافر (bisāfer) منسافر (minsāfer) بتسافرو (bitsāfru) بسافرو (bisāfru)
f بتسافري (bitsāfri) بتسافر (bitsāfer)
subjunctive m اسافر (asāfer) تسافر (tsāfer) يسافر (ysāfer) نسافر (nsāfer) تسافرو (tsāfru) يسافرو (ysāfru)
f تسافري (tsāfri) تسافر (tsāfer)
imperative m سافر (sāfer) سافرو (sāfru)
f سافري (sāfri)