سقف

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See also: شفق, شقق, and شقف

Arabic

Root
س ق ف (s-q-f)

Pronunciation

Noun
  • IPA(key): /saqf/
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Noun

سَقْف • (saqf) m (plural سُقُوف (suqūf) or أَسْقُف (ʔasquf) or سُقُف (suquf))

  1. ceiling
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:26:
      قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى اللهُ بُنْيَانَهُمْ مِنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ
      qad makara allaḏīna min qablihim faʔatā llāhu bunyānahum mina l-qawāʕidi faḵarra ʕalayhimu as-saqfu min fawqihim
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  2. roof

Declension

Declension of noun سَقْف (saqf)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَقْف
saqf 		السَّقْف
as-saqf 		سَقْف
saqf
Nominative سَقْفٌ
saqfun 		السَّقْفُ
as-saqfu 		سَقْفُ
saqfu
Accusative سَقْفًا
saqfan 		السَّقْفَ
as-saqfa 		سَقْفَ
saqfa
Genitive سَقْفٍ
saqfin 		السَّقْفِ
as-saqfi 		سَقْفِ
saqfi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَقْفَيْن
saqfayn 		السَّقْفَيْن
as-saqfayn 		سَقْفَيْ
saqfay
Nominative سَقْفَانِ
saqfāni 		السَّقْفَانِ
as-saqfāni 		سَقْفَا
saqfā
Accusative سَقْفَيْنِ
saqfayni 		السَّقْفَيْنِ
as-saqfayni 		سَقْفَيْ
saqfay
Genitive سَقْفَيْنِ
saqfayni 		السَّقْفَيْنِ
as-saqfayni 		سَقْفَيْ
saqfay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُقُوف‎; أَسْقُف‎; سُقُف
suqūf‎; ʔasquf‎; suquf 		السُّقُوف‎; الْأَسْقُف‎; السُّقُف
as-suqūf‎; al-ʔasquf‎; as-suquf 		سُقُوف‎; أَسْقُف‎; سُقُف
suqūf‎; ʔasquf‎; suquf
Nominative سُقُوفٌ‎; أَسْقُفٌ‎; سُقُفٌ
suqūfun‎; ʔasqufun‎; suqufun 		السُّقُوفُ‎; الْأَسْقُفُ‎; السُّقُفُ
as-suqūfu‎; al-ʔasqufu‎; as-suqufu 		سُقُوفُ‎; أَسْقُفُ‎; سُقُفُ
suqūfu‎; ʔasqufu‎; suqufu
Accusative سُقُوفًا‎; أَسْقُفًا‎; سُقُفًا
suqūfan‎; ʔasqufan‎; suqufan 		السُّقُوفَ‎; الْأَسْقُفَ‎; السُّقُفَ
as-suqūfa‎; al-ʔasqufa‎; as-suqufa 		سُقُوفَ‎; أَسْقُفَ‎; سُقُفَ
suqūfa‎; ʔasqufa‎; suqufa
Genitive سُقُوفٍ‎; أَسْقُفٍ‎; سُقُفٍ
suqūfin‎; ʔasqufin‎; suqufin 		السُّقُوفِ‎; الْأَسْقُفِ‎; السُّقُفِ
as-suqūfi‎; al-ʔasqufi‎; as-suqufi 		سُقُوفِ‎; أَسْقُفِ‎; سُقُفِ
suqūfi‎; ʔasqufi‎; suqufi

Descendants

  • → Swahili: sakafu (“floor”)

Verb

سَقَفَ • (saqafa) I, non-past يَسْقُفُ‎ (yasqufu)

  1. to ceil; to roof

Conjugation

Conjugation of
سَقَفَ
(form-I sound, verbal noun سَقْف)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر
سَقْف

saqf
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
sāqif
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
masqūf
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
saqaftu
saqafta
سَقَفَ

saqafa
saqaftumā
saqafā
saqafnā
saqaftum
saqafū
f
saqafti
saqafat
saqafatā
saqaftunna
saqafna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔasqufu
tasqufu
yasqufu
tasqufāni
yasqufāni
nasqufu
tasqufūna
yasqufūna
f
tasqufīna
tasqufu
tasqufāni
tasqufna
yasqufna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔasqufa
tasqufa
yasqufa
tasqufā
yasqufā
nasqufa
tasqufū
yasqufū
f
tasqufī
tasqufa
tasqufā
tasqufna
yasqufna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔasquf
tasquf
yasquf
tasqufā
yasqufā
nasquf
tasqufū
yasqufū
f
tasqufī
tasquf
tasqufā
tasqufna
yasqufna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m
usquf
usqufā
usqufū
f
usqufī
usqufna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
suqiftu
suqifta
سُقِفَ

suqifa
suqiftumā
suqifā
suqifnā
suqiftum
suqifū
f
suqifti
suqifat
suqifatā
suqiftunna
suqifna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔusqafu
tusqafu
yusqafu
tusqafāni
yusqafāni
nusqafu
tusqafūna
yusqafūna
f
tusqafīna
tusqafu
tusqafāni
tusqafna
yusqafna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔusqafa
tusqafa
yusqafa
tusqafā
yusqafā
nusqafa
tusqafū
yusqafū
f
tusqafī
tusqafa
tusqafā
tusqafna
yusqafna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔusqaf
tusqaf
yusqaf
tusqafā
yusqafā
nusqaf
tusqafū
yusqafū
f
tusqafī
tusqaf
tusqafā
tusqafna
yusqafna

Verb

سَقَّفَ • (saqqafa) II, non-past يُسَقِّفُ‎ (yusaqqifu)

  1. to ceil; to roof

Conjugation

Conjugation of
سَقَّفَ
(form-II sound)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر
tasqīf
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
musaqqif
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
musaqqaf
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
saqqaftu
saqqafta
سَقَّفَ

saqqafa
saqqaftumā
saqqafā
saqqafnā
saqqaftum
saqqafū
f
saqqafti
saqqafat
saqqafatā
saqqaftunna
saqqafna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔusaqqifu
tusaqqifu
yusaqqifu
tusaqqifāni
yusaqqifāni
nusaqqifu
tusaqqifūna
yusaqqifūna
f
tusaqqifīna
tusaqqifu
tusaqqifāni
tusaqqifna
yusaqqifna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔusaqqifa
tusaqqifa
yusaqqifa
tusaqqifā
yusaqqifā
nusaqqifa
tusaqqifū
yusaqqifū
f
tusaqqifī
tusaqqifa
tusaqqifā
tusaqqifna
yusaqqifna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔusaqqif
tusaqqif
yusaqqif
tusaqqifā
yusaqqifā
nusaqqif
tusaqqifū
yusaqqifū
f
tusaqqifī
tusaqqif
tusaqqifā
tusaqqifna
yusaqqifna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m
سَقِّفْ

saqqif
saqqifā
saqqifū
f
saqqifī
saqqifna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
suqqiftu
suqqifta
سُقِّفَ

suqqifa
suqqiftumā
suqqifā
suqqifnā
suqqiftum
suqqifū
f
suqqifti
suqqifat
suqqifatā
suqqiftunna
suqqifna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔusaqqafu
tusaqqafu
yusaqqafu
tusaqqafāni
yusaqqafāni
nusaqqafu
tusaqqafūna
yusaqqafūna
f
tusaqqafīna
tusaqqafu
tusaqqafāni
tusaqqafna
yusaqqafna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔusaqqafa
tusaqqafa
yusaqqafa
tusaqqafā
yusaqqafā
nusaqqafa
tusaqqafū
yusaqqafū
f
tusaqqafī
tusaqqafa
tusaqqafā
tusaqqafna
yusaqqafna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔusaqqaf
tusaqqaf
yusaqqaf
tusaqqafā
yusaqqafā
nusaqqaf
tusaqqafū
yusaqqafū
f
tusaqqafī
tusaqqaf
tusaqqafā
tusaqqafna
yusaqqafna

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سقف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 329
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “سقف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1382–1383
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سقف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 484

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَقْف (saqf).

Pronunciation

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Noun

سقف • (saʔf) m (plural سقوف (suʔūf) or سقفة (suʔufa) or أسقف (ʾasʔuf))

  1. ceiling

References

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س ق ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic سَقْف (saqf).

Pronunciation

Noun

سقف • (sagf) m (plural سقوف (sugūf) or أسقُف (ʔasguf) or سُقُف (suguf))

  1. ceiling

See also

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَقْف (saqf).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? saqf
Dari reading? saqf
Iranian reading? sağf
Tajik reading? saqf

Noun

Dari سَقف
Iranian Persian
Tajik сақф

سَقف • (saqf) (plural سُقوف (soquf) or سَقف‌ها (saqf-hâ))

  1. ceiling, roof
    Synonym: بام (bâm)
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 4669:
      چون به خانه مرغ اشتر پا نهاد
      خانه ویران گشت و سقف اندر فتاد
      čon be xâne-ye morğ oštor pâ nehâd
      xâne virân gašt o saqf andar fatâd
      When the camel set foot in the hen's house, the house was destroyed and the roof fell in.
    • 1967, Samad Behrangi, ماهی سیاه کوچولو [The Little Black Fish]:
      خانه ی ماهی کوچولو و مادرش پشت سنگ سیاهی بود؛ زیر سقفی از خزه.
      xâne-ye mâhi-ye kučulu o mâdar-eš pošt-e sang-e siyâhi bud; zir-e saqfi az xaze.
      The house of the little fish and his mother was behind a black stone, under a roof of moss.

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سَقْف (saqf).

Pronunciation

Noun

سقف • (saʔf) m

  1. ceiling
  2. roof

See also

  • سطح (saṭḥ, “flat roof”)
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