صاف

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ص ف و (ṣ f w)
13 terms

Derived from the active participle of صَفَا (ṣafā, to be pure).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صَافٍ (ṣāfin) (construct state صَافِي (ṣāfī), masculine plural صَافُونَ (ṣāfūna), feminine plural صَافِيَات (ṣāfiyāt), elative أَصْفَى (ʔaṣfā))

  1. pure, clear, unmixed
  2. serene, bright
  3. cold
  4. shining, flashing
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: safi
  • Ottoman Turkish: صافی (sâfî)
  • Swahili: safi
  • Uzbek: sof

Etymology 2

Root
ص ي ف (ṣ y f)
2 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

صَافَ (ṣāfa) I (non-past يَصِيفُ (yaṣīfu), verbal noun صَيْف (ṣayf) or مَصِيف (maṣīf))

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    • (Can we date this quote?), Abū Al-Baqā’ Al-Ukbari, quoting Al-Mutanabbi, edited by Mustafa As-Saqā, Ibrāhīm Al-Abyari, and Abd Al-Hafīdh Shalbi, دِيوَانُ أَبِي الطَّيِّبِ الْمُتَنَبِّي بِشَرْحِ أَبِي الْبَقَاءِ الْعَكْبَرِيِّ الْمُسَمَّى بِالتِّبْيَانِ فِي شَرْحِ الدِّيوَانِ (dīwānu ʔabī ṭ-ṭayyibi l-mutanabbī bišarḥi ʔabī l-baqāʔi l-ʕakbariyyi l-musammā bi-t-tibyāni fī šarḥi d-dīwāni), volume 4, Beirut, Lebanon: Al-Ma'rifah, published 1978, section 284, page 273:
      وَصِفْتُ فِيهَا مَصِيفَ بَادِيَةٍ / شَتَوْتُ بِالصَّحْصَحَانِ مَشْتَاهَا
      waṣiftu fīhā maṣīfa bādiyatin / šatawtu bi-ṣ-ṣaḥṣaḥāni maštāhā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

Persian

Etymology

Derived from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sāf
Dari reading? sāf
Iranian reading? sâf
Tajik reading? sof

Adjective

Dari صاف
Iranian Persian
Tajik соф

صاف (sâf)

  1. flat
  2. smooth
  3. even
  4. plane
  5. clear
  6. pure

Adverb

Dari صاف
Iranian Persian
Tajik соф

صاف (sâf)

  1. directly

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صاف (sāf), from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صافُ (sāfu) (Devanagari साफ़ु)

  1. clean, pure, clear, definite, explicit; cleaned out, empty

References

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “صافُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صاف (sāf), from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صاف (sāf) (Hindi spelling साफ़)

  1. clean
  2. blank
  3. pure
  4. clear, sensible