صيف

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See also: ضيف and ضيق

Arabic

Etymology

Perhaps a euphemism for قَيْظ (qayẓ) meaning “summer” in other West Semitic languages, from the root ص ف و (ṣ-f-w) “to be clear”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤajf/
    • Audio:(file)

Noun

صَيْف (ṣayfm (plural أَصْيَاف (ʔaṣyāf) or صُيُوف (ṣuyūf))

  1. summer
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 106:2:
      إِيلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ ٱلشِّتَاءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ
      ʔīlāfihim riḥlata š-šitāʔi wa-ṣ-ṣayfi
      Their accustomed security in the caravan of winter and summer

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: sajf
  • Galician: ceifa (harvesting)
  • Portuguese: ceifa (harvesting)

See also

Seasons in Arabic · فُصُول (fuṣūl) (layout · text) · category
رَبِيع (rabīʕ, spring) صَيْف (ṣayf, summer) خَرِيف (ḵarīf, autumn) شِتَاء (šitāʔ, winter)

References

  1. ^ Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 782

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ص ي ف
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf).

Pronunciation

Noun

صيف (ṣēfm (plural أصياف (ʔaṣyāf))

  1. summer

See also

Seasons in Hijazi Arabic · فصول السنة (fuṣūl as-sana) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rabīʕ, spring) صيف (ṣēf, summer) خريف (ḵarīf, autumn) شتا (šita, winter)

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَيَّفَ (ṣayyafa).

Pronunciation

Verb

صَيَّف (ṣayyaf) II (non-past يِصَيِّف (yiṣayyif))

  1. to spend summer
Conjugation
    Conjugation of صيف (ṣayyaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m صيفت (ṣayyaft) صيفت (ṣayyaft) صيف (ṣayyaf) صيفنا (ṣayyafna) صيفتوا (ṣayyaftu) صيفوا (ṣayyafu)
f صيفتي (ṣayyafti) صيفت (ṣayyafat)
non-past m أصيف (ʔaṣayyif) تصيف (tiṣayyif) يصيف (yiṣayyif) نصيف (niṣayyif) تصيفوا (tiṣayyifu) يصيفوا (yiṣayyifu)
f تصيفي (tiṣayyifi) تصيف (tiṣayyif)
imperative m صيف (ṣayyif) صيفوا (ṣayyifu)
f صيفي (ṣayyifi)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf).

Pronunciation

Noun

صَيْف or صِيف (ṣayf or ṣīfm (plural صيوف (ṣyūf) or صيوفة (ṣyūfa))

  1. summer

See also

Seasons in Moroccan Arabic · فصول (fṣūl or fuṣūl) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rbīʕ, spring) صيف (ṣayf or ṣīf, summer) خريف (ḵrīf, autumn) شتا (štā, winter), شتوة (šatwa, winter)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf).

Pronunciation

Noun

صيف (ṣēfm

  1. summer

See also

Seasons in South Levantine Arabic · فصول (fṣūl) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rabīʕ, spring) صيف (ṣēf, summer) خريف (ḵarīf, autumn) شتا (šita, winter)