safa

• IPA^(key): /sà.fâː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

sàfâ f (possessed form sàfân)

1. large, intercity bus

• IPA^(key): /sàː.fáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

sā̀fā f (plural sā̀fànnī, possessed form sā̀far̃)

1. socks, stockings

safa

1. indefinite accusative singular of safi
2. indefinite dative singular of safi
3. indefinite genitive singular of safi
4. indefinite accusative plural of safi
5. indefinite genitive plural of safi

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.fa/

From Arabic صَفاء (ṣafāʔ), feminised because of the final -a.

safa f

1. purity

   Synonym: purità

From Arabic صَفَا (ṣafā, “to become pure, to remain after a process of purification”). The initial emphatic caused the addition of an unetymological final għ in some accents, whence the rarer variant sefa’ (compare the similar development in baqa’, laqa’).

safa (imperfect jisfa)

1. to be left; to come to be in some undesired state

   Alternative form: sefa’

   Sfat bla wlied. ― She was left childless.

   Sfaw foqra. ― They were left poor.

   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

     u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
     u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
     bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
     ngħix ħajja waħdi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Rhymes: -afɐ
• Hyphenation: sa‧fa

safa f (plural safas)

1. eraser (piece of rubber used to erase writing)

   Synonym: borracha

safa!

1. expresses surprise, disgust or admiration

safa

1. feminine singular of safo

safa

1. inflection of safar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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safa (n class, plural safa)

1. a type of trough used for bathing

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صفا (ṣafa, “a being clear, limpid, clearness, the mind's being free from anxiety, grief, irritation, calmness, peace, enjoyment, pleasure, delight, pure affection, delight”),^[1][2] from Arabic صَفَاء (ṣafāʔ, “serenity”), verbal noun of صَفَا (ṣafā, “to be pure, to be clear, to be pure of heart”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /saˈfaː/
• Hyphenation: sa‧fa

safa (definite accusative safayı, plural safalar)

1. Superseded spelling of sefa.
2. (archaic) clarity, clearness
3. (archaic) serenity, pleasure

• “safa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “safa²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4008