سفرة

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ف ر (s-f-r) meaning “to send off”, “to journey”; originally a provisions for a traveler. The Bedouin practice was to hold food within a leather sheet that was wrapped around the food and tied closed while traveling, then spread out again flat when the meal was to be consumed. Compare Aramaic ܨܘܦܪܐ.

Pronunciation

Noun

سُفْرَة • (sufra) f (plural سُفَر (sufar))

  1. traveling provision, victuals
  2. leather sheet, eating mat, place mat, tablecloth
  3. dining table, table board
    هُنَاكَ يَجْلِسُ جَمِيعُ أَفْرَادِ الْعَائِلَةِ حَوْلَ السُّفْرَةِ.
    hunāka yajlisu jamīʕu ʔafrādi l-ʕāʔilati ḥawla s-sufrati.
    There are all the family (members) sitting around the dining table.

Declension

Declension of noun سُفْرَة (sufra)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُفْرَة
sufra 		السُّفْرَة
as-sufra 		سُفْرَة
sufrat
Nominative سُفْرَةٌ
sufratun 		السُّفْرَةُ
as-sufratu 		سُفْرَةُ
sufratu
Accusative سُفْرَةً
sufratan 		السُّفْرَةَ
as-sufrata 		سُفْرَةَ
sufrata
Genitive سُفْرَةٍ
sufratin 		السُّفْرَةِ
as-sufrati 		سُفْرَةِ
sufrati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُفْرَتَيْن
sufratayn 		السُّفْرَتَيْن
as-sufratayn 		سُفْرَتَيْ
sufratay
Nominative سُفْرَتَانِ
sufratāni 		السُّفْرَتَانِ
as-sufratāni 		سُفْرَتَا
sufratā
Accusative سُفْرَتَيْنِ
sufratayni 		السُّفْرَتَيْنِ
as-sufratayni 		سُفْرَتَيْ
sufratay
Genitive سُفْرَتَيْنِ
sufratayni 		السُّفْرَتَيْنِ
as-sufratayni 		سُفْرَتَيْ
sufratay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سُفَر،سُفْرَات
? 		السُّفَر،سُفْرَات
? 		سُفَر،سُفْرَات
?
Nominative سُفَر،سُفْرَاتٌ
? 		السُّفَر،سُفْرَاتُ
? 		سُفَر،سُفْرَاتُ
?
Accusative سُفَر،سُفْرَاتٍ
? 		السُّفَر،سُفْرَاتِ
? 		سُفَر،سُفْرَاتِ
?
Genitive سُفَر،سُفْرَاتٍ
? 		السُّفَر،سُفْرَاتِ
? 		سُفَر،سُفْرَاتِ
?

Descendants

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 101–102
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 83
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “سفرة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1371
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سفرة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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