صفة
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See also: صفه
Arabic
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| و ص ف (w ṣ f) |
| 8 terms |
Compare وَصَفَ (waṣafa, “to describe, to characterize”).
Pronunciation
Noun
صِفَة • (ṣifa) f (plural صِفَات (ṣifāt))
- verbal noun of وَصَفَ (waṣafa) (form I)
- quality, feature, characteristic
- (grammar) adjective (morphological category)
- Synonym: وَصْف (waṣf)
- Hyponyms: صِفَة مُشَبَّهَة (ṣifa(t) mušabbaha), اِسْم فَاعِل (ism fāʕil), اِسْم مَفْعُول (ism mafʕūl), اِسْم تَفْضِيل (ism tafḍīl)
- (grammar) a word or phrase that modifies a noun
- Synonym: نَعْت (naʕt)
- attribute
Declension
Declension of noun صِفَة (ṣifa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | صِفَة ṣifa |
الصِّفَة aṣ-ṣifa |
صِفَة ṣifat |
| Nominative | صِفَةٌ ṣifatun |
الصِّفَةُ aṣ-ṣifatu |
صِفَةُ ṣifatu |
| Accusative | صِفَةً ṣifatan |
الصِّفَةَ aṣ-ṣifata |
صِفَةَ ṣifata |
| Genitive | صِفَةٍ ṣifatin |
الصِّفَةِ aṣ-ṣifati |
صِفَةِ ṣifati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | صِفَتَيْن ṣifatayn |
الصِّفَتَيْن aṣ-ṣifatayn |
صِفَتَيْ ṣifatay |
| Nominative | صِفَتَانِ ṣifatāni |
الصِّفَتَانِ aṣ-ṣifatāni |
صِفَتَا ṣifatā |
| Accusative | صِفَتَيْنِ ṣifatayni |
الصِّفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣifatayni |
صِفَتَيْ ṣifatay |
| Genitive | صِفَتَيْنِ ṣifatayni |
الصِّفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣifatayni |
صِفَتَيْ ṣifatay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | صِفَات ṣifāt |
الصِّفَات aṣ-ṣifāt |
صِفَات ṣifāt |
| Nominative | صِفَاتٌ ṣifātun |
الصِّفَاتُ aṣ-ṣifātu |
صِفَاتُ ṣifātu |
| Accusative | صِفَاتٍ ṣifātin |
الصِّفَاتِ aṣ-ṣifāti |
صِفَاتِ ṣifāti |
| Genitive | صِفَاتٍ ṣifātin |
الصِّفَاتِ aṣ-ṣifāti |
صِفَاتِ ṣifāti |
Descendants
- → Armenian: սֆաթ (sfatʻ), սփաթ (spʻatʻ)
- → Classical Persian: صِفَت (sifat)
- → Georgian: სიფათი (sipati)
- → Malay: sifat
- Indonesian: sifat
- → Swahili: sifa
Further reading
- Carter, Michael George (2017) “The Seven Deadly Sins of Arabic Studies”, in Manuel Sartori, Manuela E. B. Giolfo, Philippe Cassuto, editors, Approaches to the History and Dialectology of Arabic in Honor of Pierre Larcher (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 88), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 521–522, 527–531
Etymology 2
From Aramaic צִפָּא / צִיפָּא (ṣippā), צִפְּתָא / צִיפְּתָא (sippəṯā) / ܨܝܦܬܐ / ܨܶܦ݁ܬ݂ܳܐ (ṣeppəṯā, “mat”), suspected to be from Akkadian 𒍦𒉺𒀀𒌅 (ṣip-pa-a-tu /ṣippatu/, “a type of reed”), or instead סִפָּא / סִיפָּא (sippā) / ܣܷܦܴ݁ܐ (seppā, “threshold, doorpost”), alleged to be from Akkadian 𒈨𒁍 (sip-pu /sippu/, “doorsill”) but possibly cognate to it.
Pronunciation
Noun
صُفَّة • (ṣuffa) f (plural صُفَف (ṣufaf) or صِفَاف (ṣifāf))
- bench, stone bench
- sofa, sill, shelf, console
- vestibule, anteroom, entrance-room, portico, an elevated room over or before an edifice including a mosque and even over a sepulchre
- أَهْلُ الصُّفَّةِ ― ʔahlu ṣ-ṣuffati ― the companions of the prophet Mohammed
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 322 line 9:
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 169 line 9 seq.:
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 84 line 6:
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 94 line 6:
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 449 line 12:
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, page 130 line 8:
- seat of a saddle
- a small part, a little of
- a short while, a trice
Declension
Declension of noun صُفَّة (ṣuffa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | صُفَّة ṣuffa |
الصُّفَّة aṣ-ṣuffa |
صُفَّة ṣuffat |
| Nominative | صُفَّةٌ ṣuffatun |
الصُّفَّةُ aṣ-ṣuffatu |
صُفَّةُ ṣuffatu |
| Accusative | صُفَّةً ṣuffatan |
الصُّفَّةَ aṣ-ṣuffata |
صُفَّةَ ṣuffata |
| Genitive | صُفَّةٍ ṣuffatin |
الصُّفَّةِ aṣ-ṣuffati |
صُفَّةِ ṣuffati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | صُفَّتَيْن ṣuffatayn |
الصُّفَّتَيْن aṣ-ṣuffatayn |
صُفَّتَيْ ṣuffatay |
| Nominative | صُفَّتَانِ ṣuffatāni |
الصُّفَّتَانِ aṣ-ṣuffatāni |
صُفَّتَا ṣuffatā |
| Accusative | صُفَّتَيْنِ ṣuffatayni |
الصُّفَّتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣuffatayni |
صُفَّتَيْ ṣuffatay |
| Genitive | صُفَّتَيْنِ ṣuffatayni |
الصُّفَّتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣuffatayni |
صُفَّتَيْ ṣuffatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | صُفَف; صِفَاف ṣufaf; ṣifāf |
الصُّفَف; الصِّفَاف aṣ-ṣufaf; aṣ-ṣifāf |
صُفَف; صِفَاف ṣufaf; ṣifāf |
| Nominative | صُفَفٌ; صِفَافٌ ṣufafun; ṣifāfun |
الصُّفَفُ; الصِّفَافُ aṣ-ṣufafu; aṣ-ṣifāfu |
صُفَفُ; صِفَافُ ṣufafu; ṣifāfu |
| Accusative | صُفَفًا; صِفَافًا ṣufafan; ṣifāfan |
الصُّفَفَ; الصِّفَافَ aṣ-ṣufafa; aṣ-ṣifāfa |
صُفَفَ; صِفَافَ ṣufafa; ṣifāfa |
| Genitive | صُفَفٍ; صِفَافٍ ṣufafin; ṣifāfin |
الصُّفَفِ; الصِّفَافِ aṣ-ṣufafi; aṣ-ṣifāfi |
صُفَفِ; صِفَافِ ṣufafi; ṣifāfi |
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: صفه (suffa, sofa)
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 287–288
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “صفة”, 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 502a
- Michael Jan de Goeje, editor (1879), Indices, glossarium et addenda et emendanda ad part. I–III (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 7) (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1879, page 281
- Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 92
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “صفة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1343b
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “صفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1693c–1694
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 583b