See also: ס־פ־ק and ספֿק

Aramaic edit

Verb edit

ספק (transliteration needed)

  1. to be sufficient
  2. to be empty, to be cleaned out

Hebrew edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ס־פ־ק (s-p-q)

From the root ס־פ־ק (s-p-q, Forming words pertaining to doubt and skepticism.).

Noun edit

סָפֵק (safékm (plural indefinite סְפֵקוֹת, singular construct ספק־)

  1. (countable and uncountable) doubt, uncertainty.
    • 2007 June 22, ג'קי חורי (J. Khouri), "שופט: ספק אם החשודים ברצח נתן זאדה יואשמו", Haaretz, headline,[1]
      שופט: ספק אם החשודים ברצח נתן זאדה יואשמו
      Shofét: Safék im hakhashudím barétzakh Natán Záde yuashmú
      Judge: Doubt whether the suspects in the murder of Natan Zade will be found guilty
    • 2018, Ofer Matan, Sicha Mekomit, "אמרתי לעצמי שאנחנו לא מתנחלים. אנחנו משהו אחר":
      אנחנו לא התנחלות, אבא היה אומר, והספק שלי תמיד היה שם.
      Anakhnu lo hitnakhlut, aba haya omer, vehasafek sheli tamid haya sham.
      We're not a settlement, dad would say, but my doubt was always there.
Descendants edit
  • Yiddish: ספֿק (sofek)

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ס־פ־ק (s-p-q)

From the root ס־פ־ק (s-p-q, Forming words pertaining to sufficing or to flow and capacity.).

Noun edit

סַפָּק (sapákm (plural indefinite סַפָּקִים, feminine counterpart סַפָּקִית) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. supplier, provider

Verb edit

סִפֵּק (sipék) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of סיפק

Verb edit

סֻפַּק (transliteration needed) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of סופק

Etymology 3 edit

Possibly imitative. Compare with spank.

Verb edit

סָפַק (transliteration needed) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to strike, to clap, to hit
    • a. 1050, Unknown Author.
      ויהי כאשר ספרתי החזון לאבי ספק את כפיו ויאנח ותזלגנה עיני!ן! דמעות.[1]
      And when I told the vision to my father he clapped his palms and he groaned and his eyes dripped tears.
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Noun edit

ספק (sofekm, plural ספקות (sfeykes)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of ספֿק (sofek, doubt).