Arabic edit

Root
س ف ع (s-f-ʕ)

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

سَفَعَ (safaʕa) I, non-past يَسْفَعُ‎ (yasfaʕu)

  1. to scorch, to burn
  2. to strike, to hit (with the hand)
  3. to drag, to pull intensively
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 96:15:
      كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِٱلنَّاصِيَة
      kallā laʔin lam yantahi lanasfaʕan bi-n-nāṣiya
      No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Noun edit

سَفْع (safʕm

  1. verbal noun of سَفَعَ (safaʕa) (form I)
Declension edit