sifat

See also: sıfat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sifat, from Classical Malay sifat, from Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [siˈfat]
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): [siˈpat]

Noun

sifat (first-person possessive sifatku, second-person possessive sifatmu, third-person possessive sifatnya)

1. A characteristic or quality of a thing; attribute.
   1. An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects; property.
2. nature; temperament

Synonyms

• ciri-ciri
• tanda
• (nature): tabiat

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Noun

sifat (Jawi spelling صيفت, plural sifat-sifat, informal 1st possessive sifatku, 2nd possessive sifatmu, 3rd possessive sifatnya)

1. attribute; quality

Further reading

• “sifat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɯˈfat]
• Hyphenation: si‧fat
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

sifat (plural sifatlar)

1. adjective

Declension

Declension of sifat

	singular	plural
nominative	sifat	sifatlar
genitive	sifatning	sifatlarning
dative	sifatga	sifatlarga
definite accusative	sifatni	sifatlarni
locative	sifatda	sifatlarda
ablative	sifatdan	sifatlardan

Possessive forms of sifat

my	singular	plural
nominative	sifatim	sifatlarim
genitive	sifatimning	sifatlarimning
dative	sifatimga	sifatlarimga
definite accusative	sifatimni	sifatlarimni
locative	sifatimda	sifatlarimda
ablative	sifatimdan	sifatlarimdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	sifating	sifatlaring
genitive	sifatingning	sifatlaringning
dative	sifatingga	sifatlaringga
definite accusative	sifatingni	sifatlaringni
locative	sifatingda	sifatlaringda
ablative	sifatingdan	sifatlaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	sifati	sifatlari
genitive	sifatining	sifatlarining
dative	sifatiga	sifatlariga
definite accusative	sifatini	sifatlarini
locative	sifatida	sifatlarida
ablative	sifatidan	sifatlaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	sifatimiz	sifatlarimiz
genitive	sifatimizning	sifatlarimizning
dative	sifatimizga	sifatlarimizga
definite accusative	sifatimizni	sifatlarimizni
locative	sifatimizda	sifatlarimizda
ablative	sifatimizdan	sifatlarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	sifatingiz	sifatlaringiz
genitive	sifatingizning	sifatlaringizning
dative	sifatingizga	sifatlaringizga
definite accusative	sifatingizni	sifatlaringizni
locative	sifatingizda	sifatlaringizda
ablative	sifatingizdan	sifatlaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	sifati	sifatlari
genitive	sifatining	sifatlarining
dative	sifatiga	sifatlariga
definite accusative	sifatini	sifatlarini
locative	sifatida	sifatlarida
ablative	sifatidan	sifatlaridan

Derived terms

• sifatli
• sifatsiz

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay sifat, from Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪i.ɸat̪/

Noun

sifat

1. appearance

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics