ספה
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
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| ס־פ־ף (s-p-p) |
Compare Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”). The word may have entered European languages via Turkish or through the Moorish occupation of Spain.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
סַפָּה • (sapá) f (plural indefinite סַפּוֹת, singular construct סַפַּת־) [pattern: קַטְלָה]
- a sofa
References edit
- “ספה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading edit
ספה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
