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صاف

See also: ضاف

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ص ف و (ṣ-f-w)

Derived from the active participle of صَفَا‎ (ṣafā, “to be pure”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

صَافٍ • (ṣāfin) (construct state صَافِي (ṣāfī), masculine plural صَافُونَ (ṣāfūna), feminine plural صَافِيَات (ṣāfiyāt), elative أَصْفَى (ʔaṣfā))

  1. pure, clear, unmixed
  2. serene, bright
  3. cold
  4. shining, flashing
Declension edit
Declension of adjective صَافٍ (ṣāfin)
Singular Masculine Feminine
singular triptote in ـٍ (-in) singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal صَافِي
ṣāfī 		الصَّافِي
aṣ-ṣāfī 		صَافِيَة
ṣāfiya 		الصَّافِيَة
aṣ-ṣāfiya
Nominative صَافٍ
ṣāfin 		الصَّافِي
aṣ-ṣāfī 		صَافِيَةٌ
ṣāfiyatun 		الصَّافِيَةُ
aṣ-ṣāfiyatu
Accusative صَافِيًا
ṣāfiyan 		الصَّافِيَ
aṣ-ṣāfiya 		صَافِيَةً
ṣāfiyatan 		الصَّافِيَةَ
aṣ-ṣāfiyata
Genitive صَافٍ
ṣāfin 		الصَّافِي
aṣ-ṣāfī 		صَافِيَةٍ
ṣāfiyatin 		الصَّافِيَةِ
aṣ-ṣāfiyati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal صَافِيَيْن
ṣāfiyayn 		الصَّافِيَيْن
aṣ-ṣāfiyayn 		صَافِيَتَيْن
ṣāfiyatayn 		الصَّافِيَتَيْن
aṣ-ṣāfiyatayn
Nominative صَافِيَانِ
ṣāfiyāni 		الصَّافِيَانِ
aṣ-ṣāfiyāni 		صَافِيَتَانِ
ṣāfiyatāni 		الصَّافِيَتَانِ
aṣ-ṣāfiyatāni
Accusative صَافِيَيْنِ
ṣāfiyayni 		الصَّافِيَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāfiyayni 		صَافِيَتَيْنِ
ṣāfiyatayni 		الصَّافِيَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāfiyatayni
Genitive صَافِيَيْنِ
ṣāfiyayni 		الصَّافِيَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāfiyayni 		صَافِيَتَيْنِ
ṣāfiyatayni 		الصَّافِيَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāfiyatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal صَافِين
ṣāfīn 		الصَّافِين
aṣ-ṣāfīn 		صَافِيَات
ṣāfiyāt 		الصَّافِيَات
aṣ-ṣāfiyāt
Nominative صَافُونَ
ṣāfūna 		الصَّافُونَ
aṣ-ṣāfūna 		صَافِيَاتٌ
ṣāfiyātun 		الصَّافِيَاتُ
aṣ-ṣāfiyātu
Accusative صَافِينَ
ṣāfīna 		الصَّافِينَ
aṣ-ṣāfīna 		صَافِيَاتٍ
ṣāfiyātin 		الصَّافِيَاتِ
aṣ-ṣāfiyāti
Genitive صَافِينَ
ṣāfīna 		الصَّافِينَ
aṣ-ṣāfīna 		صَافِيَاتٍ
ṣāfiyātin 		الصَّافِيَاتِ
aṣ-ṣāfiyāti
Descendants edit
  • Maltese: safi
  • → Ottoman Turkish: صافی (sâfî)
  • → Swahili: safi
  • → Uzbek: sof

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ص ي ف (ṣ-y-f)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

صَافَ • (ṣāfa) I, non-past يَصِيفُ‎ (yaṣīfu)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Abū Al-Baqā’ Al-Ukbari, quoting Al-Mutanabbi, edited by Mustafa As-Saqā, Ibrāhīm Al-Abyari, and Abd Al-Hafīdh Shalbi, دِيوَانُ أَبِي الطَّيِّبِ الْمُتَنَبِّي بِشَرْحِ أَبِي الْبَقَاءِ الْعَكْبَرِيِّ الْمُسَمَّى بِالتِّبْيَانِ فِي شَرْحِ الدِّيوَانِ (dīwānu ʔabī ṭ-ṭayyibi l-mutanabbī bišarḥi ʔabī l-baqāʔi l-ʕakbariyyi l-musammā bi-t-tibyāni fī šarḥi d-dīwāni), volume 4, Beirut, Lebanon: Al-Ma'rifah, published 1978, section 284, page 273:
      وَصِفْتُ فِيهَا مَصِيفَ بَادِيَةٍ / شَتَوْتُ بِالصَّحْصَحَانِ مَشْتَاهَا
      waṣiftu fīhā maṣīfa bādiyatin / šatawtu bi-ṣ-ṣaḥṣaḥāni maštāhā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of
صَافَ
(form-I hollow, verbal nouns صَيْف or مَصِيف)
verbal nouns
الْمَصَادِر
ṣayf or maṣīf
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
ṣāʔif
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
maṣīf
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
ṣiftu
ṣifta
صَافَ

ṣāfa
ṣiftumā
ṣāfā
ṣifnā
ṣiftum
ṣāfū
f
ṣifti
ṣāfat
ṣāfatā
ṣiftunna
ṣifna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔaṣīfu
taṣīfu
yaṣīfu
taṣīfāni
yaṣīfāni
naṣīfu
taṣīfūna
yaṣīfūna
f
taṣīfīna
taṣīfu
taṣīfāni
taṣifna
yaṣifna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔaṣīfa
taṣīfa
yaṣīfa
taṣīfā
yaṣīfā
naṣīfa
taṣīfū
yaṣīfū
f
taṣīfī
taṣīfa
taṣīfā
taṣifna
yaṣifna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔaṣif
taṣif
yaṣif
taṣīfā
yaṣīfā
naṣif
taṣīfū
yaṣīfū
f
taṣīfī
taṣif
taṣīfā
taṣifna
yaṣifna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m
ṣif
ṣīfā
ṣīfū
f
ṣīfī
ṣifna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m — —
ṣīfa 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m — —
yuṣāfu 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m — —
yuṣāfa 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m — —
yuṣaf 		— — — — —
f — — — — —

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Derived from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? sāf
Dari reading? sāf
Iranian reading? sâf
Tajik reading? sof

Adjective edit

Dari صاف
Iranian Persian
Tajik соф

صاف • (sâf)

  1. flat
  2. smooth
  3. even
  4. plane
  5. clear
  6. pure

Adverb edit

Dari صاف
Iranian Persian
Tajik соф

صاف • (sâf)

  1. directly

Sindhi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian صاف (sāf), from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

صافُ • (sāfu) (Devanagari साफ़ु)

  1. clean, pure, clear, definite, explicit; cleaned out, empty

References edit

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “صافُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian صاف (sāf), from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

صاف • (sāf) (Hindi spelling साफ़)

  1. clean
  2. blank
  3. pure
  4. clear, sensible
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