ספה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
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

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Noun

סַפָּה • (sapá) f (plural indefinite סַפּוֹת, singular construct סַפַּת־) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

1. a sofa

References

• “ספה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• ספה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he