سأف

See also: ساف

Arabic

Etymology

See سَعَف (saʕaf, “palm branches having leaves”), as سَأَف (saʔaf) is glossed the opposite, “palm branches stripped of leaves”.

Verb

سَأَفَ • (saʔafa) I (non-past يَسْأَفُ (yasʔafu), verbal noun سَأْف (saʔf)) (obsolete)

to be rent, to be pared, to be chapped, to be affected by fissures, to have fibres or rind or keratin divided

Conjugation

Conjugation of سَأَفَ (I, sound, a ~ a, no passive, verbal noun سَأْف)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					سَأْف saʔf
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					سَائِف sāʔif
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	سَأَفْتُ saʔaftu	سَأَفْتَ saʔafta	سَأَفَ saʔafa	سَأَفْتُمَا saʔaftumā	سَأَفَا saʔafā	سَأَفْنَا saʔafnā	سَأَفْتُمْ saʔaftum	سَأَفُوا saʔafū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	سَأَفْتُ saʔaftu	سَأَفْتِ saʔafti	سَأَفَتْ saʔafat	سَأَفْتُمَا saʔaftumā	سَأَفَتَا saʔafatā	سَأَفْنَا saʔafnā	سَأَفْتُنَّ saʔaftunna	سَأَفْنَ saʔafna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَسْأَفُ ʔasʔafu	تَسْأَفُ tasʔafu	يَسْأَفُ yasʔafu	تَسْأَفَانِ tasʔafāni	يَسْأَفَانِ yasʔafāni	نَسْأَفُ nasʔafu	تَسْأَفُونَ tasʔafūna	يَسْأَفُونَ yasʔafūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَسْأَفُ ʔasʔafu	تَسْأَفِينَ tasʔafīna	تَسْأَفُ tasʔafu	تَسْأَفَانِ tasʔafāni	تَسْأَفَانِ tasʔafāni	نَسْأَفُ nasʔafu	تَسْأَفْنَ tasʔafna	يَسْأَفْنَ yasʔafna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَسْأَفَ ʔasʔafa	تَسْأَفَ tasʔafa	يَسْأَفَ yasʔafa	تَسْأَفَا tasʔafā	يَسْأَفَا yasʔafā	نَسْأَفَ nasʔafa	تَسْأَفُوا tasʔafū	يَسْأَفُوا yasʔafū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَسْأَفَ ʔasʔafa	تَسْأَفِي tasʔafī	تَسْأَفَ tasʔafa	تَسْأَفَا tasʔafā	تَسْأَفَا tasʔafā	نَسْأَفَ nasʔafa	تَسْأَفْنَ tasʔafna	يَسْأَفْنَ yasʔafna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَسْأَفْ ʔasʔaf	تَسْأَفْ tasʔaf	يَسْأَفْ yasʔaf	تَسْأَفَا tasʔafā	يَسْأَفَا yasʔafā	نَسْأَفْ nasʔaf	تَسْأَفُوا tasʔafū	يَسْأَفُوا yasʔafū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَسْأَفْ ʔasʔaf	تَسْأَفِي tasʔafī	تَسْأَفْ tasʔaf	تَسْأَفَا tasʔafā	تَسْأَفَا tasʔafā	نَسْأَفْ nasʔaf	تَسْأَفْنَ tasʔafna	يَسْأَفْنَ yasʔafna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِسْأَفْ isʔaf		اِسْأَفَا isʔafā			اِسْأَفُوا isʔafū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		اِسْأَفِي isʔafī		اِسْأَفَا isʔafā			اِسْأَفْنَ isʔafna

Alternative forms

سَئِفَ (saʔifa), verbal noun سَأَف (saʔaf)
اِنْسَأَفَ (insaʔafa), form VII

Noun

سَأَف • (saʔaf) m (collective, singulative سَأَفَة f (saʔafa)) (obsolete)

palm branches stripped of leaves
bristles, hair at the end of the tail of a wolf

Declension

Declension of noun سَأَف (saʔaf)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَأَف saʔaf	السَّأَف as-saʔaf	سَأَف saʔaf
Nominative	سَأَفٌ saʔafun	السَّأَفُ as-saʔafu	سَأَفُ saʔafu
Accusative	سَأَفًا saʔafan	السَّأَفَ as-saʔafa	سَأَفَ saʔafa
Genitive	سَأَفٍ saʔafin	السَّأَفِ as-saʔafi	سَأَفِ saʔafi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَأَفَة saʔafa	السَّأَفَة as-saʔafa	سَأَفَة saʔafat
Nominative	سَأَفَةٌ saʔafatun	السَّأَفَةُ as-saʔafatu	سَأَفَةُ saʔafatu
Accusative	سَأَفَةً saʔafatan	السَّأَفَةَ as-saʔafata	سَأَفَةَ saʔafata
Genitive	سَأَفَةٍ saʔafatin	السَّأَفَةِ as-saʔafati	سَأَفَةِ saʔafati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَأَفَتَيْن saʔafatayn	السَّأَفَتَيْن as-saʔafatayn	سَأَفَتَيْ saʔafatay
Nominative	سَأَفَتَانِ saʔafatāni	السَّأَفَتَانِ as-saʔafatāni	سَأَفَتَا saʔafatā
Accusative	سَأَفَتَيْنِ saʔafatayni	السَّأَفَتَيْنِ as-saʔafatayni	سَأَفَتَيْ saʔafatay
Genitive	سَأَفَتَيْنِ saʔafatayni	السَّأَفَتَيْنِ as-saʔafatayni	سَأَفَتَيْ saʔafatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَأَفَات saʔafāt	السَّأَفَات as-saʔafāt	سَأَفَات saʔafāt
Nominative	سَأَفَاتٌ saʔafātun	السَّأَفَاتُ as-saʔafātu	سَأَفَاتُ saʔafātu
Accusative	سَأَفَاتٍ saʔafātin	السَّأَفَاتِ as-saʔafāti	سَأَفَاتِ saʔafāti
Genitive	سَأَفَاتٍ saʔafātin	السَّأَفَاتِ as-saʔafāti	سَأَفَاتِ saʔafāti

References

Freytag, Georg (1833) “سأف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 272
Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “سأف”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1036
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سأف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 474