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سافر

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Arabic

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Root
س ف ر (s f r)
7 terms

Etymology 1

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Root
س ف ر (s f r)
7 terms

Compare سَفَر (safar, journey, travel). Cognate with Hebrew ספר (s-p-r) 4th ethnology

Verb

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سَافَرَ (sāfara) III (non-past يُسَافِرُ (yusāfiru), verbal noun مُسَافَرَة (musāfara) or سِفَار (sifār) or سَفَر (safar))

  1. to travel [with إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘somewhere’]
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: siefer
  • Swahili: safiri

Etymology 2

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Not relating to meanings from the root س ف ر (s-f-r) but terminology of the religious sphere borrowed from Aramaic סִפְרָא (sip̱rā, writing, book) / ܣܷܦܪܴܐ (sep̱rā, writing, book); and compare Hebrew סֵפֶר (sēp̄er, writing, book) and סוֹפֵר (sofér, writer).

Noun

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سَافِرٌ (sāfirunm (plural سَفَرَة (safara))

  1. writer
    Synonym: كَاتِب (kātib)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 80:15-16:
      بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ
      bi-ʔaydī safaratin kirāmin bararatin
      In the hands of scribes, noble and dutiful.

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س ف ر
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic سَافَرَ (sāfara).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saː.far/, [ˈsæː.far]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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سافر (sāfar) III (present بسافر (bisāfer), active participle مسافر (msāfer))

  1. to travel

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of سافر (sāfar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سافرت (sāfart) سافرت (sāfart) سافر (sāfar) سافرنا (sāfarna) سافرتو (sāfartu) سافرو (sāfaru)
f سافرتي (sāfarti) سافرت (sāfarat)
present m بسافر (basāfer) بتسافر (bitsāfer) بسافر (bisāfer) منسافر (minsāfer) بتسافرو (bitsāfru) بسافرو (bisāfru)
f بتسافري (bitsāfri) بتسافر (bitsāfer)
subjunctive m اسافر (asāfer) تسافر (tsāfer) يسافر (ysāfer) نسافر (nsāfer) تسافرو (tsāfru) يسافرو (ysāfru)
f تسافري (tsāfri) تسافر (tsāfer)
imperative m سافر (sāfer) سافرو (sāfru)
f سافري (sāfri)