سفود

Arabic

سَفُّود الدَّجَاج

Etymology

From Aramaic שִׁפְּוּדָא (šippūḏā) / ܫܰܦܽܘܕܳܐ (šappūḏā), where the word has a more general meaning (“dart”, “spit”, “broach” …) and belongs to the root שׁ־פ־ד / ܫ-ܦ-ܕ (š-p-d) related to piercing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saf.fuːd/

Noun

سَفُّود • (saffūd) m (plural سَفَافِيد (safāfīd))

1. spit, brochette, skewer

   Synonym: سِيخ (sīḵ)

   • 800s, Ibn al-Rūmī, الشبوط:

     فلا يبعد الشبوط من متلبس
     ظهارته الحسنى ومن متجرد
     إذا نش في سفوده عند نضجه
     وأخرج من سرباله المتورد
     فتي رعى مرعى بدجلة مخصبا
     أبى أن يراه رائد غير محمد
     إلى أن أصابته من الدهر نوبة
     وقد صار أقصى منية المتجود
     فأصدره الصياد عن خير مورد
     وأورده الشواء أخبث مورد
     وجاء به الحمال أطيب مطعم
     إلى الطيب المنفاق غير المصرد
     ويا حبذا امعاننا فيه ناضجا
     كما جاء من تنوره المتوقد
     وإني لمشتاق إلى عود مثله
     وإن كنت أبدي صفحة المتجلد.

     
     The carp doffs not, when he is clothed,
     his fair weed, and when he is stripped,
     when he sizzles on his spit in ripeness,
     and is spoiled of his ruddy raiment,
     young grazing the fertile pasture of the Tigris,
     objects that the ignoble scout sees him,
     and that he is struck by mishap’s time,
     and a peak of ravenous yearn has come,
     and the fisher takes him out from the good place,
     and the grill brings him to the worst place,
     and the porter of the best eatery comes
     to the jovial and unstingy spendthrift.
     How lovely it were, would we grow mature,
     as he has come from his fiery flash?
     Forsooth, I am eager to come back like him,
     and I have shewn the page of the book.

Declension

Declension of noun سَفُّود (saffūd)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَفُّود saffūd	السَّفُّود as-saffūd	سَفُّود saffūd
Nominative	سَفُّودٌ saffūdun	السَّفُّودُ as-saffūdu	سَفُّودُ saffūdu
Accusative	سَفُّودًا saffūdan	السَّفُّودَ as-saffūda	سَفُّودَ saffūda
Genitive	سَفُّودٍ saffūdin	السَّفُّودِ as-saffūdi	سَفُّودِ saffūdi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَفُّودَيْن saffūdayn	السَّفُّودَيْن as-saffūdayn	سَفُّودَيْ saffūday
Nominative	سَفُّودَانِ saffūdāni	السَّفُّودَانِ as-saffūdāni	سَفُّودَا saffūdā
Accusative	سَفُّودَيْنِ saffūdayni	السَّفُّودَيْنِ as-saffūdayni	سَفُّودَيْ saffūday
Genitive	سَفُّودَيْنِ saffūdayni	السَّفُّودَيْنِ as-saffūdayni	سَفُّودَيْ saffūday
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَفَافِيد safāfīd	السَّفَافِيد as-safāfīd	سَفَافِيد safāfīd
Nominative	سَفَافِيدُ safāfīdu	السَّفَافِيدُ as-safāfīdu	سَفَافِيدُ safāfīdu
Accusative	سَفَافِيدَ safāfīda	السَّفَافِيدَ as-safāfīda	سَفَافِيدَ safāfīda
Genitive	سَفَافِيدَ safāfīda	السَّفَافِيدِ as-safāfīdi	سَفَافِيدِ safāfīdi

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 90
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 8