صائفة
Appearance
Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Instantial to صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]صَائِفَة • (ṣāʔifa) f (plural صَوَائِف (ṣawāʔif))
- (archaic) an expedition in the summer
- the season of summer, summertime
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun صَائِفَة (ṣāʔifa)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | صَائِفَة ṣāʔifa |
الصَّائِفَة aṣ-ṣāʔifa |
صَائِفَة ṣāʔifat |
Nominative | صَائِفَةٌ ṣāʔifatun |
الصَّائِفَةُ aṣ-ṣāʔifatu |
صَائِفَةُ ṣāʔifatu |
Accusative | صَائِفَةً ṣāʔifatan |
الصَّائِفَةَ aṣ-ṣāʔifata |
صَائِفَةَ ṣāʔifata |
Genitive | صَائِفَةٍ ṣāʔifatin |
الصَّائِفَةِ aṣ-ṣāʔifati |
صَائِفَةِ ṣāʔifati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | صَائِفَتَيْن ṣāʔifatayn |
الصَّائِفَتَيْن aṣ-ṣāʔifatayn |
صَائِفَتَيْ ṣāʔifatay |
Nominative | صَائِفَتَانِ ṣāʔifatāni |
الصَّائِفَتَانِ aṣ-ṣāʔifatāni |
صَائِفَتَا ṣāʔifatā |
Accusative | صَائِفَتَيْنِ ṣāʔifatayni |
الصَّائِفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāʔifatayni |
صَائِفَتَيْ ṣāʔifatay |
Genitive | صَائِفَتَيْنِ ṣāʔifatayni |
الصَّائِفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāʔifatayni |
صَائِفَتَيْ ṣāʔifatay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | صَوَائِف ṣawāʔif |
الصَّوَائِف aṣ-ṣawāʔif |
صَوَائِف ṣawāʔif |
Nominative | صَوَائِفُ ṣawāʔifu |
الصَّوَائِفُ aṣ-ṣawāʔifu |
صَوَائِفُ ṣawāʔifu |
Accusative | صَوَائِفَ ṣawāʔifa |
الصَّوَائِفَ aṣ-ṣawāʔifa |
صَوَائِفَ ṣawāʔifa |
Genitive | صَوَائِفَ ṣawāʔifa |
الصَّوَائِفِ aṣ-ṣawāʔifi |
صَوَائِفِ ṣawāʔifi |
Descendants
[edit]- → Galician: ceifa (“harvesting”)
- → Medieval Latin: azeipha, azepha, zepha (“summertime raid”)
- → Portuguese: ceifa, aceifa (“harvesting”)
- → Spanish: aceifa (“summertime raid”)
Further reading
[edit]- Lane, Edward William (1863) “صائفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1756c