صفارة

Arabic

Root
ص ف ر (ṣ f r)
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaf.faː.ra/

Noun

صَفَّارَة • (ṣaffāra) f (plural صَفَّارَات (ṣaffārāt) or صَفَافِير (ṣafāfīr))

1. what makes a shrill sound to raise attention, siren, whistle, and the like

Declension

Declension of noun صَفَّارَة (ṣaffāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفَّارَة ṣaffāra	الصَّفَّارَة aṣ-ṣaffāra	صَفَّارَة ṣaffārat
Nominative	صَفَّارَةٌ ṣaffāratun	الصَّفَّارَةُ aṣ-ṣaffāratu	صَفَّارَةُ ṣaffāratu
Accusative	صَفَّارَةً ṣaffāratan	الصَّفَّارَةَ aṣ-ṣaffārata	صَفَّارَةَ ṣaffārata
Genitive	صَفَّارَةٍ ṣaffāratin	الصَّفَّارَةِ aṣ-ṣaffārati	صَفَّارَةِ ṣaffārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفَّارَتَيْن ṣaffāratayn	الصَّفَّارَتَيْن aṣ-ṣaffāratayn	صَفَّارَتَيْ ṣaffāratay
Nominative	صَفَّارَتَانِ ṣaffāratāni	الصَّفَّارَتَانِ aṣ-ṣaffāratāni	صَفَّارَتَا ṣaffāratā
Accusative	صَفَّارَتَيْنِ ṣaffāratayni	الصَّفَّارَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaffāratayni	صَفَّارَتَيْ ṣaffāratay
Genitive	صَفَّارَتَيْنِ ṣaffāratayni	الصَّفَّارَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaffāratayni	صَفَّارَتَيْ ṣaffāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفَّارَات‎; صَفَافِير ṣaffārāt‎; ṣafāfīr	الصَّفَّارَات‎; الصَّفَافِير aṣ-ṣaffārāt‎; aṣ-ṣafāfīr	صَفَّارَات‎; صَفَافِير ṣaffārāt‎; ṣafāfīr
Nominative	صَفَّارَاتٌ‎; صَفَافِيرُ ṣaffārātun‎; ṣafāfīru	الصَّفَّارَاتُ‎; الصَّفَافِيرُ aṣ-ṣaffārātu‎; aṣ-ṣafāfīru	صَفَّارَاتُ‎; صَفَافِيرُ ṣaffārātu‎; ṣafāfīru
Accusative	صَفَّارَاتٍ‎; صَفَافِيرَ ṣaffārātin‎; ṣafāfīra	الصَّفَّارَاتِ‎; الصَّفَافِيرَ aṣ-ṣaffārāti‎; aṣ-ṣafāfīra	صَفَّارَاتِ‎; صَفَافِيرَ ṣaffārāti‎; ṣafāfīra
Genitive	صَفَّارَاتٍ‎; صَفَافِيرَ ṣaffārātin‎; ṣafāfīra	الصَّفَّارَاتِ‎; الصَّفَافِيرِ aṣ-ṣaffārāti‎; aṣ-ṣafāfīri	صَفَّارَاتِ‎; صَفَافِيرِ ṣaffārāti‎; ṣafāfīri

Descendants

• Maltese: suffara
• Moroccan Arabic: صفارة (ṣaffāra)
• → Middle Armenian: սաֆարայ (safaray), սաֆար (safar)