ص ف و

Arabic

Root

ص ف و • (ṣ-f-w)

1. related to being strained clear

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: صَفَا (ṣafā, “to be pure, be clear, be serene”)
  • Verbal noun: صَفْو (ṣafw), صَفَاء (ṣafāʔ), صُفُوّ (ṣufuww)
  • Active participle: صَافٍ (ṣāfin)
  • Passive participle: مَصْفُوّ (maṣfuww)
• Form II: صَفَّى (ṣaffā, “to sort out, clarify, purify, liquidate”)
  • Verbal noun: تَصْفِيَة (taṣfiya)
  • Active participle: مُصَفٍّ (muṣaffin)
  • Passive participle: مُصَفًّى (muṣaffan)
• Form III: صَافَى (ṣāfā)
  • Verbal noun: مُصَافَاة (muṣāfāh)
  • Active participle: مُصَافٍ (muṣāfin)
  • Passive participle: مُصَافًى (muṣāfan)
• Form IV: أَصْفَى (ʔaṣfā, “to make pure”)
  • Verbal noun: إِصْفَاء (ʔiṣfāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُصْفٍ (muṣfin)
  • Passive participle: مُصْفًى (muṣfan)
• Form V: تَصَفَّى (taṣaffā, “to receive in full”)
  • Verbal noun: تَصَفٍّ (taṣaffin)
  • Active participle: مُتَصَفٍّ (mutaṣaffin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَصَفًّى (mutaṣaffan)
• Form VIII: اِصْطَفَى (iṣṭafā, “to elect, to choose”)
  • Verbal noun: اِصْطِفَاء (iṣṭifāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُصْطَفٍ (muṣṭafin)
  • Passive participle: مُصْطَفًى (muṣṭafan, “chosen”)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• صَفِيّ (ṣafiyy, “pure, clear”)
  • أَصْفَى (ʔaṣfā, “clearer, clearest, purer, purest”)
• صِفْوَة (ṣifwa), صَفْوَة (ṣafwa), صُفْوَة (ṣufwa, “pure or choice part”)
• مِصْفَاة (miṣfāh, “strainer”)
• صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “ص ف و”, 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, pages 506b–507a