مسافة

Arabic

Etymology

From سَوْفَ (sawfa, “future tense marker”), in as much as it is manifest that the greater distances, worth mention in antiquity, could only be overcome by factoring in future days.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.saː.fa/

• Audio:

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Noun

مَسَافَة • (masāfa) f (plural مَسَافَات (masāfāt) or مَسَاوِف (masāwif))

1. distance, interval
2. day's journey, station
3. space (“A gap in text between words”)

Declension

Declension of noun مَسَافَة (masāfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَافَة masāfa	الْمَسَافَة al-masāfa	مَسَافَة masāfat
Nominative	مَسَافَةٌ masāfatun	الْمَسَافَةُ al-masāfatu	مَسَافَةُ masāfatu
Accusative	مَسَافَةً masāfatan	الْمَسَافَةَ al-masāfata	مَسَافَةَ masāfata
Genitive	مَسَافَةٍ masāfatin	الْمَسَافَةِ al-masāfati	مَسَافَةِ masāfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَافَتَيْن masāfatayn	الْمَسَافَتَيْن al-masāfatayn	مَسَافَتَيْ masāfatay
Nominative	مَسَافَتَانِ masāfatāni	الْمَسَافَتَانِ al-masāfatāni	مَسَافَتَا masāfatā
Accusative	مَسَافَتَيْنِ masāfatayni	الْمَسَافَتَيْنِ al-masāfatayni	مَسَافَتَيْ masāfatay
Genitive	مَسَافَتَيْنِ masāfatayni	الْمَسَافَتَيْنِ al-masāfatayni	مَسَافَتَيْ masāfatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَافَات‎; مَسَاوِف masāfāt‎; masāwif	الْمَسَافَات‎; الْمَسَاوِف al-masāfāt‎; al-masāwif	مَسَافَات‎; مَسَاوِف masāfāt‎; masāwif
Nominative	مَسَافَاتٌ‎; مَسَاوِفُ masāfātun‎; masāwifu	الْمَسَافَاتُ‎; الْمَسَاوِفُ al-masāfātu‎; al-masāwifu	مَسَافَاتُ‎; مَسَاوِفُ masāfātu‎; masāwifu
Accusative	مَسَافَاتٍ‎; مَسَاوِفَ masāfātin‎; masāwifa	الْمَسَافَاتِ‎; الْمَسَاوِفَ al-masāfāti‎; al-masāwifa	مَسَافَاتِ‎; مَسَاوِفَ masāfāti‎; masāwifa
Genitive	مَسَافَاتٍ‎; مَسَاوِفَ masāfātin‎; masāwifa	الْمَسَافَاتِ‎; الْمَسَاوِفِ al-masāfāti‎; al-masāwifi	مَسَافَاتِ‎; مَسَاوِفِ masāfāti‎; masāwifi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məsafə
• → Persian: مَسافَت (masâfat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مسافه (mesafe)
    • Turkish: mesafe
• → Swahili: masafa
• → Uyghur: مۇساپە (musape)
• → Uzbek: masofa

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “مسافة”, 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, page 377b
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مسافة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1167a
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “مسافة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1470b
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مسافة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen