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صدفة

صدفة

Arabic

Noun

صُدْفَة (ṣudfa) f (plural صُدَف (ṣudaf))

  1. chance (accidental occurrence), accident, coincidence
    صُدْفَةًṣudfatan ― by chance, accidentally
    بِصُدْفَةbi-ṣudfa ― by chance, accidentally
  2. chance meeting
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), صدفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), صدفة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Noun

صَدَفَة (ṣadafa) f (singulative, collective صَدَف (ṣadaf), plural أَصْدَاف (ʾaṣdāf))

  1. shell, seashell
  2. pearl oyster
  3. shell-like cavity
  4. cavity of the ear
Declension
References