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صفة

صفة

Arabic

Noun

صِفَة • ‎(ṣifa) f ‎(plural صِفَات ‎(ṣifāt))

verbal noun of وَصَفَ ‎(waṣafa) (form I)
quality, feature, characteristic
(grammar) adjective
attribute

Declension

Declension of noun صِفَة (ṣifa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة ‎(-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِفَة ṣifa	الصِّفَة aṣ-ṣifa	صِفَة ṣifat
Nominative	صِفَةٌ ṣifatun	الصِّفَةُ aṣ-ṣifatu	صِفَةُ ṣifatu
Accusative	صِفَةً ṣifatan	الصِّفَةَ aṣ-ṣifata	صِفَةَ ṣifata
Genitive	صِفَةٍ ṣifatin	الصِّفَةِ aṣ-ṣifati	صِفَةِ ṣifati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِفَتَيْن ṣifatayn	الصِّفَتَيْن aṣ-ṣifatayn	صِفَتَيْ ṣifatay
Nominative	صِفَتَانِ ṣifatāni	الصِّفَتَانِ aṣ-ṣifatāni	صِفَتَا ṣifatā
Accusative	صِفَتَيْنِ ṣifatayni	الصِّفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣifatayni	صِفَتَيْ ṣifatay
Genitive	صِفَتَيْنِ ṣifatayni	الصِّفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣifatayni	صِفَتَيْ ṣifatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِفَات ṣifāt	الصِّفَات aṣ-ṣifāt	صِفَات ṣifāt
Nominative	صِفَاتٌ ṣifātun	الصِّفَاتُ aṣ-ṣifātu	صِفَاتُ ṣifātu
Accusative	صِفَاتٍ ṣifātin	الصِّفَاتِ aṣ-ṣifāti	صِفَاتِ ṣifāti
Genitive	صِفَاتٍ ṣifātin	الصِّفَاتِ aṣ-ṣifāti	صِفَاتِ ṣifāti

Descendants

Georgian: სიფათი ‎(sipati)
Ottoman Turkish: صفت ‎(sıfat)
- Armenian: սֆաթ ‎(sfatʿ), սփաթ ‎(spʿatʿ)
- Turkish: sıfat
Persian: صفت ‎(sefat)
Tajik: сифат ‎(sifat)
Urdu: صفت ‎(sifat)
Uyghur: سۈپەت ‎(süpet)
Zazaki: sifet

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “صفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

From Aramaic צפא ‎(ṣipā’, “mat”).

Noun

صُفَّة • ‎(ṣuffa) f ‎(plural صُفَف ‎(ṣufaf))

bench
أَهْلُ الصُّفَّةِ‎ ― ʾahlu ṣ-ṣuffati ― the companions of Mohammed
stone bench
sofa
sill, shelf, console
a small part, a little of
a short while, a trice
seat of a saddle

Declension

Declension of noun صُفَّة (ṣuffa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة ‎(-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُفَّة ṣuffa	الصُّفَّة aṣ-ṣuffa	صُفَّة ṣuffat
Nominative	صُفَّةٌ ṣuffatun	الصُّفَّةُ aṣ-ṣuffatu	صُفَّةُ ṣuffatu
Accusative	صُفَّةً ṣuffatan	الصُّفَّةَ aṣ-ṣuffata	صُفَّةَ ṣuffata
Genitive	صُفَّةٍ ṣuffatin	الصُّفَّةِ aṣ-ṣuffati	صُفَّةِ ṣuffati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُفَّتَيْن ṣuffatayn	الصُّفَّتَيْن aṣ-ṣuffatayn	صُفَّتَيْ ṣuffatay
Nominative	صُفَّتَانِ ṣuffatāni	الصُّفَّتَانِ aṣ-ṣuffatāni	صُفَّتَا ṣuffatā
Accusative	صُفَّتَيْنِ ṣuffatayni	الصُّفَّتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣuffatayni	صُفَّتَيْ ṣuffatay
Genitive	صُفَّتَيْنِ ṣuffatayni	الصُّفَّتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣuffatayni	صُفَّتَيْ ṣuffatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُفَف ṣufaf	الصُّفَف aṣ-ṣufaf	صُفَف ṣufaf
Nominative	صُفَفٌ ṣufafun	الصُّفَفُ aṣ-ṣufafu	صُفَفُ ṣufafu
Accusative	صُفَفًا ṣufafan	الصُّفَفَ aṣ-ṣufafa	صُفَفَ ṣufafa
Genitive	صُفَفٍ ṣufafin	الصُّفَفِ aṣ-ṣufafi	صُفَفِ ṣufafi

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “صفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen