صفة
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صفة¹
- /sˤi.fa/
Where it comes from
Compare وَصَفَ (waṣafa, “to describe, to characterize”).
صفة²
- /sˤuf.fa/
Where it comes from
From Aramaic צִפָּא / צִיפָּא (ṣippā), צִפְּתָא / צִיפְּתָא (sippəṯā) / ܨܝܦܬܐ / ܨܶܦ݁ܬ݂ܳܐ (ṣeppəṯā, “mat”), suspected to be from Akkadian 𒍦𒉺𒀀𒌅 (ṣip-pa-a-tu /ṣippatu/, “a type of reed”), or instead סִפָּא / סִיפָּא (sippā) / ܣܷܦܴ݁ܐ (seppā, “threshold, doorpost”), alleged to be from Akkadian 𒈨𒁍 (sip-pu /sippu/, “doorsill”) but possibly cognate to it.
noun صُفَّة · ṣuffa · صُفَف · صِفَاف · الصُّفَّة
- bench, stone bench
- sofa, sill, shelf, console
- vestibule, anteroom, entrance-room, portico, an elevated room over or before an edifice including a mosque and even over a sepulchre أَهْلُ الصُّفَّةِ
- seat of a saddle
- a small part, a little of
- a short while, a trice
In English
Talk about this word "صفة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. صفة. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%A9 "صفة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%A9.Cite this
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title = {صفة},
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