صفد
العربية
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صفد¹
- /sˤa.fa.da/
Where it comes from
In view of the restricted meanings, exposing only denominal verbs, probably an Aramaic borrowing, with the original form seen in Classical Syriac ܨܦܕܐ (ṣep̄dā, “book binding; pitcher of wine”), evidently only two fragments of a more general meaning, suggested by Jewish Palestinian Aramaic צפד (ṣfd, “to weave”). The other Arabic form صِفَاد (ṣifād) is secondary, a pattern popular for fasteners and instruments of a certain kind, see شِكَال (šikāl), or even back-formed in dialects from the plural as with زِنَاد (zinād) instead of زَنْد (zand). Probably to be traced to a biliteral root, found in ܨܦܘܦܐ (ṣappūp̄ā, “fetters, clogs”), Arabic ضَفَّ (ḍaffa, “to push, to throng, to jam”), extended in Arabic ضَفَرَ (ḍafara, “to weave, to plait”), while صَفَّ (ṣaffa, “to line”) may be an Aramaic borrowing again. Arabic كِبْل (kibl) and قَيْد (qayd) are also Aramaisms.
verb صَفَدَ · ṣafada · يَصْفِدُ · صَفْد · صُفُود
- to bind, to tie, to shackle, to fetter
صفد²
- /sˤaf.fa.da/
verb صَفَّدَ · ṣaffada · يُصَفِّدُ · تَصْفِيد · مُصَفِّد
- to bind, to tie, to shackle, to fetter
صفد³
- /sˤa.fad/
noun صَفَد · ṣafad · أَصْفَاد · الصَّفَد
- chain, shackles
- present, donation, something bound to be gifted to someone
صفد⁴
- /sˤa.fad/
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew צְפַת (ṣəp̄aṯ).
proper noun صَفَد · ṣafad
- Safed (a city in the historical region of Upper Galilee, Northern District, Israel)
In English
Talk about this word "صفد." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AF. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. صفد. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AF "صفد." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AF.Cite this
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