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ص_ف_ر

ص ف ر

See also: صفر and صقر

Arabic

Root

ص ف ر (ṣ-f-r)

  1. Related to emptiness
  2. Related to the color yellow

Derived terms

  • Form I: صَفَرَ (ṣafara)
    • Active participle: صَافِر (ṣāfir)
    • Passive participle: مَصْفُور (maṣfūr)
  • Form I: صَفِرَ (ṣafira)
    • Active participle: صَافِر (ṣāfir)
    • Passive participle: مَصْفُور (maṣfūr)
  • Form II: صَفَّرَ (ṣaffara)
    • Verbal noun: تَصْفِير (taṣfīr)
    • Active participle: مُصَفِّر (muṣaffir)
    • Passive participle: مُصَفَّر (muṣaffar)
  • Form IV: أَصْفَرَ (ʾaṣfara)
    • Verbal noun: إِصْفَار (ʾiṣfār)
    • Active participle: مُصْفِر (muṣfir)
    • Passive participle: مُصْفَر (muṣfar)
  • Form IX: اِصْفَرَّ (iṣfarra)
    • Verbal noun: اِصْفِرَار (iṣfirār)
    • Active participle: مُصْفَرّ (muṣfarr)

References

  • The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989