سفاح
Arabic
Etymology
- س ف ح (s-f-ḥ)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.faːħ/ (fornication)
- IPA(key): /saf.faːħ/ (assassin)
Noun
سِفَاح • (sifāḥ) m
- verbal noun of سَافَحَ (sāfaḥa) (form I)
- fornication
Declension
Declension of noun سِفَاح (sifāḥ)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سِفَاح sifāḥ | السِّفَاح as-sifāḥ | سِفَاح sifāḥ |
Nominative | سِفَاحٌ sifāḥun | السِّفَاحُ as-sifāḥu | سِفَاحُ sifāḥu |
Accusative | سِفَاحًا sifāḥan | السِّفَاحَ as-sifāḥa | سِفَاحَ sifāḥa |
Genitive | سِفَاحٍ sifāḥin | السِّفَاحِ as-sifāḥi | سِفَاحِ sifāḥi |
Related terms
- سِفَاح الْقُرْبَى (sifāḥ al-qurbā, “incest”)
Noun
سَفَّاح • (saffāḥ) m
- bloodshedder, murderer
Declension
Declension of noun سَفَّاح (saffāḥ)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سَفَّاح saffāḥ | السَّفَّاح as-saffāḥ | سَفَّاح saffāḥ | سَفَّاحَة saffāḥa | السَّفَّاحَة as-saffāḥa | سَفَّاحَة saffāḥat |
Nominative | سَفَّاحٌ saffāḥun | السَّفَّاحُ as-saffāḥu | سَفَّاحُ saffāḥu | سَفَّاحَةٌ saffāḥatun | السَّفَّاحَةُ as-saffāḥatu | سَفَّاحَةُ saffāḥatu |
Accusative | سَفَّاحًا saffāḥan | السَّفَّاحَ as-saffāḥa | سَفَّاحَ saffāḥa | سَفَّاحَةً saffāḥatan | السَّفَّاحَةَ as-saffāḥata | سَفَّاحَةَ saffāḥata |
Genitive | سَفَّاحٍ saffāḥin | السَّفَّاحِ as-saffāḥi | سَفَّاحِ saffāḥi | سَفَّاحَةٍ saffāḥatin | السَّفَّاحَةِ as-saffāḥati | سَفَّاحَةِ saffāḥati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سَفَّاحَيْن saffāḥayn | السَّفَّاحَيْن as-saffāḥayn | سَفَّاحَيْ saffāḥay | سَفَّاحَتَيْن saffāḥatayn | السَّفَّاحَتَيْن as-saffāḥatayn | سَفَّاحَتَيْ saffāḥatay |
Nominative | سَفَّاحَانِ saffāḥāni | السَّفَّاحَانِ as-saffāḥāni | سَفَّاحَا saffāḥā | سَفَّاحَتَانِ saffāḥatāni | السَّفَّاحَتَانِ as-saffāḥatāni | سَفَّاحَتَا saffāḥatā |
Accusative | سَفَّاحَيْنِ saffāḥayni | السَّفَّاحَيْنِ as-saffāḥayni | سَفَّاحَيْ saffāḥay | سَفَّاحَتَيْنِ saffāḥatayni | السَّفَّاحَتَيْنِ as-saffāḥatayni | سَفَّاحَتَيْ saffāḥatay |
Genitive | سَفَّاحَيْنِ saffāḥayni | السَّفَّاحَيْنِ as-saffāḥayni | سَفَّاحَيْ saffāḥay | سَفَّاحَتَيْنِ saffāḥatayni | السَّفَّاحَتَيْنِ as-saffāḥatayni | سَفَّاحَتَيْ saffāḥatay |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | سَفَّاحِين saffāḥīn | السَّفَّاحِين as-saffāḥīn | سَفَّاحِي saffāḥī | سَفَّاحَات saffāḥāt | السَّفَّاحَات as-saffāḥāt | سَفَّاحَات saffāḥāt |
Nominative | سَفَّاحُونَ saffāḥūna | السَّفَّاحُونَ as-saffāḥūna | سَفَّاحُو saffāḥū | سَفَّاحَاتٌ saffāḥātun | السَّفَّاحَاتُ as-saffāḥātu | سَفَّاحَاتُ saffāḥātu |
Accusative | سَفَّاحِينَ saffāḥīna | السَّفَّاحِينَ as-saffāḥīna | سَفَّاحِي saffāḥī | سَفَّاحَاتٍ saffāḥātin | السَّفَّاحَاتِ as-saffāḥāti | سَفَّاحَاتِ saffāḥāti |
Genitive | سَفَّاحِينَ saffāḥīna | السَّفَّاحِينَ as-saffāḥīna | سَفَّاحِي saffāḥī | سَفَّاحَاتٍ saffāḥātin | السَّفَّاحَاتِ as-saffāḥāti | سَفَّاحَاتِ saffāḥāti |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “سفاح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سفاح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “سفاح”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie
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- Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “سفاح”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN