سفري
Arabic
Etymology 1
Relative adjective (nisba) composed of سَفَر (safar, “travel, journey”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
Adjective
سَفَرِيّ • (safariyy) m, feminine سَفَرِيَّة (safariyya), masculine plural سَفَرِيُّون (safariyyūn), feminine plural سَفَرِيَّات (safariyyāt)
- takeout, to go
Declension
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سَفَرِي safarī | السَّفَرِي as-safarī | سَفَرِي safarī |
| Nominative | سَفَرِيٌّ safariyyun | السَّفَرِيُّ as-safariyyu | سَفَرِيُّ safariyyu |
| Accusative | سَفَرِيًّا safariyyan | السَّفَرِيَّ as-safariyya | سَفَرِيَّ safariyya |
| Genitive | سَفَرِيٍّ safariyyin | السَّفَرِيِّ as-safariyyi | سَفَرِيِّ safariyyi |
Etymology 2
مُعَاوِيَة بن صَالِح (Muʿāwiya ibn Ṣāliḥ), chief judge of Córdoba, brought to his home city the pomegranate from Damascus and presented it to ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān I, following which the courtier سَفَر بن عبيد (Safar ibn ʿubayd) took a cutting and propagated the crop from it on his estate in the Province Rayya (كُورَة رَيّة (kūra(t) rayya), now Province of Málaga, but its capital then was Archidona), so that by the founder effect one had a new variety named after him.
Noun
سَفَرِيّ • (safariyy) m
- (al-Andalus, mountainous Morocco) a cultivar of pomegranate
Declension
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سَفَرِي safarī | السَّفَرِي as-safarī | سَفَرِي safarī |
| Nominative | سَفَرِيٌّ safariyyun | السَّفَرِيُّ as-safariyyu | سَفَرِيُّ safariyyu |
| Accusative | سَفَرِيًّا safariyyan | السَّفَرِيَّ as-safariyya | سَفَرِيَّ safariyya |
| Genitive | سَفَرِيٍّ safariyyin | السَّفَرِيِّ as-safariyyi | سَفَرِيِّ safariyyi |
Descendants
- → Portuguese: safario (adjective) (obsolete)
- → Spanish: zafarí, zaharí, zajarí, jaharí, zaharillo, azaharillo, zajarillo (Western Andalucía, obsolete)
References
- Ibn Ḵātima (a. 1369), “Un document nouveau sur l’arabe dialectal d’Occident au XIIe siècle = إيراد اللآل من إنشاد الضوال [ʾīrad l-laʾāl min ʾinšād aḍ-ḍawāl]”, in G. S. Colin, editor, Hespéris (in French), volume 12, issue 1, published 1931, pages 27–28
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne; Engelmann, Wilhelm Hermann (1869) Glossaire des mots espagnols et portugais, dérivés de l’arabe (in French), 2nd edition, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 358
- Mondéjar, José (1993), “Higo «xaharí», granada «çafarí» y naranja «zajarí» (arabismo de Andalucía Occidental)”, in Boletín de la Real Academia Española, volume 73, pages 439–462
Verb
سَفِّرِي • (saffirī) (form I)
- second-person feminine singular active imperative of سَفَّرَ (saffara)
Noun
سَفَرَيْ • (safaray) m du
- genitive/accusative dual construct state of سَفَر (safar)