سفوف

سفوف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ف ف‎ (s-f-f).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.fuːf/

Noun

سَفُوف • (safūf) m (plural سَفُوفَات‎ (safūfāt))

1. (obsolete) powdered or grained medicine
   • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح‎ [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, editors, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, DOI:10.1163/9789004413344, →ISBN, 882 (fol. 74v,10–12), page 1045:

     ‏القمائح اسم واقع على جميع السفوفات، قال المؤلّف: في اللغة يقال اقتمحتَ الشيء إذا بلّغتَه من راحتك إلى فيك، والاسم القميحة.‎‎

     Al-qamāʾiḥ is a name that applies for medicinal powders in genere. The author: From the lexicographers: One can say iqtamaḥta al-šayʾ (“you ate something”) if you swallow it from the palm of your hand to your mouth. The noun is al-qamīḥa.

2. a kind of sweet from toasted nuts or seeds (recipe sites on the web will tell you more about)

Declension

Declension of noun سَفُوف (safūf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَفُوف safūf	السَّفُوف‎ as-safūf	سَفُوف safūf
Nominative	سَفُوفٌ safūfun	السَّفُوفُ‎ as-safūfu	سَفُوفُ safūfu
Accusative	سَفُوفًا‎ safūfan	السَّفُوفَ‎ as-safūfa	سَفُوفَ safūfa
Genitive	سَفُوفٍ safūfin	السَّفُوفِ‎ as-safūfi	سَفُوفِ safūfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَفُوفَيْن‎ safūfayn	السَّفُوفَيْن‎ as-safūfayn	سَفُوفَيْ‎ safūfay
Nominative	سَفُوفَانِ‎ safūfāni	السَّفُوفَانِ‎ as-safūfāni	سَفُوفَا‎ safūfā
Accusative	سَفُوفَيْنِ‎ safūfayni	السَّفُوفَيْنِ‎ as-safūfayni	سَفُوفَيْ‎ safūfay
Genitive	سَفُوفَيْنِ‎ safūfayni	السَّفُوفَيْنِ‎ as-safūfayni	سَفُوفَيْ‎ safūfay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَفُوفَات‎ safūfāt	السَّفُوفَات‎ as-safūfāt	سَفُوفَات‎ safūfāt
Nominative	سَفُوفَاتٌ‎ safūfātun	السَّفُوفَاتُ‎ as-safūfātu	سَفُوفَاتُ‎ safūfātu
Accusative	سَفُوفَاتٍ‎ safūfātin	السَّفُوفَاتِ‎ as-safūfāti	سَفُوفَاتِ‎ safūfāti
Genitive	سَفُوفَاتٍ‎ safūfātin	السَّفُوفَاتِ‎ as-safūfāti	سَفُوفَاتِ‎ safūfāti