مسافة

مسافة

Arabic

Etymology

From سَوْفَ‎ (sawfa, “future tense marker”), in as much as it is manifest that the greater distances, worth mention in antiquity, could only be overcome by factoring in future days.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.saː.fa/

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Noun

مَسَافَة • (masāfa) f (plural مَسَافَات‎ (masāfāt) or مَسَاوِف‎ (masāwif))

1. distance, interval
2. day's journey, station

Declension

Declension of noun مَسَافَة (masāfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَافَة masāfa	الْمَسَافَة‎ al-masāfa	مَسَافَة masāfat
Nominative	مَسَافَةٌ masāfatun	الْمَسَافَةُ‎ al-masāfatu	مَسَافَةُ masāfatu
Accusative	مَسَافَةً masāfatan	الْمَسَافَةَ‎ al-masāfata	مَسَافَةَ masāfata
Genitive	مَسَافَةٍ masāfatin	الْمَسَافَةِ‎ al-masāfati	مَسَافَةِ masāfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَافَتَيْن‎ masāfatayn	الْمَسَافَتَيْن‎ al-masāfatayn	مَسَافَتَيْ‎ masāfatay
Nominative	مَسَافَتَانِ‎ masāfatāni	الْمَسَافَتَانِ‎ al-masāfatāni	مَسَافَتَا‎ masāfatā
Accusative	مَسَافَتَيْنِ‎ masāfatayni	الْمَسَافَتَيْنِ‎ al-masāfatayni	مَسَافَتَيْ‎ masāfatay
Genitive	مَسَافَتَيْنِ‎ masāfatayni	الْمَسَافَتَيْنِ‎ al-masāfatayni	مَسَافَتَيْ‎ masāfatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَسَافَات‎‎; مَسَاوِف‎ masāfāt‎; masāwif	الْمَسَافَات‎‎; الْمَسَاوِف‎ al-masāfāt‎; al-masāwif	مَسَافَات‎‎; مَسَاوِف‎ masāfāt‎; masāwif
Nominative	مَسَافَاتٌ‎‎; مَسَاوِفُ‎ masāfātun‎; masāwifu	الْمَسَافَاتُ‎‎; الْمَسَاوِفُ‎ al-masāfātu‎; al-masāwifu	مَسَافَاتُ‎‎; مَسَاوِفُ‎ masāfātu‎; masāwifu
Accusative	مَسَافَاتٍ‎‎; مَسَاوِفَ‎ masāfātin‎; masāwifa	الْمَسَافَاتِ‎‎; الْمَسَاوِفَ‎ al-masāfāti‎; al-masāwifa	مَسَافَاتِ‎‎; مَسَاوِفَ‎ masāfāti‎; masāwifa
Genitive	مَسَافَاتٍ‎‎; مَسَاوِفَ‎ masāfātin‎; masāwifa	الْمَسَافَاتِ‎‎; الْمَسَاوِفِ‎ al-masāfāti‎; al-masāwifi	مَسَافَاتِ‎‎; مَسَاوِفِ‎ masāfāti‎; masāwifi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məsafə
• → Persian: مَسافَت‎ (masāfat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مسافه‎ (mesafe)
    • Turkish: mesafe
• → Swahili: masafa
• → Uzbek: masofa

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833), “مسافة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 377b
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “مسافة”, 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 C^ie, page 1167a
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “مسافة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1470b
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مسافة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen