سافر

Arabic

Root
س ف ر (s f r)
7 terms

Etymology 1

Root
س ف ر (s f r)
7 terms

Compare سَفَر (safar, “journey, travel”).

Verb

سَافَرَ • (sāfara) III (non-past يُسَافِرُ (yusāfiru), verbal noun مُسَافَرَة (musāfara))

1. to travel

Descendants

• Maltese: siefer
• → Swahili: safiri

Etymology 2

Not relating to meanings from the root س ف ر (s-f-r) but terminology of the religious sphere borrowed from Aramaic סִפְרָא (sip̱rā, “writing, book”) / ܣܷܦܪܴܐ (sep̱rā, “writing, book”); and compare Hebrew סֵפֶר (sēp̄er, “writing, book”) and סוֹפֵר (sofér, “writer”).

Noun

سَافِرٌ • (sāfirun) m (plural سَفَرَة (safara))

1. writer

   Synonym: كَاتِب (kātib)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 80:15-16:

     بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

     bi-ʔaydī safaratin kirāmin bararatin

     In the hands of scribes, noble and dutiful.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ف ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic سَافَرَ (sāfara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.far/, [ˈsæː.far]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Verb

سافر • (sāfar) III (present بسافر (bisāfer), active participle مسافر (msāfer))

1. to travel

Conjugation

Conjugation of سافر (sāfar)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	سافرت (sāfart)	سافرت (sāfart)	سافر (sāfar)		سافرنا (sāfarna)	سافرتو (sāfartu)	سافرو (sāfaru)
	f		سافرتي (sāfarti)	سافرت (sāfarat)
present	m	بسافر (basāfer)	بتسافر (bitsāfer)	بسافر (bisāfer)		منسافر (minsāfer)	بتسافرو (bitsāfru)	بسافرو (bisāfru)
	f		بتسافري (bitsāfri)	بتسافر (bitsāfer)
subjunctive	m	اسافر (asāfer)	تسافر (tsāfer)	يسافر (ysāfer)		نسافر (nsāfer)	تسافرو (tsāfru)	يسافرو (ysāfru)
	f		تسافري (tsāfri)	تسافر (tsāfer)
imperative	m		سافر (sāfer)				سافرو (sāfru)
	f		سافري (sāfri)