صدفة

• IPA^(key): /sˤud.fa/, /sˤid.fa/

صُدْفَة or صِدْفَة • (ṣudfa or ṣidfa) f (plural صُدَف (ṣudaf) or صُدُفَات (ṣudufāt) or صُدْفَات (ṣudfāt) or صِدَف (ṣidaf) or صِدْفَات (ṣidfāt))

1. chance (accidental occurrence), accident, coincidence

   صُدْفَةً ― ṣudfatan ― by chance, accidentally

   بِصُدْفَة ― bi-ṣudfa ― by chance, accidentally

2. chance meeting

• → Swahili: sadfa

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صدفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صدف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /sˤa.da.fa/

صَدَفَة • (ṣadafa) f (singulative, collective صَدَف m (ṣadaf), plural أَصْدَاف (ʔaṣdāf))

1. shell, seashell
2. pearl oyster
3. shell-like cavity
4. cavity of the ear

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “صدفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صدفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صدف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic صُدْفَة (ṣudfa).

• IPA^(key): /sˤud.fa/

صدفة • (ṣudfa) f (plural صدف (ṣudaf))

1. chance (accidental occurrence), accident, coincidence

• بصدفة (b-ṣudfa)

From Arabic صَدَفَة (ṣadafa).

• IPA^(key): /sˤad.fa/

صدفة • (ṣadfa) f (plural صدافي (ṣdāfi) or صدفات (ṣadfāt))

1. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)

From Arabic صُدْفَة (ṣudfa).

• IPA^(key): /sˤud.fe/, [ˈsˤʊdˤ.fe]

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صدفة • (ṣudfe) f

1. chance (unexpected occurrence), coincidence

• بالصدفة (biṣ-ṣudfe, “by chance”)