صيف
Arabic
Etymology
Perhaps a euphemism for قَيْظ (qayẓ) meaning “summer” in other West Semitic languages, from the root ص ف و (ṣ-f-w) “to be clear”.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˤajf/
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Noun
صَيْف • (ṣayf) m (plural أَصْيَاف (ʔaṣyāf) or صُيُوف (ṣuyūf))
Declension
Declension of noun صَيْف (ṣayf)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | صَيْف ṣayf |
الصَّيْف aṣ-ṣayf |
صَيْف ṣayf |
| Nominative | صَيْفٌ ṣayfun |
الصَّيْفُ aṣ-ṣayfu |
صَيْفُ ṣayfu |
| Accusative | صَيْفًا ṣayfan |
الصَّيْفَ aṣ-ṣayfa |
صَيْفَ ṣayfa |
| Genitive | صَيْفٍ ṣayfin |
الصَّيْفِ aṣ-ṣayfi |
صَيْفِ ṣayfi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | صَيْفَيْن ṣayfayn |
الصَّيْفَيْن aṣ-ṣayfayn |
صَيْفَيْ ṣayfay |
| Nominative | صَيْفَانِ ṣayfāni |
الصَّيْفَانِ aṣ-ṣayfāni |
صَيْفَا ṣayfā |
| Accusative | صَيْفَيْنِ ṣayfayni |
الصَّيْفَيْنِ aṣ-ṣayfayni |
صَيْفَيْ ṣayfay |
| Genitive | صَيْفَيْنِ ṣayfayni |
الصَّيْفَيْنِ aṣ-ṣayfayni |
صَيْفَيْ ṣayfay |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَصْيَاف; صُيُوف ʔaṣyāf; ṣuyūf |
الْأَصْيَاف; الصُّيُوف al-ʔaṣyāf; aṣ-ṣuyūf |
أَصْيَاف; صُيُوف ʔaṣyāf; ṣuyūf |
| Nominative | أَصْيَافٌ; صُيُوفٌ ʔaṣyāfun; ṣuyūfun |
الْأَصْيَافُ; الصُّيُوفُ al-ʔaṣyāfu; aṣ-ṣuyūfu |
أَصْيَافُ; صُيُوفُ ʔaṣyāfu; ṣuyūfu |
| Accusative | أَصْيَافًا; صُيُوفًا ʔaṣyāfan; ṣuyūfan |
الْأَصْيَافَ; الصُّيُوفَ al-ʔaṣyāfa; aṣ-ṣuyūfa |
أَصْيَافَ; صُيُوفَ ʔaṣyāfa; ṣuyūfa |
| Genitive | أَصْيَافٍ; صُيُوفٍ ʔaṣyāfin; ṣuyūfin |
الْأَصْيَافِ; الصُّيُوفِ al-ʔaṣyāfi; aṣ-ṣuyūfi |
أَصْيَافِ; صُيُوفِ ʔaṣyāfi; ṣuyūfi |
Descendants
See also
| Seasons in Arabic · فُصُول (fuṣūl) (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring”) | صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”) | خَرِيف (ḵarīf, “autumn”) | شِتَاء (šitāʔ, “winter”) |
References
- Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 782
Hijazi Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ص ي ف |
| 1 term |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsˤeːf/, [ˈsˤe̞ːf]
See also
| Seasons in Hijazi Arabic · فصول السنة (fuṣūl as-sana) (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ربيع (rabīʕ, “spring”) | صيف (ṣēf, “summer”) | خريف (ḵarīf, “autumn”) | شتا (šita, “winter”) |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˤaj.jaf/
Conjugation
| Conjugation of صيف (ṣayyaf) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| past | m | صيفت (ṣayyaft) | صيفت (ṣayyaft) | صيف (ṣayyaf) | صيفنا (ṣayyafna) | صيفتوا (ṣayyaftu) | صيفوا (ṣayyafu) | |
| f | صيفتي (ṣayyafti) | صيفت (ṣayyafat) | ||||||
| non-past | m | أصيف (ʔaṣayyif) | تصيف (tiṣayyif) | يصيف (yiṣayyif) | نصيف (niṣayyif) | تصيفوا (tiṣayyifu) | يصيفوا (yiṣayyifu) | |
| f | تصيفي (tiṣayyifi) | تصيف (tiṣayyif) | ||||||
| imperative | m | صيف (ṣayyif) | صيفوا (ṣayyifu) | |||||
| f | صيفي (ṣayyifi) | |||||||
Moroccan Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˤajf/, /sˤiːf/
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South Levantine Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˤeːf/, [sˤeːf]
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