See also: ضيف and ضيق

Arabic

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /sˤajf/
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Noun

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صَيْف (ṣayfm (plural أَصْيَاف (ʔaṣyāf) or صُيُوف (ṣuyūf))

  1. summer
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 106:2:
      إِيلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ ٱلشِّتَاءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ
      ʔīlāfihim riḥlata š-šitāʔi wa-ṣ-ṣayfi
      Their accustomed security in the caravan of winter and summer

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: sajf
  • Galician: ceifa (harvesting)
  • Portuguese: ceifa (harvesting)

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Seasons in Arabic · فُصُول (fuṣūl) (layout · text) · category
رَبِيع (rabīʕ, spring) صَيْف (ṣayf, summer) خَرِيف (ḵarīf, autumn) شِتَاء (šitāʔ, winter)

References

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  1. ^ 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

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Root
ص ي ف
1 term

Etymology 1

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From Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsˤeːf/, [ˈsˤe̞ːf]

Noun

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صيف (ṣēfm (plural أصياف (ʔaṣyāf))

  1. summer

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Seasons in Hijazi Arabic · فصول السنة (fuṣūl as-sana) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rabīʕ, spring) صيف (ṣēf, summer) خريف (ḵarīf, autumn) شتا (šita, winter)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic صَيَّفَ (ṣayyafa).

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Verb

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صَيَّف (ṣayyaf) II (non-past يِصَيِّف (yiṣayyif))

  1. to spend summer
Conjugation
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    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

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Etymology

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From Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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صَيْف or صِيف (ṣayf or ṣīfm (plural صيوف (ṣyūf) or صيوفة (ṣyūfa))

  1. summer

See also

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Seasons in Moroccan Arabic · فصول (fṣūl or fuṣūl) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rbīʕ, spring) صيف (ṣayf or ṣīf, summer) خريف (ḵrīf, autumn) شتا (štā, winter), شتوة (šatwa, winter)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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صيف (ṣēfm

  1. summer

See also

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Seasons in South Levantine Arabic · فصول (fṣūl) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rabīʕ, spring) صيف (ṣēf, summer) خريف (ḵarīf, autumn) شتا (šita, winter)
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