صدفة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ص د ف (ṣ-d-f)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤud.fa/, /sˤid.fa/

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of noun صُدْفَة (ṣudfa)‎; صِدْفَة (ṣidfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُدْفَة‎; صِدْفَة ṣudfa‎; ṣidfa	الصُّدْفَة‎; الصِّدْفَة aṣ-ṣudfa‎; aṣ-ṣidfa	صُدْفَة‎; صِدْفَة ṣudfat‎; ṣidfat
Nominative	صُدْفَةٌ‎; صِدْفَةٌ ṣudfatun‎; ṣidfatun	الصُّدْفَةُ‎; الصِّدْفَةُ aṣ-ṣudfatu‎; aṣ-ṣidfatu	صُدْفَةُ‎; صِدْفَةُ ṣudfatu‎; ṣidfatu
Accusative	صُدْفَةً‎; صِدْفَةً ṣudfatan‎; ṣidfatan	الصُّدْفَةَ‎; الصِّدْفَةَ aṣ-ṣudfata‎; aṣ-ṣidfata	صُدْفَةَ‎; صِدْفَةَ ṣudfata‎; ṣidfata
Genitive	صُدْفَةٍ‎; صِدْفَةٍ ṣudfatin‎; ṣidfatin	الصُّدْفَةِ‎; الصِّدْفَةِ aṣ-ṣudfati‎; aṣ-ṣidfati	صُدْفَةِ‎; صِدْفَةِ ṣudfati‎; ṣidfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُدْفَتَيْن‎; صِدْفَتَيْن ṣudfatayn‎; ṣidfatayn	الصُّدْفَتَيْن‎; الصِّدْفَتَيْن aṣ-ṣudfatayn‎; aṣ-ṣidfatayn	صُدْفَتَيْ‎; صِدْفَتَيْ ṣudfatay‎; ṣidfatay
Nominative	صُدْفَتَانِ‎; صِدْفَتَانِ ṣudfatāni‎; ṣidfatāni	الصُّدْفَتَانِ‎; الصِّدْفَتَانِ aṣ-ṣudfatāni‎; aṣ-ṣidfatāni	صُدْفَتَا‎; صِدْفَتَا ṣudfatā‎; ṣidfatā
Accusative	صُدْفَتَيْنِ‎; صِدْفَتَيْنِ ṣudfatayni‎; ṣidfatayni	الصُّدْفَتَيْنِ‎; الصِّدْفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣudfatayni‎; aṣ-ṣidfatayni	صُدْفَتَيْ‎; صِدْفَتَيْ ṣudfatay‎; ṣidfatay
Genitive	صُدْفَتَيْنِ‎; صِدْفَتَيْنِ ṣudfatayni‎; ṣidfatayni	الصُّدْفَتَيْنِ‎; الصِّدْفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣudfatayni‎; aṣ-ṣidfatayni	صُدْفَتَيْ‎; صِدْفَتَيْ ṣudfatay‎; ṣidfatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُدَف‎; صُدُفَات‎; صُدْفَات‎; صِدَف‎; صِدْفَات ṣudaf‎; ṣudufāt‎; ṣudfāt‎; ṣidaf‎; ṣidfāt	الصُّدَف‎; الصُّدُفَات‎; الصُّدْفَات‎; الصِّدَف‎; الصِّدْفَات aṣ-ṣudaf‎; aṣ-ṣudufāt‎; aṣ-ṣudfāt‎; aṣ-ṣidaf‎; aṣ-ṣidfāt	صُدَف‎; صُدُفَات‎; صُدْفَات‎; صِدَف‎; صِدْفَات ṣudaf‎; ṣudufāt‎; ṣudfāt‎; ṣidaf‎; ṣidfāt
Nominative	صُدَفٌ‎; صُدُفَاتٌ‎; صُدْفَاتٌ‎; صِدَفٌ‎; صِدْفَاتٌ ṣudafun‎; ṣudufātun‎; ṣudfātun‎; ṣidafun‎; ṣidfātun	الصُّدَفُ‎; الصُّدُفَاتُ‎; الصُّدْفَاتُ‎; الصِّدَفُ‎; الصِّدْفَاتُ aṣ-ṣudafu‎; aṣ-ṣudufātu‎; aṣ-ṣudfātu‎; aṣ-ṣidafu‎; aṣ-ṣidfātu	صُدَفُ‎; صُدُفَاتُ‎; صُدْفَاتُ‎; صِدَفُ‎; صِدْفَاتُ ṣudafu‎; ṣudufātu‎; ṣudfātu‎; ṣidafu‎; ṣidfātu
Accusative	صُدَفًا‎; صُدُفَاتٍ‎; صُدْفَاتٍ‎; صِدَفًا‎; صِدْفَاتٍ ṣudafan‎; ṣudufātin‎; ṣudfātin‎; ṣidafan‎; ṣidfātin	الصُّدَفَ‎; الصُّدُفَاتِ‎; الصُّدْفَاتِ‎; الصِّدَفَ‎; الصِّدْفَاتِ aṣ-ṣudafa‎; aṣ-ṣudufāti‎; aṣ-ṣudfāti‎; aṣ-ṣidafa‎; aṣ-ṣidfāti	صُدَفَ‎; صُدُفَاتِ‎; صُدْفَاتِ‎; صِدَفَ‎; صِدْفَاتِ ṣudafa‎; ṣudufāti‎; ṣudfāti‎; ṣidafa‎; ṣidfāti
Genitive	صُدَفٍ‎; صُدُفَاتٍ‎; صُدْفَاتٍ‎; صِدَفٍ‎; صِدْفَاتٍ ṣudafin‎; ṣudufātin‎; ṣudfātin‎; ṣidafin‎; ṣidfātin	الصُّدَفِ‎; الصُّدُفَاتِ‎; الصُّدْفَاتِ‎; الصِّدَفِ‎; الصِّدْفَاتِ aṣ-ṣudafi‎; aṣ-ṣudufāti‎; aṣ-ṣudfāti‎; aṣ-ṣidafi‎; aṣ-ṣidfāti	صُدَفِ‎; صُدُفَاتِ‎; صُدْفَاتِ‎; صِدَفِ‎; صِدْفَاتِ ṣudafi‎; ṣudufāti‎; ṣudfāti‎; ṣidafi‎; ṣidfāti

Descendants

• → Swahili: sadfa

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صدفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤa.da.fa/

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of noun صَدَفَة (ṣadafa)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَدَفَة ṣadafa	الصَّدَفَة aṣ-ṣadafa	صَدَفَة ṣadafat
Nominative	صَدَفَةٌ ṣadafatun	الصَّدَفَةُ aṣ-ṣadafatu	صَدَفَةُ ṣadafatu
Accusative	صَدَفَةً ṣadafatan	الصَّدَفَةَ aṣ-ṣadafata	صَدَفَةَ ṣadafata
Genitive	صَدَفَةٍ ṣadafatin	الصَّدَفَةِ aṣ-ṣadafati	صَدَفَةِ ṣadafati
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَدَف ṣadaf	الصَّدَف aṣ-ṣadaf	صَدَف ṣadaf
Nominative	صَدَفٌ ṣadafun	الصَّدَفُ aṣ-ṣadafu	صَدَفُ ṣadafu
Accusative	صَدَفًا ṣadafan	الصَّدَفَ aṣ-ṣadafa	صَدَفَ ṣadafa
Genitive	صَدَفٍ ṣadafin	الصَّدَفِ aṣ-ṣadafi	صَدَفِ ṣadafi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَدَفَتَيْن ṣadafatayn	الصَّدَفَتَيْن aṣ-ṣadafatayn	صَدَفَتَيْ ṣadafatay
Nominative	صَدَفَتَانِ ṣadafatāni	الصَّدَفَتَانِ aṣ-ṣadafatāni	صَدَفَتَا ṣadafatā
Accusative	صَدَفَتَيْنِ ṣadafatayni	الصَّدَفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣadafatayni	صَدَفَتَيْ ṣadafatay
Genitive	صَدَفَتَيْنِ ṣadafatayni	الصَّدَفَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣadafatayni	صَدَفَتَيْ ṣadafatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَدَفَات ṣadafāt	الصَّدَفَات aṣ-ṣadafāt	صَدَفَات ṣadafāt
Nominative	صَدَفَاتٌ ṣadafātun	الصَّدَفَاتُ aṣ-ṣadafātu	صَدَفَاتُ ṣadafātu
Accusative	صَدَفَاتٍ ṣadafātin	الصَّدَفَاتِ aṣ-ṣadafāti	صَدَفَاتِ ṣadafāti
Genitive	صَدَفَاتٍ ṣadafātin	الصَّدَفَاتِ aṣ-ṣadafāti	صَدَفَاتِ ṣadafāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَصْدَاف ʔaṣdāf	الْأَصْدَاف al-ʔaṣdāf	أَصْدَاف ʔaṣdāf
Nominative	أَصْدَافٌ ʔaṣdāfun	الْأَصْدَافُ al-ʔaṣdāfu	أَصْدَافُ ʔaṣdāfu
Accusative	أَصْدَافًا ʔaṣdāfan	الْأَصْدَافَ al-ʔaṣdāfa	أَصْدَافَ ʔaṣdāfa
Genitive	أَصْدَافٍ ʔaṣdāfin	الْأَصْدَافِ al-ʔaṣdāfi	أَصْدَافِ ʔaṣdāfi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “صدفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صدفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], 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

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ص د ف
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic صُدْفَة (ṣudfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤud.fa/

Noun

صدفة • (ṣudfa) f (plural صدف (ṣudaf))

1. chance (accidental occurrence), accident, coincidence

Derived terms

• بصدفة (b-ṣudfa)

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَدَفَة (ṣadafa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤad.fa/

Noun

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

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص د ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic صُدْفَة (ṣudfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤud.fe/, [ˈsˤʊdˤ.fe]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

صدفة • (ṣudfe) f

1. chance (unexpected occurrence), coincidence

Derived terms

• بالصدفة (biṣ-ṣudfe, “by chance”)