ص ف ر
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The sense of yellow derives from the fading of more vibrant greenness in vegetation; unrelated to the false cognate زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān, “saffron”).
Root[edit]
ص ف ر • (ṣ-f-r)
- Related to emptiness
- Related to losing color; to become pale or pallid
- Related to the color yellow, the color of dead herbage
Derived terms[edit]
- Form I: صَفِرَ (ṣafira)
- Form II: صَفَّرَ (ṣaffara)
- Form IV: أَصْفَرَ (ʔaṣfara)
- Form IX: اِصْفَرَّ (iṣfarra)
- Verbal noun: اِصْفِرَار (iṣfirār)
- Active participle: مُصْفَرّ (muṣfarr)
- Form XI: اِصْفَارَّ (iṣfārra)
- Verbal noun: اِصْفِيرَار (iṣfīrār)
- Active participle: مُصْفَارّ (muṣfārr)
References[edit]
- The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989