صفار

Arabic

Root
ص ف ر (ṣ-f-r)

Noun

صَفَار or صُفَار • (ṣafār or ṣufār) m

1. yellow pigment, yellow dye, yellow coloring
2. jaundice
3. yolk

Declension

Declension of noun صَفَار (ṣafār)‎; صُفَار (ṣufār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفَار‎; صُفَار ṣafār‎; ṣufār	الصَّفَار‎; الصُّفَار aṣ-ṣafār‎; aṣ-ṣufār	صَفَار‎; صُفَار ṣafār‎; ṣufār
Nominative	صَفَارٌ‎; صُفَارٌ ṣafārun‎; ṣufārun	الصَّفَارُ‎; الصُّفَارُ aṣ-ṣafāru‎; aṣ-ṣufāru	صَفَارُ‎; صُفَارُ ṣafāru‎; ṣufāru
Accusative	صَفَارًا‎; صُفَارًا ṣafāran‎; ṣufāran	الصَّفَارَ‎; الصُّفَارَ aṣ-ṣafāra‎; aṣ-ṣufāra	صَفَارَ‎; صُفَارَ ṣafāra‎; ṣufāra
Genitive	صَفَارٍ‎; صُفَارٍ ṣafārin‎; ṣufārin	الصَّفَارِ‎; الصُّفَارِ aṣ-ṣafāri‎; aṣ-ṣufāri	صَفَارِ‎; صُفَارِ ṣafāri‎; ṣufāri

Noun

صَفَّار • (ṣaffār) m

1. Schimpera arabica (the leaves of it serve for salad greens)

Declension

Declension of noun صَفَّار (ṣaffār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَفَّار ṣaffār	الصَّفَّار aṣ-ṣaffār	صَفَّار ṣaffār
Nominative	صَفَّارٌ ṣaffārun	الصَّفَّارُ aṣ-ṣaffāru	صَفَّارُ ṣaffāru
Accusative	صَفَّارًا ṣaffāran	الصَّفَّارَ aṣ-ṣaffāra	صَفَّارَ ṣaffāra
Genitive	صَفَّارٍ ṣaffārin	الصَّفَّارِ aṣ-ṣaffāri	صَفَّارِ ṣaffāri

References

• “صفار” in Almaany
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “صفار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1698
• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 57, 71, 114, 154, 197, 208
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صفار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 604
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صفار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 717