ص-ف-ر
Sad-Fa-Ra
3 words from this root family
About this root
Sad-Fa-Ra (ص-ف-ر) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: ṣifr (zero), ṣafar (Safar (2nd month)), aṣfar (yellow).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 5 times in 5 verses, across 5 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:69.
Themes: Numbers, Basics, Time, Calendar, Adjectives, Colors, Shopping
Words from this root
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
صِفْر ṣifr | zero | numeral, A1 | Numbers 0-9 |
صَفَر ṣafar | Safar (2nd month) | noun, A1 | Months & Seasons |
أَصفَر aṣfar | yellow | adjective, A1 | Adjectives - Appearance & Beauty |
In the Quran
قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَآءُ فَاقِعٌ لَّوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ ٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَThey said: Pray for us unto thy Lord that He make clear to us of what colour she is. (Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a yellow cow. Bright is her colour, gladdening beholders.
وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا فَرَأَوْهُ مُصْفَرًّا لَّظَلُّوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ يَكْفُرُونَAnd if We sent a wind and they beheld it yellow, they verily would still continue in their disbelief.
كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).
Word cards with examples
Safar (2nd month)
Means 'void/empty'; historically Arabs left their homes empty during this month for travel
yellow
Feminine form: ṣafrāʾ (صَفراء). Colors pattern: afʿal (m.) / faʿlāʾ (f.).