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Arabic root

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

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
صِفْر
ṣifr
zeronumeral, A1Numbers 0-9
صَفَر
ṣafar
Safar (2nd month)noun, A1Months & Seasons
أَصفَر
aṣfar
yellowadjective, A1Adjectives - Appearance & Beauty

In the Quran

قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَآءُ فَاقِعٌ لَّوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ ٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَ

They 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.

Quran 2:69
وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا فَرَأَوْهُ مُصْفَرًّا لَّظَلُّوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ يَكْفُرُونَ

And if We sent a wind and they beheld it yellow, they verily would still continue in their disbelief.

Quran 30:51
كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَـٰلَتٌ صُفْرٌ

(Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.

Quran 77:33

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

A1noun
صَفَر
ṣafar

Safar (2nd month)

Example
وُلِدْتُ فِي شَهْرِ صَفَرٍ
wulidtu fī shahri ṣafarin
I was born in the month of Safar
Grammar

Means 'void/empty'; historically Arabs left their homes empty during this month for travel

A1adjective
أَصفَر
aṣfar

yellow

Example
المَوزُ أَصفَر
al-mawzu aṣfar
The banana is yellow
Grammar

Feminine form: ṣafrāʾ (صَفراء). Colors pattern: afʿal (m.) / faʿlāʾ (f.).

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