ספה
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ס־פ־ף (s-p-p) |
Compare Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”). The word may have entered European languages via Turkish or through the Moorish occupation of Spain.
Noun
סַפָּה • (sapá) f (plural indefinite סַפּוֹת, singular construct סַפַּת־) [pattern: קַטְלָה]
- a sofa
References
- “ספה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
ספה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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