أصفر

See also: اصفر‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Color or defect adjective from the root ص ف ر‎ (ṣ-f-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔasˤ.far/
  • (file)

Adjective

أَصْفَر • (ʔaṣfar) (feminine صَفْرَاء‎ (ṣafrāʔ), feminine dual صَفْرَاوَانِ‎ (ṣafrāwāni), common plural صُفْر‎ (ṣufr))

  1. yellow (“having yellow as its color”)
Declension

See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان‎ (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     أَبْيَض‎ (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب‎ (ʔašyab)      رَمَادِيّ‎ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب‎ (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر‎ (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر‎ (ʔaʕfar)      أَسْوَد‎ (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب‎ (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ‎ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم‎ (ʔadham)
             أَحْمَر‎ (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب‎ (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ‎ (qirmiziyy)              أَمْغَر‎ (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ‎ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ‎ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر‎ (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل‎ (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل‎ (ʔašhal)              أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر‎ (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ‎ (qišdiyy)
             لَيْمِيّ‎ (laymiyy)              أَخْضَر‎ (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى‎ (ʔaḥwā)              نَعْنَاعِيّ‎ (naʕnāʕiyy)
             سَمَاوِيّ‎ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ‎ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ‎ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ‎ (šaršīriyy)              لَازُوَرْدِيّ‎ (lāzuwardiyy)              أَزْرَق‎ (ʔazraq)
             بَنَفْسَجِيّ‎ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ‎ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ‎ (nīliyy)              فُوشِيّ‎ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ‎ (ʔurjuwāniyy)              وَرْدِيّ‎ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ‎ (zahriyy)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔasˤ.fa.ra/

Verb

أَصْفَرَ • (ʔaṣfara) IV, non-past يُصْفِرُ‎‎ (yuṣfiru)

  1. to empty, to void, to vacate, to evacuate, to free
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Elative of صَفْر‎ (ṣafr, “empty, void”) and صِفْر‎ (ṣifr, “(same)”) and صُفْر‎ (ṣufr, “(same)”) and صَفِر‎ (ṣafir, “(same)”) and صُفُر‎ (ṣufur, “(same)”), from the root ص ف ر‎ (ṣ-f-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔasˤ.far/

Adjective

أَصْفَر • (ʔaṣfar)

  1. elative degree of صَفْر‎ (ṣafr), elative degree of صِفْر‎ (ṣifr), elative degree of صُفْر‎ (ṣufr), elative degree of صَفِر‎ (ṣafir), elative degree of صُفُر‎ (ṣufur):
    1. emptier, more void; emptiest, most void
Declension

Verb

أَصْفَرُ • (ʔaṣfaru) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of صَفِرَ‎ (ṣafira)

Verb

أَصْفَرَ • (ʔaṣfara) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of صَفِرَ‎ (ṣafira)

Verb

أَصْفَرْ • (ʔaṣfar) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of صَفِرَ‎ (ṣafira)

Verb

أَصْفِرُ • (ʔaṣfiru) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of صَفَرَ‎ (ṣafara)

Verb

أَصْفِرَ • (ʔaṣfira) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of صَفَرَ‎ (ṣafara)

Verb

أَصْفِرْ • (ʔaṣfir) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of صَفَرَ‎ (ṣafara)

Verb

أُصَفِّرُ • (ʔuṣaffiru) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of صَفَّرَ‎ (ṣaffara)

Verb

أُصَفِّرَ • (ʔuṣaffira) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of صَفَّرَ‎ (ṣaffara)

Verb

أُصَفِّرْ • (ʔuṣaffir) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of صَفَّرَ‎ (ṣaffara)

Verb

أُصَفَّرُ • (ʔuṣaffaru) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of صَفَّرَ‎ (ṣaffara)

Verb

أُصَفَّرَ • (ʔuṣaffara) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of صَفَّرَ‎ (ṣaffara)

Verb

أُصَفَّرْ • (ʔuṣaffar) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of صَفَّرَ‎ (ṣaffara)

Verb

أَصْفَرُّ • (ʔaṣfarru) (form IX)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of اِصْفَرَّ‎ (iṣfarra)

Verb

أَصْفَرَّ • (ʔaṣfarra) (form IX)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of اِصْفَرَّ‎ (iṣfarra)
  2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of اِصْفَرَّ‎ (iṣfarra)

Verb

أَصْفَرِّ • (ʔaṣfarri) (form IX)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of اِصْفَرَّ‎ (iṣfarra)

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص ف ر‎
‏وردة صفرا‎ ― a yellow flower

Etymology

From Arabic أَصْفَر‎ (ʔaṣfar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔasˤ.far/, [ˈʔɑsˤ.fɑrˤ]
  • (file)

Adjective

أصفر • (ʔaṣfar) (feminine صفرا‎ (ṣafra), common plural صفر‎ (ṣufr))

  1. yellow

See also

Colors · الألوان‎ (il-ʔalwān)
     أبيض‎ (ʔabyaḍ, “white”)      أسود‎ (ʔaswad, “black”)
          أحمر‎ (ʔaḥmar, “red”), خمري‎ (ḵamri, “crimson”)      رمادي‎ (ramādi, “grey”), سكني‎ (sakani, “grey”)
          بردقاني‎ (burdʔāni, “orange”), بني‎ (binni, “brown”)      أصفر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”)
     أخضر‎ (ʔaḵḍar, “green”)           أزرق‎ (ʔazraʔ, “blue”), كحلي‎ (kuḥli, “navy”)
     بنفسجي‎ (banafsaji, “violet”), نهدي‎ (nahdi, “purple”)      زهري‎ (zahri, “pink”), ليلكي‎ (lēlaki, “lilac”)
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