سفرة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ف ر‎ (s-f-r) meaning “to send off”, “to journey”; originally a provisions for a traveler. The Bedouin practice was to hold food within a leather sheet that was wrapped around the food and tied closed while traveling, then spread out again flat when the meal was to be consumed. Compare Aramaic ܨܘܦܪܐ‎.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /suf.ra/

Noun

سُفْرَة • (sufra) f (plural سُفَر‎ (sufar))

traveling provision, victuals
leather sheet, eating mat, place mat, tablecloth
dining table, table board
‏هُنَاكَ يَجْلِسُ جَمِيعُ أَفْرَادِ الْعَائِلَةِ حَوْلَ السُّفْرَةِ.‎‎
hunāka yajlisu jamīʕu ʔafrādi l-ʕāʔilati ḥawla s-sufrati.
There are all the family (members) sitting around the dining table.

Declension

Declension of noun سُفْرَة (sufra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُفْرَة sufra	السُّفْرَة‎ as-sufra	سُفْرَة sufrat
Nominative	سُفْرَةٌ sufratun	السُّفْرَةُ‎ as-sufratu	سُفْرَةُ sufratu
Accusative	سُفْرَةً sufratan	السُّفْرَةَ‎ as-sufrata	سُفْرَةَ sufrata
Genitive	سُفْرَةٍ sufratin	السُّفْرَةِ‎ as-sufrati	سُفْرَةِ sufrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُفْرَتَيْن‎ sufratayn	السُّفْرَتَيْن‎ as-sufratayn	سُفْرَتَيْ‎ sufratay
Nominative	سُفْرَتَانِ‎ sufratāni	السُّفْرَتَانِ‎ as-sufratāni	سُفْرَتَا‎ sufratā
Accusative	سُفْرَتَيْنِ‎ sufratayni	السُّفْرَتَيْنِ‎ as-sufratayni	سُفْرَتَيْ‎ sufratay
Genitive	سُفْرَتَيْنِ‎ sufratayni	السُّفْرَتَيْنِ‎ as-sufratayni	سُفْرَتَيْ‎ sufratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُفَر،سُفْرَات‎ ?	السُّفَر،سُفْرَات‎ ?	سُفَر،سُفْرَات‎ ?
Nominative	سُفَر،سُفْرَاتٌ‎ ?	السُّفَر،سُفْرَاتُ‎ ?	سُفَر،سُفْرَاتُ‎ ?
Accusative	سُفَر،سُفْرَاتٍ‎ ?	السُّفَر،سُفْرَاتِ‎ ?	سُفَر،سُفْرَاتِ‎ ?
Genitive	سُفَر،سُفْرَاتٍ‎ ?	السُّفَر،سُفْرَاتِ‎ ?	سُفَر،سُفْرَاتِ‎ ?

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: صفرة‎
→ Indonesian: seperah
→ Persian: سفره‎ (sofre)
- → Armenian: սուփրա (supʿra)
- → Azerbaijani: süfrə
- → Central Kurdish: سفرە‎ (sifre)
- → Georgian: სუფრა (supra)
- → Ottoman Turkish: سفره‎ (sofra)
  - Turkish: sofra
  - → Albanian: sofër
  - → Aromanian: sufrã, sofrã
  - → Bulgarian: софра́ (sofrá)
  - → Crimean Tatar: sofra
  - → Laz: სოჶრა (sofra)
  - → Romanian: sofra
  - → Serbo-Croatian: sȍfra, sȍpra, sȍvra

References

Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 101–102
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 83
Lane, Edward William (1863), “سفرة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1371
Wehr, Hans (1979), “سفرة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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