صدفة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ص د ف‎ (ṣ-d-f).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤud.fa/, /sˤid.fa/

Noun

صُدْفَة or صِدْفَة • (ṣudfa or ṣidfa) f (plural صُدَف‎ (ṣudaf) or صُدُفَات‎ (ṣudufāt) or صُدْفَات‎ (ṣudfāt) or صِدَف‎ (ṣidaf) or صِدْفَات‎ (ṣidfāt))

  1. chance (accidental occurrence), accident, coincidence
    ‏صُدْفَةً‎ ― ṣudfatan ― by chance, accidentally
    ‏بِصُدْفَة‎ ― bi-ṣudfa ― by chance, accidentally
  2. chance meeting
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “صدفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “صدف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤa.da.fa/

Noun

صَدَفَة • (ṣadafa) f (singulative, collective صَدَف‎ m (ṣadaf), plural أَصْدَاف‎ (ʔaṣdāf))

  1. shell, seashell
  2. pearl oyster
  3. shell-like cavity
  4. cavity of the ear
Declension
References

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ص د ف‎
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic صُدْفَة‎ (ṣudfa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤud.fa/

Noun

صدفة • (ṣudfa) f (plural صدف‎ (ṣudaf))

  1. chance (accidental occurrence), accident, coincidence
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَدَفَة‎ (ṣadafa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤad.fa/

Noun

صدفة • (ṣadfa) f (plural صدافي‎ (ṣdāfi) or صدفات‎ (ṣadfāt))

  1. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص د ف‎

Etymology

From Arabic صُدْفَة‎ (ṣudfa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤud.fe/, [ˈsˤʊdˤ.fe]
  • (file)

Noun

صدفة • (ṣudfe) f

  1. chance (unexpected occurrence), coincidence

Derived terms

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