صيف

See also: ضيف‎ and ضيق‎

Arabic

Etymology

Perhaps a euphemism for قَيْظ‎ (qayẓ) meaning “summer” in other West Semitic languages, from the root ص ف و‎ (ṣ-f-w) “to be clear”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤajf/
    • (file)

Noun

صَيْف • (ṣayf) m (plural أَصْيَاف‎ (ʔaṣyāf) or صُيُوف‎ (ṣuyūf))

  1. summer
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 106:2:
      ‏إِيلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ ٱلشِّتَاءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ‎‎
      ʔīlāfihim riḥlata š-šitāʔi wa-ṣ-ṣayfi
      Their accustomed security in the caravan of winter and summer

Declension

See also

Seasons in Arabic · فُصُول‎ (fuṣūl) (layout · text) · category
رَبِيع‎ (rabīʕ, “spring”) صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”) خَرِيف‎ (ḵarīf, “autumn”) شِتَاء‎ (šitāʔ, “winter”)

References

  1. Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 782

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَيْف‎ (ṣayf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˤeːf/, [ˈsˤe̞ːf]

Noun

صيف • (ṣēf) m (plural أصياف‎ (ʔaṣyāf))

  1. summer

See also

Seasons in Hijazi Arabic · [Term?] (layout · text) · category
[Term?] (“spring”) صيف (ṣēf, “summer”) [Term?] (“autumn”) [Term?] (“winter”)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَيْف‎ (ṣayf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤajf/, /sˤiːf/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

صَيْف or صِيف • (ṣayf or ṣīf) m (plural صيوف‎ (ṣyūf) or صيوفة‎ (ṣyūfa))

  1. summer

See also

Seasons in Moroccan Arabic · فصول‎ (fṣūl or fuṣūl) (layout · text) · category
ربيع‎ (rbīʕ, “spring”) صيف (ṣayf or ṣīf, “summer”) خريف‎ (ḵrīf, “autumn”) شتا‎ (štā, “winter”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَيْف‎ (ṣayf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤeːf/, [sˤeːf]
  • (file)

Noun

صيف • (ṣēf) m

  1. summer

See also

Seasons in South Levantine Arabic · فصول‎ (fṣūl) (layout · text) · category
ربيع‎ (rabīʕ, “spring”) صيف (ṣēf, “summer”) خريف‎ (ḵarīf, “autumn”) شتا‎ (šita, “winter”)
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