ص ف و

ص فو • (ṣ-f-w)

1. related to being strained clear

Verbs

• Form I: صَفَا‎ (ṣafā, “to be pure, be clear, be serene”)
  • Verbal noun: صَفْو‎ (ṣafw), صَفَاء‎ (ṣafāʔ), صُفُوّ‎ (ṣufuww)
  • Active participle: صَافٍ‎ (ṣāfin)
  • Passive participle: مَصْفُوّ‎ (maṣfuww)
• Form III: صَافَى‎ (ṣāfā)
  • Verbal noun: مُصَافَاة‎ (muṣāfāh), صِفَاء‎ (ṣifāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُصَافٍ‎ (muṣāfin)
  • Passive participle: مُصَافًى‎ (muṣāfan)
• Form IV: أَصْفَى‎ (ʔaṣfā, “to make pure”)
  • Verbal noun: إِصْفَاء‎ (ʔiṣfāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُصْفٍ‎ (muṣfin)
  • Passive participle: مُصْفًى‎ (muṣfan)
• Form VIII: اِصْطَفَى‎ (iṣṭafā, “to elect, to choose”)
  • Verbal noun: اِصْطِفَاء‎ (iṣṭifāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُصْطَفٍ‎ (muṣṭafin)
  • Passive participle: مُصْطَفًى‎ (muṣṭafan, “chosen”)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• صَفِيّ‎ (ṣafiyy, “pure, clear”)
  • أَصْفَى‎ (ʔaṣfā, “clearer, clearest, purer, purest”)
• صِفْوَة‎ (ṣifwa), صَفْوَة‎ (ṣafwa), صُفْوَة‎ (ṣufwa, “pure or choice part”)
• مِصْفَاة‎ (miṣfāh, “strainer”)
• صَيْف‎ (ṣayf, “summer”)

• Freytag, Georg (1833), “ص فو”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 506b–507a