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سفر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُسَافِرٌ ذ A man journeying, or travelling; a traveller; a wayfarer; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ سَافِرٌ; (M, * K;) which latter is [said to be] not a part. n., but [a possessive epithet] meaning ذُو سَفَرٍ, (M,) having no verb belonging to it (M, K) that we have seen; (M;) or it is from سَفَرَ, and signifies going forth on a journey: (S, Msb:) pl. of the former مُسَافِرُونَ, (S,) and of the latter سُفَّارٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and أَسْفَارٌ (M, K) and سُفَّرٌ; (TA;) and you also say ↓ قَوْمٌ سَافِرَةٌ [fem. of سَافِرٌ], (S, * M, Msb, K,) and ↓ قَوْمٌ سَفْرٌ, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) [سَفْرٌ being a quasi-pl. n.,] like صَحْبٌ in relation to صَاحِبْ: (S, Mgh, Msb:) and ↓ سَفْرٌ is also used as a sing., (M, K,) being originally an inf. n. (TA.) ― -b2- مُسَافِرَةٌ is used by Zuheyr as a name for A [ wild ] cow. (M, TA.)

Derived headwords

مُسَافِرٌ
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