صفت

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes physical robustness, encompassing concepts of being strong, stout, and well-built. It can also extend to describe someone who is talkative, and in a specific context, someone who is physically large and fleshy.

Derived headwords

صَفَتِيْتadjective

1.
Strong, stoutclassical
Describing a man who is strong, large, and well-built.

صَفَتَاتadjective

1.
Stout, fleshyclassical
Describing men who are fleshy, well-formed, strong, and compact. Also used for women, though some scholars disagreed on this usage for females.

صَفَتَانadjective

1.
Stout, well-builtclassical
Similar to 'صفتات', referring to a stout and well-built person.
2.
Talkativeclassical
Describing a man who talks a lot. The plural is also 'صفتان'.

صَفَتَانَةadjective

1.
Stout, fleshyclassical
Describing a woman who is fleshy and well-built.

صَفَتَاتَةadjective

1.
Fleshy, stoutclassical
Describing a woman who is fleshy and stout.

صَفَتَاتَاadjective

1.
Fleshy, corpulentclassical
Describing someone who is very fleshy and corpulent.

Parallel reading

رجل صفتيت وصفتات: قوي جسيم.

A man 'ṣifatīt' and 'ṣifatāt': strong and large.

الصفتات من الرجال التار اللحم، المجتمع الخلق، الشديد المكتنز

'Al-ṣifatāt' among men are those who are fleshy, well-formed, strong, and compact.

والأنثى: صفتات وصفتاتة.

And the female: 'ṣifatāt' and 'ṣifatātah'.

وقيل: لا تنعت المرأة بالصفتات، واختلفوا في ذلك.

And it was said: A woman is not described as 'ṣifatāt', and they differed on that.

والصفتان: كالصفتات.

And 'al-ṣifatān': is like 'al-ṣifatāt'.

ورجل صفتان عفتان: يكثر الكلام

And a man 'ṣifatān 'afatán': talks a lot.

والجمع صفتان وعفتان.

And the plural is 'ṣifatān' and 'a'fatān'.

سألته عن الذي يستيقظ فيجد بلة، فقال: أما أنت فاغتسل، ورآني صفتاتا ؛ وهو الكثير اللحم، المكتنزه.

I asked him about one who wakes up and finds moisture, and he said: As for you, perform ghusl, and he saw me as 'ṣifatātā'; meaning very fleshy and corpulent.