صفر

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

The root صفر (ṣ-f-r) primarily relates to the concept of emptiness, hollowness, and absence. It extends to meanings of paleness or yellowness, a specific month, and various creatures or phenomena associated with these core ideas.

Derived headwords

الصُّفْرَةnoun

1.
the color yellowboth
the color yellow

اصْفَرَّverb

1.
the thing became yellowboth
the thing became yellow
2.
the man became poorboth
the man became poor

اصْفَارverb

1.
pl. of Safarboth
pl. of Safar

صَفَّرَverb

1.
to be empty (like 'ṭariba')both
to be empty (like 'ṭariba')
2.
emptyboth
empty
3.
the month after Muharramboth
the month after Muharram
4.
the bird chirped/whistledboth
the bird chirped/whistled

الأَصْفَرَانnoun

1.
gold and saffronboth
gold and saffron
2.
wars (a plant used for dye) and saffronboth
wars (a plant used for dye) and saffron

أَصْفَرadjective

1.
the thing became yellowboth
the thing became yellow
2.
the man became poorboth
the man became poor

بَنُو الأَصْفَرname

1.
the Byzantines/Romansboth
the Byzantines/Romans

صِفْرnoun

1.
to be empty (like 'ṭariba')both
to be empty (like 'ṭariba')
2.
emptyboth
empty
3.
the month after Muharramboth
the month after Muharram
4.
the bird chirped/whistledboth
the bird chirped/whistled

مُصْفَرّadjective

1.
poorboth
poor

الصَّفَارِيتnoun

1.
the poorclassical
A plural term for the poor or destitute.

صَفَرname

1.
to be empty (like 'ṭariba')both
to be empty (like 'ṭariba')
2.
emptyboth
empty
3.
the month after Muharramboth
the month after Muharram
4.
the bird chirped/whistledboth
the bird chirped/whistled

أَصْفَارnoun

1.
pl. of Safarboth
pl. of Safar

الصَّفَرِيّnoun

1.
rain in autumnclassical
Rain that falls in early autumn. Also refers to a type of offspring born after the summer heat.

الصُّفْرِيَّةnoun

1.
autumn plantclassical
A type of plant that grows in early autumn.
2.
Kharijite sectclassical
A sect of Kharijites named after their leader, Ziyad ibn al-Asfar.

الصَّفَرnoun

1.
the material from which vessels are made (brass)both
the material from which vessels are made (brass)
2.
emptyboth
empty
3.
what the Arabs claim is a snake in the belly that bites a person when hungryboth
what the Arabs claim is a snake in the belly that bites a person when hungry

صَفِيرnoun

1.
whistlingboth
The act or sound of whistling. Also used metaphorically for a person's flatulence.

صَافِرnoun

1.
whistlerboth
One who whistles. Can also refer to a bird that whistles or, in a negative context, a person who is cowardly.
2.
nobodyclassical
Used in the negative to mean 'no one' or 'not a single person'.

الصَّفَارِيَّةnoun

1.
a bird (oriole)both
a bird (oriole)

الصَّفَارnoun

1.
dry grassclassical
The dried blades of grass, specifically of the 'bahama' plant.
2.
jaundiceclassical
A condition characterized by the accumulation of yellow fluid in the abdomen.

مُصْفَرّ اسْتُهُphrase

1.
fartingclassical
An insult implying someone is flatulent, derived from the sound of whistling.

الصَّفْرَاءnoun

1.
bowboth
A bow used for archery.
2.
plantboth
A type of plant.

Parallel reading

الصفرة: لون الأصفر.

Yellowness: the color yellow.

وقد اصفر الشئ، واصفار، وصفره غيره.

And a thing became yellow, and it became yellow, and someone else made it yellow.

وأهلك النساء الأصفران: الذهب والزعفران، ويقال: الورس والزعفران.

And the two yellow things that women cherish are gold and saffron, and it is said: madder and saffron.

وفرس أصفر، وهو الذي يسمى بالفارسية " زرده ".

And a yellow horse, which is what is called 'zardeh' in Persian.

قال الأصمعي: ولا يسمى أصفر حتى يصفر ذنبه وعرفه.

Al-Asma'i said: It is not called yellow until its tail and mane turn yellow.

وبنو الاصفر: الروم.

And the Children of Al-Asfar: the Romans.

وربما سمت العرب الأسود أصفر.

And sometimes the Arabs called black things yellow.

تلك خيلي منه وتلك ركابي * هن صفر أولادها كالزبيب

These are my horses from it and these are my mounts * they are yellow, their offspring like raisins

ويقال: إنه لفي صفرة للذي يعتريه الجنون، إذا كان في أيام يزول فيها عقله، لأنهم كانوا يمسحونه بشئ من الزعفران.

And it is said: He is in a state of yellowness for one who is afflicted with madness, when it is during days when his mind leaves him, because they used to rub him with some saffron.

والصفر بالضم: الذي تعمل منه الأواني.

And as-sifr (with damma): that from which vessels are made.

وأبو عبيدة يقوله: بالكسر.

And Abu Ubaidah pronounces it: with kasra.

والصفر أيضا: الخالي.

And as-sifr is also: empty.

يقال: بيت صفر من المتاع، ورجل صفر اليدين

It is said: a house empty of possessions, and a man empty-handed

وفي الحديث: " إن أصفر البيوت من الخير البيت الصفر من كتاب الله ".

And in the Hadith: 'Indeed, the most empty of houses in terms of goodness is the empty house of the Book of Allah.'

وقد صفر بالكسر.

And it became empty with kasra.

وأصفر الرجل فهو مصفر، أي افتقر.

And a man became poor, so he is impoverished, meaning he became poor.

والصفاريت: الفقراء، الواحد صفريت

And as-safarit: the poor, the singular is safarit

وصفر: الشهر بعد المحرم.

And Safar: the month after Muharram.

والجمع أصفار.

And the plural is afsar.

والصفري في النتاج بعد القيظي.

And as-safari in offspring is after the summer heat.

والصفرية: نبات يكون في أول الخريف.

And as-sufriyyah: a plant that grows in early autumn.

والصفري: المطر يأتي في ذلك الوقت.

And as-safari: the rain that comes at that time.

والصفر فيما تزعم العرب: حية في البطن تعض الإنسان إذا جاع، واللذع الذي يجده عند الجوع من عضه.

And as-sifr, as the Arabs claim: a serpent in the stomach that bites a person when hungry, and the sting that one feels upon hunger from its bite.

وفى الحديث: " لا صفر ولا هامة ".

And in the Hadith: 'No sifr and no hamma.'

وقولهم: لا يلتاط هذا بصفري، أي لا يلزق بي ولا تقبله نفسي.

And their saying: 'This does not stick to me,' meaning it does not cling to me nor does my soul accept it.

والصفر أيضا: مصدر قولك صفر الشئ بالكسر، أي خلا.

And as-sifr is also: the masdar of your saying 'sifr' (with kasra), meaning it became empty.

يقال: نعوذ بالله من صفر الإناء (1) . يعنون به هلاك المواشي.

It is said: 'We seek refuge in Allah from the emptiness of the pot.' They mean by it the destruction of livestock.

وصفر الطائر يصفر صفيرا، أي مكا.

And a bird whistled, it whistles a whistling sound, meaning it made a sound.

ومننه قولهم: " أجبن من صافر " و " أصفر من بلبل ".

And from it is their saying: 'More cowardly than a whistler' and 'More yellow than a nightingale.'

والنسر يصفر.

And the eagle whistles.

وقولهم: ما بها صافر، أي أحد.

And their saying: 'There is no whistler in it,' meaning no one.

وحكى الفراء عن بعضهم قال: كان في كلامه صفار بالضم، يريد صفيرا.

And Al-Farra narrated from some of them that he said: In his speech there was 'saffar' (with damma), meaning whistling.

والصفارية: طائر.

And as-safariyyah: a bird.

والصفار بالفتح: يبيس البهمى.

And as-saffar (with fatha): the dried grass of the bahama plant.

والصفار بالضم: اجتماع الماء الأصفر في البطن.

And as-saffar (with damma): the accumulation of yellow fluid in the abdomen.

يعالج بقطع النائط، وهو عرق في الصلب.

It is treated by cutting the na'it, which is a vein in the lower back.

قضب الطيب نائط المصفور

The good herbs have cut the vein of the one with jaundice

وقولهم في الشتم: " فلان مصفر استه "، وهو من الصفير لا من الصفرة (4) ، أي ضراط.

And their saying in insult: 'So-and-so's backside is yellow,' and it is from whistling, not from yellowness, meaning flatulence.

والصفراء: القوس.

And as-safra': the bow.

والصفراء: نبت.

And as-safra': a plant.

والصفرية، بالضم: صنف من الخوارج، نسبوا إلى زياد بن الاصفر رئيسهم.

And as-sufriyyah (with damma): a sect of the Kharijites, attributed to Ziyad ibn al-Asfar, their leader.

وزعم قوم أن الذى نسبوا إليه هو عبد الله بن الصفار، وأنهم الصفرية بكسر الصاد.

And some claimed that the one they attributed it to was Abdullah ibn as-Saffar, and that they are as-safariyyah (with kasra of the sad).