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صعفص

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of food or dish, possibly a stew or sauce, and its application in naming or Arabizing foreign terms.

Derived headwords

الصَّعْفَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Stew or sauceclassical

    A dish, specifically identified as 'sikbaj' (a type of Persian stew or sauce).

صَعْفَصَverb
  1. 1.
    To Arabizeclassical

    To make a foreign name or term Arabic, specifically by giving it an Arabic-sounding form or structure.

صَعْفَصِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Arabizedclassical

    Pertaining to something that has been made Arabic, likely in reference to a name or term.

صَعْفَصname
  1. 1.
    An Arabized nameclassical

    A name given to a person, implying that the name itself has been Arabized or made to sound Arabic.

Parallel reading

الصعفصة، أهمله الجوهري.
Al-Sa'afasah, Abu Ubayd neglected it.
وقال أبو عمر و: هو السكباج.
And Abu Amr said: it is al-sikbaj.
وحكى عن الفراء: السكباجة، في لغة اليمامة صعفصة،
And he narrated from al-Farra': al-sikbajja, in the dialect of Yamamah is sa'afasah,
قال: وتصرف رجلا تسميه بصعفص إذا جعلته عربيا.
He said: And you transform a man, naming him with Sa'afas, if you make him Arabic.