يفا

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily pertains to the city of Jaffa, its geographical location, and historical events related to it. It also covers derivations related to people from Jaffa.

Derived headwords

يَافَاname

1.
Jaffaboth
A city located on the coast of the Levant in the region of Palestine, situated between Caesarea and Acre.

يَافُونِيّname

1.
from Jaffaboth
A nisba (adjective or noun) indicating origin from the city of Jaffa.

يافوني، منها أبو العباس محمد بن عبد اللها بن إبراهيم اليافوني؛ وأبو بكر بن أحمد بن أبي نصر} اليافوني سمع منهما الطبراني بيافا — from Jaffa, including Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Ibrahim al-Yafuni; and Abu Bakr ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Nasr al-Yafuni, whom al-Tabarani heard from in Jaffa.

Parallel reading

مدينة على ساحل بحر الشام من أعمال فلسطين بين قيسارية وعكا

A city on the coast of the Levant, in the region of Palestine, between Caesarea and Acre.

افتتحها صلاح الدين عند فتحه الساحل سنة 583

Saladin conquered it when he opened the coast in the year 583.

ثم استولى عليها الفرنج في سنة سبع

Then the Franks seized it in the year seven.

ثم استعادها منهم الملك العادل أبو بكر بن أيوب في سنة 593

Then King al-Adil Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub recaptured it from them in the year 593.

وخر بها

And it was devastated by it.

وقد دخلتها

And I have entered it.

ومما يستدرك عليه

And among what should be added to it.