صَافَحَ (ṣaāfaḥa)to shake hands

Conjugation, meanings and vowelled example sentences for the Arabic verb صَافَحَ (ṣaāfaḥa) — “to shake hands”, drawn from the reader’s verified vocabulary bank. Every form carries full harakat.

Conjugation: صَافَحَ يُصَافِحُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
صَافَحَ ṣaāfaḥaيُصَافِحُ yuṣaāfiḥuصَافِحْ ṣaāfiḥمُصَافَحَةٌ muṣaāfaḥaaun

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to shake hands

    • صَافَحَ الرَّجُلُ صَدِيقَهُ.The man shook hands with his friend.
    • لَمْ يُرِدْ أَنْ يُصَافِحَ الغَرِيبَ.He did not want to shake hands with the stranger.
    • صَافَحَ الرَّئِيسُ الضُيُوفَ الكِبَارَ بِتَرَحِيبٍ.The president welcomed the distinguished guests with a handshake.
  2. 2. to shake hands with

    • صَافَحَ الرَّجُلُ ضَيْفَهُ بِوُدٍّ.The man shook hands with his guest warmly.
    • صَافَحَ الرَّئِيسُ القَائِدَ الأَجْنَبِيَّ بَعْدَ الاِمْتِفَاقِ.The president shook hands with the foreign leader after the agreement.
    • لِمَاذَا لَمْ تُصَافِحْهُ عِنْدَ لِقَائِكَ بِهِ؟Why did you not shake hands with him when you met him?
  3. 3. to shake hand

    • صَافَحَ الرَّجُلُ صَدِيقَهُ.The man shook hands with his friend.
    • لَمْ يُرِدْ أَنْ يُصَافِحَ الغَرِيبَ.He did not want to shake hands with the stranger.
    • صَافَحَ الرَّئِيسُ الضُيُوفَ الكِبَارَ بِتَرَحِيبٍ.The president welcomed the distinguished guests with a handshake.
  4. 4. to touch

    • صَافَحَ الرَّجُلُ ضَيْفَهُ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ.The man touched (shook hands with) his guest at the door.
    • صَافَحَتِ الْأُمُّ يَدَ طِفْلِهَا لِتُهَدِّئَهُ.The mother touched the hand of her child to calm him.
    • صَافَحَ الْعَامِلُ الْآلَةَ لِيَتَأَكَّدَ مِنْ حَرَارَتِهَا.The worker touched the machine to check its temperature.

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