صيف

See also: ضيف and ضيق

Arabic

Etymology

Perhaps a euphemism for قَيْظ (qayẓ) meaning “summer” in other West Semitic languages, from the root ص ف و (ṣ-f-w) “to be clear”.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˤajf/
    • Audio(file)

Noun

صَيْف • (ṣayf) m (plural أَصْيَاف (ʔaṣyāf) or صُيُوف (ṣuyūf))

  1. summer
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 106:2:
      إِيلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ ٱلشِّتَاءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ
      ʔīlāfihim riḥlata š-šitāʔi wa-ṣ-ṣayfi
      Their accustomed security in the caravan of winter and summer

Declension
Declension of noun صَيْف (ṣayf)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَيْف
ṣayf		 الصَّيْف
aṣ-ṣayf		 صَيْف
ṣayf
Nominative صَيْفٌ
ṣayfun		 الصَّيْفُ
aṣ-ṣayfu		 صَيْفُ
ṣayfu
Accusative صَيْفًا
ṣayfan		 الصَّيْفَ
aṣ-ṣayfa		 صَيْفَ
ṣayfa
Genitive صَيْفٍ
ṣayfin		 الصَّيْفِ
aṣ-ṣayfi		 صَيْفِ
ṣayfi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَيْفَيْن
ṣayfayn		 الصَّيْفَيْن
aṣ-ṣayfayn		 صَيْفَيْ
ṣayfay
Nominative صَيْفَانِ
ṣayfāni		 الصَّيْفَانِ
aṣ-ṣayfāni		 صَيْفَا
ṣayfā
Accusative صَيْفَيْنِ
ṣayfayni		 الصَّيْفَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣayfayni		 صَيْفَيْ
ṣayfay
Genitive صَيْفَيْنِ
ṣayfayni		 الصَّيْفَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣayfayni		 صَيْفَيْ
ṣayfay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَصْيَاف‎; صُيُوف
ʔaṣyāf‎; ṣuyūf		 الْأَصْيَاف‎; الصُّيُوف
al-ʔaṣyāf‎; aṣ-ṣuyūf		 أَصْيَاف‎; صُيُوف
ʔaṣyāf‎; ṣuyūf
Nominative أَصْيَافٌ‎; صُيُوفٌ
ʔaṣyāfun‎; ṣuyūfun		 الْأَصْيَافُ‎; الصُّيُوفُ
al-ʔaṣyāfu‎; aṣ-ṣuyūfu		 أَصْيَافُ‎; صُيُوفُ
ʔaṣyāfu‎; ṣuyūfu
Accusative أَصْيَافًا‎; صُيُوفًا
ʔaṣyāfan‎; ṣuyūfan		 الْأَصْيَافَ‎; الصُّيُوفَ
al-ʔaṣyāfa‎; aṣ-ṣuyūfa		 أَصْيَافَ‎; صُيُوفَ
ʔaṣyāfa‎; ṣuyūfa
Genitive أَصْيَافٍ‎; صُيُوفٍ
ʔaṣyāfin‎; ṣuyūfin		 الْأَصْيَافِ‎; الصُّيُوفِ
al-ʔaṣyāfi‎; aṣ-ṣuyūfi		 أَصْيَافِ‎; صُيُوفِ
ʔaṣyāfi‎; ṣuyūfi

Descendants
  • Maltese: sajf (“summer”)
  • → Galician: ceifa (“harvesting”)
  • → Portuguese: ceifa (“harvesting”)

See also
Seasons in Arabic · فُصُول (fuṣūl) (layout · text) · category
رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring”) صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”) خَرِيف (ḵarīf, “autumn”) شِتَاء (šitāʔ, “winter”)

References
  1. Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 782

Hijazi Arabic
Root
ص ي ف
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsˤeːf/, [ˈsˤe̞ːf]

Noun

صيف • (ṣēf) m (plural أصياف (ʔaṣyāf))

  1. summer

See also
Seasons in Hijazi Arabic · فصول السنة (fuṣūl as-sana) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rabīʕ, “spring”) صيف (ṣēf, “summer”) خريف (ḵarīf, “autumn”) شتا (šita, “winter”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَيَّفَ (ṣayyafa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˤaj.jaf/

Verb

صَيَّف • (ṣayyaf) II (non-past يِصَيِّف (yiṣayyif))

  1. to spend summer
Conjugation
    Conjugation of صيف (ṣayyaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m صيفت (ṣayyaft) صيفت (ṣayyaft) صيف (ṣayyaf) صيفنا (ṣayyafna) صيفتوا (ṣayyaftu) صيفوا (ṣayyafu)
f صيفتي (ṣayyafti) صيفت (ṣayyafat)
non-past m أصيف (ʔaṣayyif) تصيف (tiṣayyif) يصيف (yiṣayyif) نصيف (niṣayyif) تصيفوا (tiṣayyifu) يصيفوا (yiṣayyifu)
f تصيفي (tiṣayyifi) تصيف (tiṣayyif)
imperative m صيف (ṣayyif) صيفوا (ṣayyifu)
f صيفي (ṣayyifi)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˤajf/, /sˤiːf/
  • Audio(file)
  • Audio(file)

Noun

صَيْف or صِيف • (ṣayf or ṣīf) m (plural صيوف (ṣyūf) or صيوفة (ṣyūfa))

  1. summer

See also
Seasons in Moroccan Arabic · فصول (fṣūl or fuṣūl) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rbīʕ, “spring”) صيف (ṣayf or ṣīf, “summer”) خريف (ḵrīf, “autumn”) شتا (štā, “winter”), شتوة (šatwa, “winter”)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˤeːf/, [sˤeːf]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Noun

صيف • (ṣēf) m

  1. summer

See also
Seasons in South Levantine Arabic · فصول (fṣūl) (layout · text) · category
ربيع (rabīʕ, “spring”) صيف (ṣēf, “summer”) خريف (ḵarīf, “autumn”) شتا (šita, “winter”)
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