صوف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص و ف (ṣ-w-f).

Pronunciation 1

  • (MSA) IPA(key): /sˁa.wi.fa/

Verb

صَوِفَ (ṣawifa) I, non-past يَصْوَفُ‎ (yaṣwafu)

  1. (of sheep etc.) to produce wool, to increase it's wool
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

  • (MSA) IPA(key): /sˁaw.wa.fa/

Verb

صَوَّفَ (ṣawwafa) II, non-past يُصَوِّفُ‎ (yuṣawwifu)

  1. (of sheep etc.) to produce wool, to increase its wool
  2. to make someone Sufi
  3. (of plants) to have cotton-like fungus (see the image)
  4. (intransitive) to decay (to have wool-like fungus)
Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

  • (MSA) IPA(key): /sˁuːf/
  • (Morocco) IPA(key): [sˁawf]
    (file)

Noun

صُوف (ṣūf) m (collective, singulative صُوفَة (ṣūfa), plural أَصْوَاف (ʾaṣwāf))

  1. wool
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

Sindhi

Noun

صُوفُ (sūfū) m (Devanagari सुफ़ु)

  1. apple
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