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ص-ف-ر

The Arabic root ص-ف-ر (s-f-r)

Form I verb صَفَرَ: to whistle

18 words in the dictionary are built from ص-ف-ر, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV, IX. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Adjective
yellow
Noun
صَفَّارَة
siren
Noun
صَفْرَاء
bile
Verb · Form I
صَفَرَ
to whistle
Verb · Form I
صَفِرَ
to be empty
Noun
صَفَر
jaundice
Adjective
صَفْر
empty
Adjective
أَصْفَر
elative degree of صَفْر

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

صَفَرَ · present يَصْفِرُ
Form I · The plain action

to whistle; to hiss; to chirp, to stridulate

صَفِير
Verbal noun
whistling
صَافِر
Active participle
صَفِرَ · present يَصْفَرُ
Form I · The plain action

to be empty, to be devoid, to be vacant

صَفَر
Verbal noun
jaundice
صُفُور
Verbal noun
صَافِر
Active participle
صَفِير
Active participle
صَفَّرَ · present يُصَفِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to dye yellow, to make yellow, to color yellow

تَصْفِير
Verbal noun
مُصَفِّر
Active participle
مُصَفَّر
Passive participle
مِصَفِّرَة
Derived noun
xanthophyllum
أَصْفَرَ · present يُصْفِرُ
Form IV · Causative

to empty, to void, to vacate, to evacuate, to free

إِصْفَار
Verbal noun
مُصْفِر
Active participle
مُصْفَر
Passive participle
اِصْفَرَّ · present يَصْفَرُّ
Form IX · Colours and defects

to turn yellow, to yellow; to turn pale, to pale, to become pale

اِصْفِرَار
Verbal noun
مُصْفَرّ
Active participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Adjective
yellow
صَفَّارَة
Noun
siren
صَفْرَاء
Noun
bile
صَفْر
Adjective
empty
أَصْفَر
Adjective
elative degree of صَفْر
صِفْرِيّ
Adjective
zeroth
صَفَار
Noun
yellow pigment
صَفَّار
Noun
Schimpera arabica
صُفَيْرَاء
Noun
planetree maple
مُعَصْفَر
Noun
a piece of clothing dyed by safflower

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