The Arabic root س-ق-ف (s-q-f)

Form I verb سَقَفَ: to ceil

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

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Noun

سَقْف

ceiling

Noun

سَقِيفَة

pergola

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

سَقَفَ · present يَسْقُفُ

Form I · The plain action

to ceil; to roof

سَقْف

Verbal noun

ceiling

سَاقِف

Active participle

مَسْقُوف

Passive participle

roofed

سَقَّفَ · present يُسَقِّفُ

Form II · Causative or intensive

to ceil; to roof

تَسْقِيف

Verbal noun

مُسَقِّف

Active participle

مُسَقَّف

Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

سَقِيفَة

Noun

pergola

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