تَصْحِيف
corrupting a word by incorrectly reading or writing it
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Highlights
Plural
صُحُف
Other plural
صَحَائِف
Most common words from the same root
صَحِيفَة in English
Noun · feminine
- newspaper
- journal, ephemeris
- a loose piece of paper on which has been written, a sheet, letters, paper
أَرْسِلِي إِلَيْنَا بِالصُّحُفِ نَنْسَخُهَا فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ ثُمَّ نَرُدُّهَا إِلَيْكِSend to us the sheets so we can transcribe manuscripts from them and thereafter we will return them.7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 66:9
- an amount of paper in a bound work, a page or leaf of a physical book, a sheet such as a كُرَّاسَة (kurrāsa), record
- surface, exterior, outer skin, epidermis
Words from the root ص-ح-ف
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
صَحَّفَ
· present يُصَحِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to write disambiguating marks in script erroneously, to mishit with the pen (to misvocalize, to point rasm wrong, or the like outside Arabic script, say putting wrong macrons in Latin script); to deface, to misrepresent
مُصَحِّف
مُصَحَّف
أَصْحَفَ
· present يُصْحِفُ
Form IV · Causative
to be bound, stitched (of a book)
إِصْحَاف
مُصْحِف
مُصْحَف
volume
تَصَحَّفَ
· present يَتَصَحَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be erroneous, to have typos; to be misread, to be misrepresented
تَصَحُّف
مُتَصَحِّف
مُتَصَحَّف
صَحِيفَة: plural and other forms
| Singular | صَحِيفَة |
|---|---|
| Plural | صُحُف |
| Alternative plurals | صَحَائِف |
صَحِيفَة in a sentence
Dictionary examples
a loose piece of paper on which has been written
أَرْسِلِي إِلَيْنَا بِالصُّحُفِ نَنْسَخُهَا فِي الْمَصَاحِفِ ثُمَّ نَرُدُّهَا إِلَيْكِSend to us the sheets so we can transcribe manuscripts from them and thereafter we will return them.7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 66:9
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