تَصْحِيف
corrupting a word by incorrectly reading or writing it
Dictionary › ص-ح-ف › صُحُفِيّ
Also written صحفي: صُحُفِيّ (journalist)
Highlights
Feminine
صُحُفِيَّة، صَحَفِيَّة
Masculine plural
صُحُفِيُّون، صَحَفِيُّون
Feminine plural
صُحُفِيَّات، صَحَفِيَّات
Most common words from the same root
صُحُفِيّ in English
Adjective
- journalistic
Word origin
صُحُف (ṣuḥuf, “newspapers”) + ـِيّ (-iyy) and صَحِيفَة (ṣaḥīfa, “newspaper”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
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
صُحُفِيّ: plural and other forms
| Singular | صُحُفِيّ |
|---|---|
| Feminine | صُحُفِيَّة، صَحَفِيَّة |
| Masculine plural | صُحُفِيُّون، صَحَفِيُّون |
| Feminine plural | صُحُفِيَّات، صَحَفِيَّات |
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