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Arabic

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Root
ص و ف (ṣ w f)
3 terms

Pronunciation 1

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Verb

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

  1. (of sheep etc.) to produce wool, to increase its wool
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Pronunciation 2

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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)
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Pronunciation 3

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Noun

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صُوف (ṣūfm (collective, singulative صُوفَة f (ṣūfa), plural أَصْوَاف (ʔaṣwāf))

  1. wool
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Descendants
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  • Malay: suf
  • Swahili: sufi, sufu

Sindhi

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Etymology

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From Persian.

Noun

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صوف (sūfu) (Devanagari spelling सूफ़ु)

  1. apple