ספה

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Arabic صُفَّة‎ (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא‎ (ṣipā’, “mat”). The word may have entered European languages via Turkish or through the Moorish occupation of Spain.

Noun

סַפָּה • (sapa) f (plural indefinite סַפּוֹת‎, singular construct סַפַּת־‎) [pattern: קַטְלָה]

  1. a sofa
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