صدفة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ص د ف‎ (ṣ-d-f).

Noun

صُدْفَة or صِدْفَة • (ṣudfa or ṣidfa) f (plural صُدَف‎ (ṣudaf) or صُدُفَات‎ (ṣudufāt) or صُدْفَات‎ (ṣudfāt) or صِدَف‎ (ṣidaf) or صِدْفَات‎ (ṣidfāt))

chance (accidental occurrence), accident, coincidence
‏صُدْفَةً‎ ― ṣudfatan ― by chance, accidentally

‏بِصُدْفَة‎ ― bi-ṣudfa ― by chance, accidentally
chance meeting

Declension

Declension of noun صُدْفَة (ṣudfa)‎; صِدْفَة (ṣidfa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُدْفَة‎; صِدْفَة ṣudfa‎; ṣidfa	الصُّدْفَة‎‎; الصِّدْفَة‎ aṣ-ṣudfa‎; aṣ-ṣidfa	صُدْفَة‎; صِدْفَة ṣudfat‎; ṣidfat
Nominative	صُدْفَةٌ‎; صِدْفَةٌ ṣudfatun‎; ṣidfatun	الصُّدْفَةُ‎‎; الصِّدْفَةُ‎ aṣ-ṣudfatu‎; aṣ-ṣidfatu	صُدْفَةُ‎; صِدْفَةُ ṣudfatu‎; ṣidfatu
Accusative	صُدْفَةً‎; صِدْفَةً ṣudfatan‎; ṣidfatan	الصُّدْفَةَ‎‎; الصِّدْفَةَ‎ aṣ-ṣudfata‎; aṣ-ṣidfata	صُدْفَةَ‎; صِدْفَةَ ṣudfata‎; ṣidfata
Genitive	صُدْفَةٍ‎; صِدْفَةٍ ṣudfatin‎; ṣidfatin	الصُّدْفَةِ‎‎; الصِّدْفَةِ‎ aṣ-ṣudfati‎; aṣ-ṣidfati	صُدْفَةِ‎; صِدْفَةِ ṣudfati‎; ṣidfati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُدْفَتَيْن‎‎; صِدْفَتَيْن‎ ṣudfatayn‎; ṣidfatayn	الصُّدْفَتَيْن‎‎; الصِّدْفَتَيْن‎ aṣ-ṣudfatayn‎; aṣ-ṣidfatayn	صُدْفَتَيْ‎‎; صِدْفَتَيْ‎ ṣudfatay‎; ṣidfatay
Nominative	صُدْفَتَانِ‎‎; صِدْفَتَانِ‎ ṣudfatāni‎; ṣidfatāni	الصُّدْفَتَانِ‎‎; الصِّدْفَتَانِ‎ aṣ-ṣudfatāni‎; aṣ-ṣidfatāni	صُدْفَتَا‎‎; صِدْفَتَا‎ ṣudfatā‎; ṣidfatā
Accusative	صُدْفَتَيْنِ‎‎; صِدْفَتَيْنِ‎ ṣudfatayni‎; ṣidfatayni	الصُّدْفَتَيْنِ‎‎; الصِّدْفَتَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣudfatayni‎; aṣ-ṣidfatayni	صُدْفَتَيْ‎‎; صِدْفَتَيْ‎ ṣudfatay‎; ṣidfatay
Genitive	صُدْفَتَيْنِ‎‎; صِدْفَتَيْنِ‎ ṣudfatayni‎; ṣidfatayni	الصُّدْفَتَيْنِ‎‎; الصِّدْفَتَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣudfatayni‎; aṣ-ṣidfatayni	صُدْفَتَيْ‎‎; صِدْفَتَيْ‎ ṣudfatay‎; ṣidfatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُدَف‎‎; صُدُفَات‎‎; صُدْفَات‎‎; صِدَف‎‎; صِدْفَات‎ ṣudaf‎; ṣudufāt‎; ṣudfāt‎; ṣidaf‎; ṣidfāt	الصُّدَف‎‎; الصُّدُفَات‎‎; الصُّدْفَات‎‎; الصِّدَف‎‎; الصِّدْفَات‎ aṣ-ṣudaf‎; aṣ-ṣudufāt‎; aṣ-ṣudfāt‎; aṣ-ṣidaf‎; aṣ-ṣidfāt	صُدَف‎‎; صُدُفَات‎‎; صُدْفَات‎‎; صِدَف‎‎; صِدْفَات‎ ṣudaf‎; ṣudufāt‎; ṣudfāt‎; ṣidaf‎; ṣidfāt
Nominative	صُدَفٌ‎‎; صُدُفَاتٌ‎‎; صُدْفَاتٌ‎‎; صِدَفٌ‎‎; صِدْفَاتٌ‎ ṣudafun‎; ṣudufātun‎; ṣudfātun‎; ṣidafun‎; ṣidfātun	الصُّدَفُ‎‎; الصُّدُفَاتُ‎‎; الصُّدْفَاتُ‎‎; الصِّدَفُ‎‎; الصِّدْفَاتُ‎ aṣ-ṣudafu‎; aṣ-ṣudufātu‎; aṣ-ṣudfātu‎; aṣ-ṣidafu‎; aṣ-ṣidfātu	صُدَفُ‎‎; صُدُفَاتُ‎‎; صُدْفَاتُ‎‎; صِدَفُ‎‎; صِدْفَاتُ‎ ṣudafu‎; ṣudufātu‎; ṣudfātu‎; ṣidafu‎; ṣidfātu
Accusative	صُدَفًا‎‎; صُدُفَاتٍ‎‎; صُدْفَاتٍ‎‎; صِدَفًا‎‎; صِدْفَاتٍ‎ ṣudafan‎; ṣudufātin‎; ṣudfātin‎; ṣidafan‎; ṣidfātin	الصُّدَفَ‎‎; الصُّدُفَاتِ‎‎; الصُّدْفَاتِ‎‎; الصِّدَفَ‎‎; الصِّدْفَاتِ‎ aṣ-ṣudafa‎; aṣ-ṣudufāti‎; aṣ-ṣudfāti‎; aṣ-ṣidafa‎; aṣ-ṣidfāti	صُدَفَ‎‎; صُدُفَاتِ‎‎; صُدْفَاتِ‎‎; صِدَفَ‎‎; صِدْفَاتِ‎ ṣudafa‎; ṣudufāti‎; ṣudfāti‎; ṣidafa‎; ṣidfāti
Genitive	صُدَفٍ‎‎; صُدُفَاتٍ‎‎; صُدْفَاتٍ‎‎; صِدَفٍ‎‎; صِدْفَاتٍ‎ ṣudafin‎; ṣudufātin‎; ṣudfātin‎; ṣidafin‎; ṣidfātin	الصُّدَفِ‎‎; الصُّدُفَاتِ‎‎; الصُّدْفَاتِ‎‎; الصِّدَفِ‎‎; الصِّدْفَاتِ‎ aṣ-ṣudafi‎; aṣ-ṣudufāti‎; aṣ-ṣudfāti‎; aṣ-ṣidafi‎; aṣ-ṣidfāti	صُدَفِ‎‎; صُدُفَاتِ‎‎; صُدْفَاتِ‎‎; صِدَفِ‎‎; صِدْفَاتِ‎ ṣudafi‎; ṣudufāti‎; ṣudfāti‎; ṣidafi‎; ṣidfāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “صدفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979), “صدفة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

صَدَفَة • (ṣadafa) f (singulative, collective صَدَف‎ (ṣadaf), plural أَصْدَاف‎ (ʾaṣdāf))

Declension

Declension of noun صَدَفَة (ṣadafa)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَدَفَة ṣadafa	الصَّدَفَة‎ aṣ-ṣadafa	صَدَفَة ṣadafat
Nominative	صَدَفَةٌ ṣadafatun	الصَّدَفَةُ‎ aṣ-ṣadafatu	صَدَفَةُ ṣadafatu
Accusative	صَدَفَةً ṣadafatan	الصَّدَفَةَ‎ aṣ-ṣadafata	صَدَفَةَ ṣadafata
Genitive	صَدَفَةٍ ṣadafatin	الصَّدَفَةِ‎ aṣ-ṣadafati	صَدَفَةِ ṣadafati
Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَدَف‎ ṣadaf	الصَّدَف‎ aṣ-ṣadaf	صَدَف‎ ṣadaf
Nominative	صَدَفٌ‎ ṣadafun	الصَّدَفُ‎ aṣ-ṣadafu	صَدَفُ‎ ṣadafu
Accusative	صَدَفًا‎ ṣadafan	الصَّدَفَ‎ aṣ-ṣadafa	صَدَفَ‎ ṣadafa
Genitive	صَدَفٍ‎ ṣadafin	الصَّدَفِ‎ aṣ-ṣadafi	صَدَفِ‎ ṣadafi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَدَفَتَيْن‎ ṣadafatayn	الصَّدَفَتَيْن‎ aṣ-ṣadafatayn	صَدَفَتَيْ‎ ṣadafatay
Nominative	صَدَفَتَانِ‎ ṣadafatāni	الصَّدَفَتَانِ‎ aṣ-ṣadafatāni	صَدَفَتَا‎ ṣadafatā
Accusative	صَدَفَتَيْنِ‎ ṣadafatayni	الصَّدَفَتَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣadafatayni	صَدَفَتَيْ‎ ṣadafatay
Genitive	صَدَفَتَيْنِ‎ ṣadafatayni	الصَّدَفَتَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣadafatayni	صَدَفَتَيْ‎ ṣadafatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَدَفَات‎ ṣadafāt	الصَّدَفَات‎ aṣ-ṣadafāt	صَدَفَات‎ ṣadafāt
Nominative	صَدَفَاتٌ‎ ṣadafātun	الصَّدَفَاتُ‎ aṣ-ṣadafātu	صَدَفَاتُ‎ ṣadafātu
Accusative	صَدَفَاتٍ‎ ṣadafātin	الصَّدَفَاتِ‎ aṣ-ṣadafāti	صَدَفَاتِ‎ ṣadafāti
Genitive	صَدَفَاتٍ‎ ṣadafātin	الصَّدَفَاتِ‎ aṣ-ṣadafāti	صَدَفَاتِ‎ ṣadafāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
Plural of variety	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَصْدَاف‎ ʾaṣdāf	الْأَصْدَاف‎ al-ʾaṣdāf	أَصْدَاف‎ ʾaṣdāf
Nominative	أَصْدَافٌ‎ ʾaṣdāfun	الْأَصْدَافُ‎ al-ʾaṣdāfu	أَصْدَافُ‎ ʾaṣdāfu
Accusative	أَصْدَافًا‎ ʾaṣdāfan	الْأَصْدَافَ‎ al-ʾaṣdāfa	أَصْدَافَ‎ ʾaṣdāfa
Genitive	أَصْدَافٍ‎ ʾaṣdāfin	الْأَصْدَافِ‎ al-ʾaṣdāfi	أَصْدَافِ‎ ʾaṣdāfi

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “صدفة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “صدفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

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