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س-ف-ر
travelling
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Words from this root
6 words in 6 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعَل سَفَرٌ
travel, a journey
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- Plural
- أَسْفَارٌ
جَوَازُ السَّفَرِ passport
Met in Arrival at the airport
فَاعَلَ سَافَرَ
to travel
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- Present
- يُسَافِرُ
- Command
- سَافِرْ
مُفَاعِل مُسَافِرٌ
traveller, passenger
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- Plural
- مُسَافِرُونَ
- Feminine
- مُسَافِرَةٌ
فَعِيل Adjective فَعِيل
فَعِيل = a lasting quality (or the person who has it)
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ambassador
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- Plural
- سُفَرَاءُ
- Feminine
- سَفِيرَةٌ
فِعَالَة سِفَارَةٌ
embassy
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- Plural
- سِفَارَاتٌ
فُعْلَة سُفْرَةٌ
dining table, a spread of food
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- Plural
- سُفَرٌ
How the patterns shape this root
س-ف-ر is movement away from home. سَفَر is the journey, and جَوَازُ السَّفَرِ, the passport, is literally 'the permit of travel'. Form III سَافَرَ is the verb, and its doer on the pattern مُفَاعِل is مُسَافِر, the traveller you are at the airport. A سَفِير is the person sent to travel for his country, an ambassador, and his office is the سِفَارَة; even the سُفْرَة, the dining spread, began as the traveller's food.