سياف
Arabic
Etymology
Occupational noun from سَيْف (sayf, “sword”)
Noun
سَيَّاف • (sayyāf) m (plural سَيَّافُونَ (sayyāfūna), feminine سَيَّافَة (sayyāfa))
- swordsman, person using a sword as a weapon
- one who makes swords
- a headsman; an executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||||
| indefinite | definite | construct | indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سَيَّاف sayyāf |
السَّيَّاف as-sayyāf |
سَيَّاف sayyāf |
سَيَّافَة sayyāfa |
السَّيَّافَة as-sayyāfa |
سَيَّافَة sayyāfat |
| nominative | سَيَّافٌ sayyāfun |
السَّيَّافُ as-sayyāfu |
سَيَّافُ sayyāfu |
سَيَّافَةٌ sayyāfatun |
السَّيَّافَةُ as-sayyāfatu |
سَيَّافَةُ sayyāfatu |
| accusative | سَيَّافًا sayyāfan |
السَّيَّافَ as-sayyāfa |
سَيَّافَ sayyāfa |
سَيَّافَةً sayyāfatan |
السَّيَّافَةَ as-sayyāfata |
سَيَّافَةَ sayyāfata |
| genitive | سَيَّافٍ sayyāfin |
السَّيَّافِ as-sayyāfi |
سَيَّافِ sayyāfi |
سَيَّافَةٍ sayyāfatin |
السَّيَّافَةِ as-sayyāfati |
سَيَّافَةِ sayyāfati |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||||
| indefinite | definite | construct | indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سَيَّافَيْن sayyāfayn |
السَّيَّافَيْن as-sayyāfayn |
سَيَّافَيْ sayyāfay |
سَيَّافَتَيْن sayyāfatayn |
السَّيَّافَتَيْن as-sayyāfatayn |
سَيَّافَتَيْ sayyāfatay |
| nominative | سَيَّافَانِ sayyāfāni |
السَّيَّافَانِ as-sayyāfāni |
سَيَّافَا sayyāfā |
سَيَّافَتَانِ sayyāfatāni |
السَّيَّافَتَانِ as-sayyāfatāni |
سَيَّافَتَا sayyāfatā |
| accusative | سَيَّافَيْنِ sayyāfayni |
السَّيَّافَيْنِ as-sayyāfayni |
سَيَّافَيْ sayyāfay |
سَيَّافَتَيْنِ sayyāfatayni |
السَّيَّافَتَيْنِ as-sayyāfatayni |
سَيَّافَتَيْ sayyāfatay |
| genitive | سَيَّافَيْنِ sayyāfayni |
السَّيَّافَيْنِ as-sayyāfayni |
سَيَّافَيْ sayyāfay |
سَيَّافَتَيْنِ sayyāfatayni |
السَّيَّافَتَيْنِ as-sayyāfatayni |
سَيَّافَتَيْ sayyāfatay |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||||
| sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||||
| indefinite | definite | construct | indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | سَيَّافِين sayyāfīn |
السَّيَّافِين as-sayyāfīn |
سَيَّافِي sayyāfī |
سَيَّافَات sayyāfāt |
السَّيَّافَات as-sayyāfāt |
سَيَّافَات sayyāfāt |
| nominative | سَيَّافُونَ sayyāfūna |
السَّيَّافُونَ as-sayyāfūna |
سَيَّافُو sayyāfū |
سَيَّافَاتٌ sayyāfātun |
السَّيَّافَاتُ as-sayyāfātu |
سَيَّافَاتُ sayyāfātu |
| accusative | سَيَّافِينَ sayyāfīna |
السَّيَّافِينَ as-sayyāfīna |
سَيَّافِي sayyāfī |
سَيَّافَاتٍ sayyāfātin |
السَّيَّافَاتِ as-sayyāfāti |
سَيَّافَاتِ sayyāfāti |
| genitive | سَيَّافِينَ sayyāfīna |
السَّيَّافِينَ as-sayyāfīna |
سَيَّافِي sayyāfī |
سَيَّافَاتٍ sayyāfātin |
السَّيَّافَاتِ as-sayyāfāti |
سَيَّافَاتِ sayyāfāti |