مصفى

Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun of place from صَفَا (ṣafā, “to be pure”).

Root
ص ف و (ṣ f w)
14 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /masˤ.fan/

Noun

مَصْفًى • (maṣfan) m (plural مَصَافٍ (maṣāfin), plural construct state مَصَافِي (maṣāfī))

refinery, purification plant
(nonstandard) colander, searce
- 2023 December 7, ريهام الصواف, “طريقة عمل الكاتشب في البيت، للتوفير في الميزانية”, in ڤيتو‎^[1]:
  توضع في مصفى كبير ثم تصفي جيدا للتخلص من القطع الكبيرة واستخلاص الصلصة الناعمة المنكهة فقط.
  One puts them into a major colander then sifts them well to get rid of the chunks and draw the copious and flavoury sauce from it just so.

Declension

Declension of noun **مَصْفًى** (maṣfan)
singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَصْفَى maṣfā	الْمَصْفَى al-maṣfā	مَصْفَى maṣfā
nominative	مَصْفًى maṣfan	الْمَصْفَى al-maṣfā	مَصْفَى maṣfā
accusative	مَصْفًى maṣfan	الْمَصْفَى al-maṣfā	مَصْفَى maṣfā
genitive	مَصْفًى maṣfan	الْمَصْفَى al-maṣfā	مَصْفَى maṣfā
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَصْفَيَيْن maṣfayayn	الْمَصْفَيَيْن al-maṣfayayn	مَصْفَيَيْ maṣfayay
nominative	مَصْفَيَانِ maṣfayāni	الْمَصْفَيَانِ al-maṣfayāni	مَصْفَيَا maṣfayā
accusative	مَصْفَيَيْنِ maṣfayayni	الْمَصْفَيَيْنِ al-maṣfayayni	مَصْفَيَيْ maṣfayay
genitive	مَصْفَيَيْنِ maṣfayayni	الْمَصْفَيَيْنِ al-maṣfayayni	مَصْفَيَيْ maṣfayay
plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَصَافِي maṣāfī	الْمَصَافِي al-maṣāfī	مَصَافِي maṣāfī
nominative	مَصَافٍ maṣāfin	الْمَصَافِي al-maṣāfī	مَصَافِي maṣāfī
accusative	مَصَافِيَ maṣāfiya	الْمَصَافِيَ al-maṣāfiya	مَصَافِيَ maṣāfiya
genitive	مَصَافٍ maṣāfin	الْمَصَافِي al-maṣāfī	مَصَافِي maṣāfī

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of صَفَّى (ṣaffā, “to purify, to refine”).

Pronunciation

(definite): IPA^(key): /mu.sˤaf.faː/

Adjective

مُصَفًّى • (muṣaffan) (construct state مُصَفَّى (muṣaffā))

refined, purified

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُصَفًّى** (muṣaffan)
singular	masculine		feminine
	singular in ـًى (-an)		singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُصَفَّى muṣaffā	الْمُصَفَّى al-muṣaffā	مُصَفَّاة muṣaffāt	الْمُصَفَّاة al-muṣaffāt
nominative	مُصَفًّى muṣaffan	الْمُصَفَّى al-muṣaffā	مُصَفَّاةٌ muṣaffātun	الْمُصَفَّاةُ al-muṣaffātu
accusative	مُصَفًّى muṣaffan	الْمُصَفَّى al-muṣaffā	مُصَفَّاةً muṣaffātan	الْمُصَفَّاةَ al-muṣaffāta
genitive	مُصَفًّى muṣaffan	الْمُصَفَّى al-muṣaffā	مُصَفَّاةٍ muṣaffātin	الْمُصَفَّاةِ al-muṣaffāti
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُصَفَّيَيْن muṣaffayayn	الْمُصَفَّيَيْن al-muṣaffayayn	مُصَفَّاتَيْن muṣaffātayn	الْمُصَفَّاتَيْن al-muṣaffātayn
nominative	مُصَفَّيَانِ muṣaffayāni	الْمُصَفَّيَانِ al-muṣaffayāni	مُصَفَّاتَانِ muṣaffātāni	الْمُصَفَّاتَانِ al-muṣaffātāni
accusative	مُصَفَّيَيْنِ muṣaffayayni	الْمُصَفَّيَيْنِ al-muṣaffayayni	مُصَفَّاتَيْنِ muṣaffātayni	الْمُصَفَّاتَيْنِ al-muṣaffātayni
genitive	مُصَفَّيَيْنِ muṣaffayayni	الْمُصَفَّيَيْنِ al-muṣaffayayni	مُصَفَّاتَيْنِ muṣaffātayni	الْمُصَفَّاتَيْنِ al-muṣaffātayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound plural in ـَوْنَ (-awna)		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُصَفَّيْن muṣaffayn	الْمُصَفَّيْن al-muṣaffayn	مُصَفَّيَات muṣaffayāt	الْمُصَفَّيَات al-muṣaffayāt
nominative	مُصَفَّوْنَ muṣaffawna	الْمُصَفَّوْنَ al-muṣaffawna	مُصَفَّيَاتٌ muṣaffayātun	الْمُصَفَّيَاتُ al-muṣaffayātu
accusative	مُصَفَّيْنَ muṣaffayna	الْمُصَفَّيْنَ al-muṣaffayna	مُصَفَّيَاتٍ muṣaffayātin	الْمُصَفَّيَاتِ al-muṣaffayāti
genitive	مُصَفَّيْنَ muṣaffayna	الْمُصَفَّيْنَ al-muṣaffayna	مُصَفَّيَاتٍ muṣaffayātin	الْمُصَفَّيَاتِ al-muṣaffayāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: müsəffa
→ Ottoman Turkish: مصفی (musaffâ)
→ Persian: مصفا
→ Uzbek: musaffo