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أَصْفَر
yellow /ˈʔasˤ.far/
adjectiveB1#2229 most common
Also: the yellow one, pale, golden
Example sentences
القَميصُ أَصْفَرُ.
The shirt is yellow.
أُحِبُّ اللَّوْنَ الأَصْفَرَ.
I like the color yellow.
الوَرْدُ الأَصْفَرُ جَميلٌ جِدًّا.
The yellow rose is very beautiful.
صارَ وَجْهُهُ أَصْفَرَ مِنَ الخَوْفِ.
His face turned yellow with fear.
تَتَحَوَّلُ أَوْراقُ الشَّجَرِ إلى اللَّوْنِ الأَصْفَرِ في الخَريفِ.
The leaves turn yellow in autumn.
حَذَّرَتْهُ الصُّحُفُ مِنَ الوُقوعِ في فَخِّ الإعْلامِ الأَصْفَرِ الّذي يُثيرُ الغَرائِزَ.
The newspapers warned him against falling into the trap of the yellow press that stirs base instincts.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَصْفَرُ | صُفْرٌ |
| Genitive | أَصْفَرَ | صُفْرٍ |
| Accusative | أَصْفَرَ | صُفْرًا |
| Vocative | يا أَصْفَرُ | يا صُفْرُ |
Word family
صَفْراءyellow (feminine)
صُفْرَةyellowness, pallor
اِصْفَرَّto turn yellow, to grow pale
صُفْرbrass, copper
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ṣ-f-r, which carries the sense of yellowness and paleness. It follows the أَفْعَل (afʿal) pattern used across Arabic for basic colors and physical traits. The same root gives صُفْرَة, meaning the quality of being yellow, and it links yellow to metals like brass and copper.
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