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سَيْف
sword /sajf/
nounB1#1818 most common
Also: blade, saber
Example sentences
هٰذَا سَيْفٌ.
This is a sword.
السَّيْفُ قَدِيمٌ.
The sword is old.
حَمَلَ الجُنْدِيُّ سَيْفَهُ.
The soldier carried his sword.
سَلَّ الفَارِسُ سَيْفَهُ مِنْ غِمْدِهِ.
The knight drew his sword from its sheath.
كَانَ السَّيْفُ رَمْزًا لِلشَّرَفِ عِنْدَ العَرَبِ.
The sword was a symbol of honor among the Arabs.
مَنْ يَعِشْ بِالسَّيْفِ يَمُتْ بِالسَّيْفِ، كَمَا يَقُولُ المَثَلُ.
He who lives by the sword dies by the sword, as the proverb says.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَيْفٌ | سُيُوفٌ |
| Genitive | سَيْفٍ | سُيُوفٍ |
| Accusative | سَيْفًا | سُيُوفًا |
| Vocative | يَا سَيْفُ | يَا سُيُوفُ |
Word family
سُيُوفswords (plural)
سَيَّافswordsman, executioner
أَسْيَافswords (alternate plural)
مُسَايَفَةswordfight, fencing
Etymology
The word derives from the Proto-Semitic root for a cutting blade. It appears across the Semitic languages with the same core meaning. In Arabic it became the standard term for a sword and a frequent figure in poetry and proverb.
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