Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
صفن
Parts of Speech
Noun (1×)
Qur'an Occurrences
1 times across 1 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root صفن across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root SFN refers to a leather container, like a bag or small bucket, used by desert dwellers for provisions, tools, or even drawing water.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: ṣ-f-n
Listen: ٱلصَّٰفِنَٰتُ 38:31
Root letters: ص — ف — ن

Arabic pronunciation tip: the letters shown above are the 'root' letters. Arabic words are built by adding vowels and patterns around these root letters.

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

All word forms derived from the root صفن as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun

Concordance — 1 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root صفن appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (1)

Noun (1 verses — showing first 5)

The Letter Sad 38:31 Noun
إِذۡ عُرِضَ عَلَیۡهِ بِٱلۡعَشِیِّ ٱلصَّـٰفِنَـٰتُ ٱلۡجِیَادُ ۝٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): [Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses