# safa
## Hausa
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sà.fâː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [sə̀.ɸâː]

#### Noun

sàfâ f (possessed form sàfân)
* large, intercity bus

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sàː.fáː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [sàː.ɸáː]

#### Noun

sā̀fā f (plural sā̀fànnī, possessed form sā̀far̃)
* socks, stockings

## Icelandic
### Noun

safa
* indefinite accusative singular of safi
* indefinite dative singular of safi
* indefinite genitive singular of safi
* indefinite accusative plural of safi
* indefinite genitive plural of safi

## Maltese

* Root
* s-f-j
* 7 terms

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsa.fa/

### Etymology 1

From Arabic صَفاء (ṣafāʔ), feminised because of the final -a.

#### Noun

safa f
* purity
    Synonym: purità

### Etymology 2

From Arabic صَفَا (ṣafā, “to become pure, to remain after a process of purification”). The initial emphatic caused the addition of an unetymological final għ in some accents, whence the rarer variant sefa’ (compare the similar development in baqa’, laqa’).

#### Verb

safa (imperfect jisfa)
* to be left; to come to be in some undesired state
    Alternative form: sefa’
    Sfat bla wlied. ― She was left childless.
    Sfaw foqra. ― They were left poor.
** 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem, u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna, bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni ngħix ħajja waħdi.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of safa :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| perfect | m | sfajt | sfajt | safa | sfajna | sfajtu | sfaw |
| perfect | f | sfajt | sfajt | sfat | sfajna | sfajtu | sfaw |
| imperfect | m | nisfa | tisfa | jisfa | nisfaw | tisfaw | jisfaw |
| imperfect | f | nisfa | tisfa | tisfa | nisfaw | tisfaw | jisfaw |
| imperative | | | isfa | | | isfaw | |

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsa.fɐ/
* Rhymes: -afɐ
* Hyphenation: sa‧fa

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

safa f (plural safas)
* eraser (piece of rubber used to erase writing)
    Synonym: borracha

#### Interjection

safa!
* expresses surprise, disgust or admiration

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

safa
* feminine singular of safo

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

safa
* inflection of safar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

safa (n class, plural safa)
* a type of trough used for bathing

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صفا (ṣafa, “a being clear, limpid, clearness, the mind's being free from anxiety, grief, irritation, calmness, peace, enjoyment, pleasure, delight, pure affection, delight”), from Arabic صَفَاء (ṣafāʔ, “serenity”), verbal noun of صَفَا (ṣafā, “to be pure, to be clear, to be pure of heart”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saˈfaː/
* Hyphenation: sa‧fa

### Noun

safa (definite accusative safayı, plural safalar)
* Superseded spelling of sefa.
* (archaic) clarity, clearness
* (archaic) serenity, pleasure

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صفا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1178
* ↑ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صفا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 762
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “safa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “safa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “safa²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4008