Ṣayfī
صيفي
Say it SAY-fee
Child of one’s old age
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ṣ-y-f
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Sayfi, Saifi, Seyfi
Meaning & source
Of summer; Lisān says a child born to a man in his old age is called ṣayfī.
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وأَصافَ الرجلُ، فَهُوَ مُصِيفٌ: وُلد لَهُ فِي الكِبَرِ، وَوَلَدُهُ أَيضاً صَيْفيّ وصَيْفِيُّون، وَشَيْءٌ صَيْفِيٌّ؛