إسفين

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, wedge), probably also through Classical Syriac ܐܣܦܢܐ (ʾespēnā), ܣܦܝܢܐ (sp̄īnā, wedge). However in the sense sphene, titanite its alternative form has, it is from French sphène from the same Greek word, for mineralogist René Just Haüy has coined this name in 1801 (Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114).

Noun

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إِسْفِين (ʔisfīnm (plural أَسَافِين (ʔasāfīn))

  1. wedge (in many senses, including in wedge-writing and as a simple machine)

Declension

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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سفين”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 659
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “إسفين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 25
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سفين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 576