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سَفِينَة

safīnatin

ship

নৌকা

Root letters: س ف نAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,544 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
Learn it in lesson 155

About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: س ف ن

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)سَفِينَةٍ4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلسَّفِينَةِthe shipl-safīnati · 2 times
  • ٱلسَّفِينَةُthe shipl-safīnatu · 1 times
  • سَفِينَةٍshipsafīnatin · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

But We saved him and the companions of the ship, and We made it a sign for the worlds.

Surah 29:15 — Read full ayah

So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."

Surah 18:71 — Read full ayah

As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.

Surah 18:79 — Read full ayah