the sword

8 occurrences across 3 Arabic/Persian roots

س- ي- ف

(s-y-f) — sword; swords

“the sword” accounts for 5 of 33 occurrences of this root (15%)

Forms seen

سيف ×1 سيوف ×1 السّيف ×1 سَيْفِ ×1 السَّيْفِ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

sword 52% swords 36% the 3% sharpest swords 3% assaults 3% annulled 3%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: سيف: the sword gleaningsGWB §81: السّيف: the sword prayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: سَيْفِ: the sword epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: سيوف: the sword prayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: السَّيْفِ: the sword

س- ی- ف

(s-y-f) — sword

“the sword” accounts for 2 of 10 occurrences of this root (20%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

sword 50% swords 30% blades of steel 10% blades 10%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: سيف: the sword epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: سيف: The sword

ل- س- ن

(l-s-n) — tongue; tongue, language; tongues

“the sword” accounts for 1 of 136 occurrences of this root (1%)

Forms seen

باللّسان ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

tongue 60% tongues 12% language 8% languages 3% words 1% voice 1% speech 1% mouth 1% warning 1% utterly truthful tongue 1% tongues of 1% that 1% sword 1% stammering tongue 1% now known 1% mouths 1% mine inner tongue 1% kindly tongue 1% in 1% his 1% eloquence 1% call 1% bodily tongue 1% any tongue 1%

Examples

gleaningsGWB §636: باللّسان: the sword

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

sword (22) swords (15) tongue (81) tongues (16) language (11) languages (4) words (2) voice (2) speech (2) mouth (2)