مُسَافِرٌ
1.
A man journeying, or travelling; a traveller; a wayfarer; (S, M, K;) as also
سَافِرٌ; (M, * K;) which latter is [said to be] not a particle n., but [a possessive epithet] meaning ذُو
سَفَرٍ, (M,) having no verb belonging to it (M, K) that we have seen; (M;) or it is from سَفَرَ, and signifies going forth on a journey: (S, Msb:) plural of the former مُسَافِرُونَ, (S,) and of the latter سُفَّارٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and أَسْفَارٌ (M, K) and سُفَّرٌ; (TA;) and you also say
قَوْمٌ سَافِرَةٌ [feminine of سَافِرٌ], (S, * M, Msb, K,) and
قَوْمٌ سَفْرٌ, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) [سَفْرٌ being a quasi-plural n.,] like صَحْبٌ in relation to صَاحِبْ: (S, Mgh, Msb:) and
سَفْرٌ is also used as a singular, (M, K,) being originally a verbal noun (TA.)