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نفر
نفر
See also: نقر
Arabic
Verb
نَفَرَ • (nafara) I, non-past يَنْفُرُ or يَنْفِرُ (yanfuru or yanfiru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of 
نَفَرَ
 (form-I sound, verbal nouns نُفُور or نِفَار)| verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر | nufūr or nifār | |||||||||||
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| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | nāfir | |||||||||||
| passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مَنْفُور manfūr | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | nafartu | nafarta | نَفَرَ nafara | نَفَرْتُمَا nafartumā | نَفَرَا nafarā | nafarnā | nafartum | nafarū | |||
| f | nafarti | nafarat | نَفَرَتَا nafaratā | nafartunna | nafarna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع | m | ʾanfuru or ʾanfiru | tanfuru or tanfiru | yanfuru or yanfiru | 
تَنْفُرَانِ or تَنْفِرَانِ
 tanfurāni or tanfirāni | 
يَنْفُرَانِ or يَنْفِرَانِ
 yanfurāni or yanfirāni | nanfuru or nanfiru | tanfurūna or tanfirūna | yanfurūna or yanfirūna | |||
| f | tanfurīna or tanfirīna | tanfuru or tanfiru | 
تَنْفُرَانِ or تَنْفِرَانِ
 tanfurāni or tanfirāni | tanfurna or tanfirna | yanfurna or yanfirna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | ʾanfura or ʾanfira | tanfura or tanfira | yanfura or yanfira | 
تَنْفُرَا or تَنْفِرَا
 tanfurā or tanfirā | 
يَنْفُرَا or يَنْفِرَا
 yanfurā or yanfirā | nanfura or nanfira | tanfurū or tanfirū | yanfurū or yanfirū | |||
| f | tanfurī or tanfirī | tanfura or tanfira | 
تَنْفُرَا or تَنْفِرَا
 tanfurā or tanfirā | tanfurna or tanfirna | yanfurna or yanfirna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | ʾanfur or ʾanfir | tanfur or tanfir | yanfur or yanfir | 
تَنْفُرَا or تَنْفِرَا
 tanfurā or tanfirā | 
يَنْفُرَا or يَنْفِرَا
 yanfurā or yanfirā | nanfur or nanfir | tanfurū or tanfirū | yanfurū or yanfirū | |||
| f | tanfurī or tanfirī | tanfur or tanfir | 
تَنْفُرَا or تَنْفِرَا
 tanfurā or tanfirā | tanfurna or tanfirna | yanfurna or yanfirna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر | m | unfur or infir | 
اُنْفُرَا or اِنْفِرَا
 unfurā or infirā | unfurū or infirū | ||||||||
| f | unfurī or infirī | unfurna or infirna | ||||||||||
| passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | — | — | نُفِرَ nufira | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع | m | — | — | yunfaru | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | — | — | yunfara | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | — | — | yunfar | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
References
- Wehr, Hans (1976), “نفر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8
Verb
نَفَرَ • (nafara) I, non-past يَنْفِرُ (yanfiru)
- to flee, to run away, to turn tail, to scamper, to abscond, to get away, to escape
- to break loose, to recoil, to slip away, to free oneself, to get free, to break away, to free
- to have an aversion, to have a distaste
- to hate intensely, to dislike, to be disinclined to, to feel disgust for, to have an aversion to, to detest, to abhor, to loathe
- to avoid, to shun, to eschew
- to hurry, to rush, to hasten
Conjugation
Conjugation of 
نَفَرَ
 (form-I sound, verbal noun نَفَر)| verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | نَفَر nafar | |||||||||||
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| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | nāfir | |||||||||||
| passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مَنْفُور manfūr | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | nafartu | nafarta | نَفَرَ nafara | نَفَرْتُمَا nafartumā | نَفَرَا nafarā | nafarnā | nafartum | nafarū | |||
| f | nafarti | nafarat | نَفَرَتَا nafaratā | nafartunna | nafarna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع | m | ʾanfiru | tanfiru | yanfiru | تَنْفِرَانِ tanfirāni | يَنْفِرَانِ yanfirāni | nanfiru | tanfirūna | yanfirūna | |||
| f | tanfirīna | tanfiru | تَنْفِرَانِ tanfirāni | tanfirna | yanfirna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | ʾanfira | tanfira | yanfira | تَنْفِرَا tanfirā | يَنْفِرَا yanfirā | nanfira | tanfirū | yanfirū | |||
| f | tanfirī | tanfira | تَنْفِرَا tanfirā | tanfirna | yanfirna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | ʾanfir | tanfir | yanfir | تَنْفِرَا tanfirā | يَنْفِرَا yanfirā | nanfir | tanfirū | yanfirū | |||
| f | tanfirī | tanfir | تَنْفِرَا tanfirā | tanfirna | yanfirna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر | m | infir | اِنْفِرَا infirā | infirū | ||||||||
| f | infirī | infirna | ||||||||||
| passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | — | — | نُفِرَ nufira | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع | m | — | — | yunfaru | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | — | — | yunfara | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | — | — | yunfar | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
References
- Wehr, Hans (1976), “نفر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8
Verb
نَفَرَ • (nafara) I, non-past يَنْفِرُ (yanfiru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of 
نَفَرَ
 (form-I sound, verbal noun نُفُور)| verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | nufūr | |||||||||||
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| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | nāfir | |||||||||||
| passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مَنْفُور manfūr | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | nafartu | nafarta | نَفَرَ nafara | نَفَرْتُمَا nafartumā | نَفَرَا nafarā | nafarnā | nafartum | nafarū | |||
| f | nafarti | nafarat | نَفَرَتَا nafaratā | nafartunna | nafarna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع | m | ʾanfiru | tanfiru | yanfiru | تَنْفِرَانِ tanfirāni | يَنْفِرَانِ yanfirāni | nanfiru | tanfirūna | yanfirūna | |||
| f | tanfirīna | tanfiru | تَنْفِرَانِ tanfirāni | tanfirna | yanfirna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | ʾanfira | tanfira | yanfira | تَنْفِرَا tanfirā | يَنْفِرَا yanfirā | nanfira | tanfirū | yanfirū | |||
| f | tanfirī | tanfira | تَنْفِرَا tanfirā | tanfirna | yanfirna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | ʾanfir | tanfir | yanfir | تَنْفِرَا tanfirā | يَنْفِرَا yanfirā | nanfir | tanfirū | yanfirū | |||
| f | tanfirī | tanfir | تَنْفِرَا tanfirā | tanfirna | yanfirna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر | m | infir | اِنْفِرَا infirā | infirū | ||||||||
| f | infirī | infirna | ||||||||||
| passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | — | — | نُفِرَ nufira | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع | m | — | — | yunfaru | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | — | — | yunfara | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | — | — | yunfar | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| f | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
References
- Wehr, Hans (1976), “نفر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8
Etymology 2
Verb
نَفَّرَ • (naffara) II, non-past يُنَفِّرُ (yunaffiru)
- to startle, to frighten, to scare away, to frighten away, to drive away, to chase away
- to shy, to bolt, to stampede
- to alienate, to estrange, to deter, to make dissatisfied
- to make averse to, to make disinclined to, to make hateful to, to alienate from, to make someone hate
Conjugation
Conjugation of 
نَفَّرَ
 (form-II sound)| verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | tanfīr | |||||||||||
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| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | مُنَفِّر munaffir | |||||||||||
| passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مُنَفَّر munaffar | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | naffartu | naffarta | نَفَّرَ naffara | نَفَّرْتُمَا naffartumā | نَفَّرَا naffarā | naffarnā | naffartum | naffarū | |||
| f | naffarti | naffarat | نَفَّرَتَا naffaratā | naffartunna | naffarna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع | m | ʾunaffiru | tunaffiru | yunaffiru | تُنَفِّرَانِ tunaffirāni | يُنَفِّرَانِ yunaffirāni | nunaffiru | tunaffirūna | yunaffirūna | |||
| f | tunaffirīna | tunaffiru | تُنَفِّرَانِ tunaffirāni | tunaffirna | yunaffirna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | ʾunaffira | tunaffira | yunaffira | تُنَفِّرَا tunaffirā | يُنَفِّرَا yunaffirā | nunaffira | tunaffirū | yunaffirū | |||
| f | tunaffirī | tunaffira | تُنَفِّرَا tunaffirā | tunaffirna | yunaffirna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | ʾunaffir | tunaffir | yunaffir | تُنَفِّرَا tunaffirā | يُنَفِّرَا yunaffirā | nunaffir | tunaffirū | yunaffirū | |||
| f | tunaffirī | tunaffir | تُنَفِّرَا tunaffirā | tunaffirna | yunaffirna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر | m | نَفِّرْ naffir | نَفِّرَا naffirā | naffirū | ||||||||
| f | naffirī | naffirna | ||||||||||
| passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | nuffirtu | nuffirta | نُفِّرَ nuffira | نُفِّرْتُمَا nuffirtumā | نُفِّرَا nuffirā | nuffirnā | nuffirtum | nuffirū | |||
| f | nuffirti | nuffirat | نُفِّرَتَا nuffiratā | nuffirtunna | nuffirna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع | m | ʾunaffaru | tunaffaru | yunaffaru | تُنَفَّرَانِ tunaffarāni | يُنَفَّرَانِ yunaffarāni | nunaffaru | tunaffarūna | yunaffarūna | |||
| f | tunaffarīna | tunaffaru | تُنَفَّرَانِ tunaffarāni | tunaffarna | yunaffarna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | ʾunaffara | tunaffara | yunaffara | تُنَفَّرَا tunaffarā | يُنَفَّرَا yunaffarā | nunaffara | tunaffarū | yunaffarū | |||
| f | tunaffarī | tunaffara | تُنَفَّرَا tunaffarā | tunaffarna | yunaffarna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | ʾunaffar | tunaffar | yunaffar | تُنَفَّرَا tunaffarā | يُنَفَّرَا yunaffarā | nunaffar | tunaffarū | yunaffarū | |||
| f | tunaffarī | tunaffar | تُنَفَّرَا tunaffarā | tunaffarna | yunaffarna | |||||||
Etymology 3
Noun
نَفَر • (nafar) m (plural أَنْفَار (ʾanfār))
- verbal noun of نَفَرَ (nafara) (form I)
- band, party, group, troop, herd, coterie, collective, cohort, clique, company, association, society, gang, flock, circle, cabal, squad, community, crowd
- (military) unit, troop
- (military) soldier, private, man
- guy, individual, person, gent, persona
Declension
Declension of noun نَفَر (nafar)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | نَفَر nafar | النَّفَر an-nafar | نَفَر nafar | 
| Nominative | نَفَرٌ nafarun | النَّفَرُ an-nafaru | نَفَرُ nafaru | 
| Accusative | نَفَرًا nafaran | النَّفَرَ an-nafara | نَفَرَ nafara | 
| Genitive | نَفَرٍ nafarin | النَّفَرِ an-nafari | نَفَرِ nafari | 
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | 
| Informal | نَفَرَيْن nafarayn | النَّفَرَيْن an-nafarayn | نَفَرَيْ nafaray | 
| Nominative | نَفَرَانِ nafarāni | النَّفَرَانِ an-nafarāni | نَفَرَا nafarā | 
| Accusative | نَفَرَيْنِ nafarayni | النَّفَرَيْنِ an-nafarayni | نَفَرَيْ nafaray | 
| Genitive | نَفَرَيْنِ nafarayni | النَّفَرَيْنِ an-nafarayni | نَفَرَيْ nafaray | 
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَنْفَار ʾanfār | الْأَنْفَار al-ʾanfār | أَنْفَار ʾanfār | 
| Nominative | أَنْفَارٌ ʾanfārun | الْأَنْفَارُ al-ʾanfāru | أَنْفَارُ ʾanfāru | 
| Accusative | أَنْفَارًا ʾanfāran | الْأَنْفَارَ al-ʾanfāra | أَنْفَارَ ʾanfāra | 
| Genitive | أَنْفَارٍ ʾanfārin | الْأَنْفَارِ al-ʾanfāri | أَنْفَارِ ʾanfāri | 
Etymology 4
Adjective
نَفْر or نُفَّر • (nafr or nuffar) m pl
Etymology 5
Verb
نَفِرُّ • (nafirru) (form I)
- first-person plural non-past active indicative of فَرَّ (farra)
Verb
نَفِرَّ • (nafirra) (form I)
- first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of فَرَّ (farra)
- first-person plural non-past active jussive of فَرَّ (farra)
Verb
نَفِرِّ • (nafirri) (form I)
- first-person plural non-past active jussive of فَرَّ (farra)
Etymology 6
Verb
نَفِرُ • (nafiru) (form I)
- first-person plural non-past active indicative of وَفَرَ (wafara)
Verb
نَفِرَ • (nafira) (form I)
- first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of وَفَرَ (wafara)
Verb
نَفِرْ • (nafir) (form I)
- first-person plural non-past active jussive of وَفَرَ (wafara)