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وصف
وصف
Arabic
Verb
وَصَفَ • (waṣafa) I, non-past يَصِفُ (yaṣifu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
وَصَفَ
(form-I assimilated, verbal nouns وَصْف or صِفَة) verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر |
وَصْف or صِفَة
waṣf or ṣifa |
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
وَاصِف
wāṣif |
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passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
مَوْصُوف
mawṣūf |
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active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع |
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1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
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past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m |
waṣaftu |
waṣafta |
وَصَفَ
waṣafa |
وَصَفْتُمَا
waṣaftumā |
وَصَفَا
waṣafā |
waṣafnā |
waṣaftum |
waṣafū |
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f |
waṣafti |
waṣafat |
وَصَفَتَا
waṣafatā |
waṣaftunna |
waṣafna |
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non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع |
m |
ʾaṣifu |
taṣifu |
yaṣifu |
تَصِفَانِ
taṣifāni |
يَصِفَانِ
yaṣifāni |
naṣifu |
taṣifūna |
yaṣifūna |
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f |
taṣifīna |
taṣifu |
تَصِفَانِ
taṣifāni |
taṣifna |
yaṣifna |
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subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m |
ʾaṣifa |
taṣifa |
yaṣifa |
تَصِفَا
taṣifā |
يَصِفَا
yaṣifā |
naṣifa |
taṣifū |
yaṣifū |
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f |
taṣifī |
taṣifa |
تَصِفَا
taṣifā |
taṣifna |
yaṣifna |
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jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m |
ʾaṣif |
taṣif |
yaṣif |
تَصِفَا
taṣifā |
يَصِفَا
yaṣifā |
naṣif |
taṣifū |
yaṣifū |
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f |
taṣifī |
taṣif |
تَصِفَا
taṣifā |
taṣifna |
yaṣifna |
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imperative الْأَمْر |
m |
ṣif |
ṣifā |
ṣifū |
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f |
ṣifī |
ṣifna |
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passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع |
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1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
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past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m |
wuṣiftu |
wuṣifta |
وُصِفَ
wuṣifa |
وُصِفْتُمَا
wuṣiftumā |
وُصِفَا
wuṣifā |
wuṣifnā |
wuṣiftum |
wuṣifū |
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f |
wuṣifti |
wuṣifat |
وُصِفَتَا
wuṣifatā |
wuṣiftunna |
wuṣifna |
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non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع |
m |
ʾūṣafu |
tūṣafu |
yūṣafu |
تُوصَفَانِ
tūṣafāni |
يُوصَفَانِ
yūṣafāni |
nūṣafu |
tūṣafūna |
yūṣafūna |
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f |
tūṣafīna |
tūṣafu |
تُوصَفَانِ
tūṣafāni |
tūṣafna |
yūṣafna |
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subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m |
ʾūṣafa |
tūṣafa |
yūṣafa |
تُوصَفَا
tūṣafā |
يُوصَفَا
yūṣafā |
nūṣafa |
tūṣafū |
yūṣafū |
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f |
tūṣafī |
tūṣafa |
تُوصَفَا
tūṣafā |
tūṣafna |
yūṣafna |
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jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m |
ʾūṣaf |
tūṣaf |
yūṣaf |
تُوصَفَا
tūṣafā |
يُوصَفَا
yūṣafā |
nūṣaf |
tūṣafū |
yūṣafū |
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f |
tūṣafī |
tūṣaf |
تُوصَفَا
tūṣafā |
tūṣafna |
yūṣafna |
Etymology 2
Noun
وَصْف • (waṣf) m (plural أَوْصَاف (ʾawṣāf))
- verbal noun of وَصَفَ (waṣafa) (form I)
- description
- praise, eulogy
- quality
- laudatory epithet
- virtue, merit
- adjective, attribute
- prescription
Declension
Declension of noun وَصْف (waṣf)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | وَصْف waṣf |
الْوَصْف al-waṣf |
وَصْف waṣf |
Nominative | وَصْفٌ waṣfun |
الْوَصْفُ al-waṣfu |
وَصْفُ waṣfu |
Accusative | وَصْفًا waṣfan |
الْوَصْفَ al-waṣfa |
وَصْفَ waṣfa |
Genitive | وَصْفٍ waṣfin |
الْوَصْفِ al-waṣfi |
وَصْفِ waṣfi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | وَصْفَيْن waṣfayn |
الْوَصْفَيْن al-waṣfayn |
وَصْفَيْ waṣfay |
Nominative | وَصْفَانِ waṣfāni |
الْوَصْفَانِ al-waṣfāni |
وَصْفَا waṣfā |
Accusative | وَصْفَيْنِ waṣfayni |
الْوَصْفَيْنِ al-waṣfayni |
وَصْفَيْ waṣfay |
Genitive | وَصْفَيْنِ waṣfayni |
الْوَصْفَيْنِ al-waṣfayni |
وَصْفَيْ waṣfay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَوْصَاف ʾawṣāf |
الْأَوْصَاف al-ʾawṣāf |
أَوْصَاف ʾawṣāf |
Nominative | أَوْصَافٌ ʾawṣāfun |
الْأَوْصَافُ al-ʾawṣāfu |
أَوْصَافُ ʾawṣāfu |
Accusative | أَوْصَافًا ʾawṣāfan |
الْأَوْصَافَ al-ʾawṣāfa |
أَوْصَافَ ʾawṣāfa |
Genitive | أَوْصَافٍ ʾawṣāfin |
الْأَوْصَافِ al-ʾawṣāfi |
أَوْصَافِ ʾawṣāfi |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وصف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen