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أسرف

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
س ر ف (s r f)
4 terms

Verb

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أَسْرَفَ (ʔasrafa) IV (non-past يُسْرِفُ (yusrifu), verbal noun إِسْرَاف (ʔisrāf))

  1. to be extravagant, wasteful
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:141:
      كُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦٓ إِذَآ أَثْمَرَ وَءَاتُوا۟ حَقَّهُۥ يَوْمَ حَصَادِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
      Eat of the fruit they bear and pay the dues at harvest, but do not waste. Surely the Lord does not like the wasteful.
  2. to exceed
  3. to transgress
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:127:
      وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَنْ أَسْرَفَ
      This is how We reward whoever transgresses.
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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أُسْرُف (ʔusrufm

  1. alternative form of أُسْرُب (ʔusrub, lead, plumbum)
Declension
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