أشف

See also: اسق, اسڤ, أشق, and أسق

Arabic

Etymology

Elative from the root ش ف ف (š-f-f); compare شِفّ (šiff, “gain, profit”).

Adjective

أَشَفّ • (ʔašaff) (feminine شُفَّى (šuffā), masculine plural أَشَافّ (ʔašāff), feminine plural شُفَّيَات (šuffayāt))

1. greater in value, weight, age, etc.; greatest in value, weight, age, etc.

Declension

Declension of adjective أَشَفّ (ʔašaff)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَشَفّ ʔašaff	الْأَشَفّ al-ʔašaff	شُفّى šuffā	الشُّفّى aš-šuffā
Nominative	أَشَفُّ ʔašaffu	الْأَشَفُّ al-ʔašaffu	شُفّى šuffā	الشُّفّى aš-šuffā
Accusative	أَشَفَّ ʔašaffa	الْأَشَفَّ al-ʔašaffa	شُفّى šuffā	الشُّفّى aš-šuffā
Genitive	أَشَفَّ ʔašaffa	الْأَشَفِّ al-ʔašaffi	شُفّى šuffā	الشُّفّى aš-šuffā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَشَفَّيْن ʔašaffayn	الْأَشَفَّيْن al-ʔašaffayn	شُفَّيَيْن šuffayayn	الشُّفَّيَيْن aš-šuffayayn
Nominative	أَشَفَّانِ ʔašaffāni	الْأَشَفَّانِ al-ʔašaffāni	شُفَّيَانِ šuffayāni	الشُّفَّيَانِ aš-šuffayāni
Accusative	أَشَفَّيْنِ ʔašaffayni	الْأَشَفَّيْنِ al-ʔašaffayni	شُفَّيَيْنِ šuffayayni	الشُّفَّيَيْنِ aš-šuffayayni
Genitive	أَشَفَّيْنِ ʔašaffayni	الْأَشَفَّيْنِ al-ʔašaffayni	شُفَّيَيْنِ šuffayayni	الشُّفَّيَيْنِ aš-šuffayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَشَافّ ʔašāff	الْأَشَافّ al-ʔašāff	شُفَّيَات šuffayāt	الشُّفَّيَات aš-šuffayāt
Nominative	أَشَافُّ ʔašāffu	الْأَشَافُّ al-ʔašāffu	شُفَّيَاتٌ šuffayātun	الشُّفَّيَاتُ aš-šuffayātu
Accusative	أَشَافَّ ʔašāffa	الْأَشَافَّ al-ʔašāffa	شُفَّيَاتٍ šuffayātin	الشُّفَّيَاتِ aš-šuffayāti
Genitive	أَشَافَّ ʔašāffa	الْأَشَافِّ al-ʔašāffi	شُفَّيَاتٍ šuffayātin	الشُّفَّيَاتِ aš-šuffayāti

Synonyms

• أَزْيَد (ʔazyad)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “شف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate