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أوفى

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See also: أوقى and أوفي

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
و ف ي (w f y)
13 terms

Compare وَفَى (wafā, to fulfill).

Verb

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أَوْفَى (ʔawfā) IV (non-past يُوفِي (yūfī), verbal noun إِيفَاء (ʔīfāʔ))

  1. to pay in full [with accusative ‘an amount’ and accusative ‘to someone’]
  2. to fulfill, to keep [with accusative or بِ (bi) ‘a promise, etc.’]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 76:07:
      يُوفُونَ بِالنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُ مُسْتَطِيرًا
      yūfūna bi-n-naḏri wayaḵāfūna yawman kāna šarruhu mustaṭīran
      They fulfil their vows and fear a Day where evil will abound.
  3. to achieve, to carry out [fully]] [with بِ (bi) ‘a purpose’]
  4. to approach [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone/something’]
  5. to look down on, to overlook, to tower over [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’]
  6. to complete, to live [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘a specified number of years’]
Conjugation
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References
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  • Mace, John (2007) “أوفى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

Etymology 2

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Verb

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أُوَفَّى (ʔuwaffā) (form II) /ʔu.waf.faː/

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive of وَفَّى (waffā)