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استوفى

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
و ف ي (w f y)
13 terms

Compare وَفَى (wafā, to fulfill).

Verb

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اِسْتَوْفَى (istawfā) X (non-past يَسْتَوْفِي (yastawfī), verbal noun اِسْتِيفَاء (istīfāʔ)) (transitive)

  1. to fulfill (a condition)
  2. to pay fully [with accusative ‘something’ and لِ (li) ‘to someone’]
  3. to receive in full
  4. to complete, to see through
  5. to sit through, to hear to the end (a performance, etc.)
  6. to treat exhaustively, to present at length (a topic)

Conjugation

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References

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  • Mace, John (2007) “استوفى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN