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تنافس

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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تَنَافَسَ (tanāfasa) VI (non-past يَتَنَافَسُ (yatanāfasu), verbal noun تَنَافُس (tanāfus))

  1. (reciprocal, intransitive) to compete, to contend, to vie [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘for something’ or فِي () ‘in something’]
    تَنَافَسُوا عَلَى ٱلْجَائِزَةِ.
    tanāfasū ʕalā l-jāʔizati.
    They competed for the prize.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 83:25-26:
      يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَحِيقٍ مَخْتُومٍ خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ
      yusqawna min raḥīqin maḵtūmin ḵitāmuhu miskun wafī ḏālika falyatanāfasi l-mutanāfisūna
      They will be given a drink of sealed, pure wine, whose last sip will smell like musk. So let whoever aspires to this strive ˹diligently˺.
Conjugation
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Noun

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تَنَافُس (tanāfusm

  1. verbal noun of تَنَافَسَ (tanāfasa) (form VI)
  2. competition
    التَنَافُسُ قُوَّةٌ دَافِعَةٌ تَحْفَّزُ الأَفْرَادَ عَلَى تَحْقِيقِ أَهْدَافِهِمْ وَتَطْوِيرِ مَهَارَاتِهِمْ.
    at-tanāfusu quwwatun dāfiʕatun taḥffazu l-ʔafrāda ʕalā taḥqīqi ʔahdāfihim wataṭwīri mahārātihim.
    Competition is a motivating force that encourages individuals to achieve their goals and develop their skills.
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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تنافس (form III)

  1. تُنَافِسُ (tunāfisu) /tu.naː.fi.su/: inflection of نَافَسَ (nāfasa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  2. تُنَافَسُ (tunāfasu) /tu.naː.fa.su/: inflection of نَافَسَ (nāfasa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
  3. تُنَافِسَ (tunāfisa) /tu.naː.fi.sa/: inflection of نَافَسَ (nāfasa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
  4. تُنَافَسَ (tunāfasa) /tu.naː.fa.sa/: inflection of نَافَسَ (nāfasa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
  5. تُنَافِسْ (tunāfis) /tu.naː.fis/: inflection of نَافَسَ (nāfasa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
  6. تُنَافَسْ (tunāfas) /tu.naː.fas/: inflection of نَافَسَ (nāfasa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive