ع ف و
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[edit]Root
[edit]ع ف و • (ʕ-f-w)
- related to forgiveness
Derived terms
[edit]- Verbs and verbal derivatives
- Form I: عَفَا (ʕafā, “to obliterate, to eliminate the past mistakes, to forgive, to excuse, to desist”)
- Form III: عَافَى (ʕāfā, “to heal (someone)”)
- Form IV: أَعْفَى (ʔaʕfā, “to exempt”)
- Form X: اِسْتَعْفَى (istaʕfā, “to request a pardon; to resign”)
- Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْفَاء (istiʕfāʔ)
- Active participle: مُسْتَعْفٍ (mustaʕfin)
- Passive participle: مُسْتَعْفًى (mustaʕfan)
- Nouns
- عَافِيَة (ʕāfiya)
References
[edit]- Wehr, Hans (1960) “ع ف و”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz