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قصف

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Arabic

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Root
ق ص ف (q ṣ f)
2 terms

Etymology 1.1

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قَصَفَ (qaṣafa) I (non-past يَقْصِفُ (yaqṣifu), verbal noun قَصْف (qaṣf))

  1. (transitive) to break, shatter, smash
  2. (transitive) to beset, harass, oppress
  3. (intransitive) to thunder, roar (especially of cannon); to roll, rumble, grumble, peal (of thunder)
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Etymology 1.2

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قَصِفَ (qaṣifa) I (non-past يَقْصَفُ (yaqṣafu), verbal noun قَصَف (qaṣaf))

  1. (intransitive) to break
  2. (intransitive) to be frail, delicate, brittle, fragile
  3. (intransitive) to be pliable, to be soft and weak (of a stick)
  4. (intransitive) to bend from its own weight (of a plant)
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Etymology 1.3

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قَصْف (qaṣfm

  1. thunder, roar (of cannon)
  2. bombardment, shelling, bombing
    • 2017 December 15, “صور – 4 شهداء في الضفة الغربية وقطاع غزة”, in Al-Quds[1], archived from the original on 15 December 2017:
      ويعاني أبو ثريا من بتر في القدمين إثر قصف إسرائيلي عام 2008، إلا أنّ ذلك لم يمنعه من المشاركة في المواجهات على الحدود.
      Abu Thuriya suffers a mutilation of the feet following an Israeli bombardment in the year 2008, but this has not held him off in taking his part in action at the borders.
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Etymology 1.4

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Adjective

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قَصِف (qaṣif)

  1. fragile
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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قصف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2.1

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قَصَفَ (qaṣafa) I (non-past يَقْصُفُ (yaqṣufu), verbal noun قَصْف (qaṣf) or قُصُوف (quṣūf))

  1. (intransitive) to feast, revel, carouse
  2. (intransitive) to lead a life of opulence
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Etymology 2.2

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قَصْف (qaṣfm

  1. revelry, carousal
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Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ق ص ف
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Etymology 1

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From Arabic قَصَفَ (qaṣafa).

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قصف (gaṣaf) I (non-past يِقْصِف (yigṣif))

  1. to bombard, to shell, to bomb
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    Conjugation of قصف (gaṣaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قصفت (gaṣaft) قصفت (gaṣaft) قصف (gaṣaf) قصفنا (gaṣafna) قصفتوا (gaṣaftu) قصفوا (gaṣafu)
f قصفتي (gaṣafti) قصفت (gaṣafat)
non-past m أقصف (ʔagṣif) تقصف (tigṣif) يقصف (yigṣif) نقصف (nigṣif) تقصفوا (tigṣifu) يقصفوا (yigṣifu)
f تقصفي (tigṣifi) تقصف (tigṣif)
imperative m اقصف (agṣif) اقصفوا (agṣifu)
f اقصفي (agṣifi)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic قَصَّفَ (qaṣṣafa).

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قصف (gaṣṣaf) II (non-past يِقَصِّف (yigaṣṣif))

  1. to cause breakage
  2. to be frail, delicate, brittle, fragile
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    Conjugation of قصف (gaṣṣaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قصفت (gaṣṣaft) قصفت (gaṣṣaft) قصف (gaṣṣaf) قصفنا (gaṣṣafna) قصفتوا (gaṣṣaftu) قصفوا (gaṣṣafu)
f قصفتي (gaṣṣafti) قصفت (gaṣṣafat)
non-past m أقصف (ʔagaṣṣif) تقصف (tigaṣṣif) يقصف (yigaṣṣif) نقصف (nigaṣṣif) تقصفوا (tigaṣṣifu) يقصفوا (yigaṣṣifu)
f تقصفي (tigaṣṣifi) تقصف (tigaṣṣif)
imperative m قصف (gaṣṣif) قصفوا (gaṣṣifu)
f قصفي (gaṣṣifi)

Etymology 3

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From Arabic قَصْف (qaṣf).

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Noun

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قصف (gaṣfm

  1. thunder, roar (of cannon)
  2. bombardment, shelling, bombing

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic قَصَفَ (qaṣafa).

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Verb

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قصف (qaṣaf)

  1. to bombard, to shell, to bomb

Etymology 2

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From Arabic قَصْف (qaṣf).

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Noun

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قصف (qáṣefm

  1. bombing, shelling, bombardment