نفيس
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ن ف س (n f s) |
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Etymology
[edit]فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb نَفُسَ (nafusa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]نَفِيس • (nafīs) (feminine نَفِيسَة (nafīsa), common plural نِفَاس (nifās), elative أَنْفَس (ʔanfas))
- precious, costly, valuable, good
- قَدَّمْتُ لَهَا هَدِيَّةً نَفِيسَةً فِي عِيدِ مِيلَادِهَا.
- qaddamtu lahā hadiyyatan nafīsatan fī ʕīdi mīlādihā.
- I gave her a precious gift on her birthday.
Declension
[edit]Declension of adjective نَفِيس (nafīs)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | نَفِيس nafīs |
النَّفِيس an-nafīs |
نَفِيسَة nafīsa |
النَّفِيسَة an-nafīsa |
Nominative | نَفِيسٌ nafīsun |
النَّفِيسُ an-nafīsu |
نَفِيسَةٌ nafīsatun |
النَّفِيسَةُ an-nafīsatu |
Accusative | نَفِيسًا nafīsan |
النَّفِيسَ an-nafīsa |
نَفِيسَةً nafīsatan |
النَّفِيسَةَ an-nafīsata |
Genitive | نَفِيسٍ nafīsin |
النَّفِيسِ an-nafīsi |
نَفِيسَةٍ nafīsatin |
النَّفِيسَةِ an-nafīsati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | نَفِيسَيْن nafīsayn |
النَّفِيسَيْن an-nafīsayn |
نَفِيسَتَيْن nafīsatayn |
النَّفِيسَتَيْن an-nafīsatayn |
Nominative | نَفِيسَانِ nafīsāni |
النَّفِيسَانِ an-nafīsāni |
نَفِيسَتَانِ nafīsatāni |
النَّفِيسَتَانِ an-nafīsatāni |
Accusative | نَفِيسَيْنِ nafīsayni |
النَّفِيسَيْنِ an-nafīsayni |
نَفِيسَتَيْنِ nafīsatayni |
النَّفِيسَتَيْنِ an-nafīsatayni |
Genitive | نَفِيسَيْنِ nafīsayni |
النَّفِيسَيْنِ an-nafīsayni |
نَفِيسَتَيْنِ nafīsatayni |
النَّفِيسَتَيْنِ an-nafīsatayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
basic broken plural triptote | basic broken plural triptote | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | نِفَاس nifās |
النِّفَاس an-nifās |
نِفَاس nifās |
النِّفَاس an-nifās |
Nominative | نِفَاسٌ nifāsun |
النِّفَاسُ an-nifāsu |
نِفَاسٌ nifāsun |
النِّفَاسُ an-nifāsu |
Accusative | نِفَاسًا nifāsan |
النِّفَاسَ an-nifāsa |
نِفَاسًا nifāsan |
النِّفَاسَ an-nifāsa |
Genitive | نِفَاسٍ nifāsin |
النِّفَاسِ an-nifāsi |
نِفَاسٍ nifāsin |
النِّفَاسِ an-nifāsi |
Descendants
[edit]- → Azerbaijani: nəfis
- → Bengali: নফিস (nophiś), নাফিস (naphiś)
- → Ottoman Turkish: نفیس (nefis)
- > Turkish: nefis (inherited)
- → Uyghur: نەپىس (nepis)
- → Uzbek: nafis
References
[edit]- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نفيس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
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