واصف

Arabic

Root
و ص ف (w ṣ f)
8 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of وَصَفَ (waṣafa, “to describe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waː.sˤif/

Adjective

وَاصِف • (wāṣif)

1. one who describes, describing, depicting
   • (Can we date this quote?), Al-Mutanabbi, “حرف اللام”, in ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي, section 186:

     وَصَفْتَ لَنَا وَلَمْ نَرَهُ سِلَاحًا / كَأَنَّكَ وَاصِفٌ وَقْتَ النِّزَالِ

     waṣafta lanā walam narahu silāḥan / kaʔannaka wāṣifun waqta n-nizāli

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of adjective وَاصِف (wāṣif)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	وَاصِف wāṣif	الْوَاصِف al-wāṣif	وَاصِفَة wāṣifa	الْوَاصِفَة al-wāṣifa
Nominative	وَاصِفٌ wāṣifun	الْوَاصِفُ al-wāṣifu	وَاصِفَةٌ wāṣifatun	الْوَاصِفَةُ al-wāṣifatu
Accusative	وَاصِفًا wāṣifan	الْوَاصِفَ al-wāṣifa	وَاصِفَةً wāṣifatan	الْوَاصِفَةَ al-wāṣifata
Genitive	وَاصِفٍ wāṣifin	الْوَاصِفِ al-wāṣifi	وَاصِفَةٍ wāṣifatin	الْوَاصِفَةِ al-wāṣifati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	وَاصِفَيْن wāṣifayn	الْوَاصِفَيْن al-wāṣifayn	وَاصِفَتَيْن wāṣifatayn	الْوَاصِفَتَيْن al-wāṣifatayn
Nominative	وَاصِفَانِ wāṣifāni	الْوَاصِفَانِ al-wāṣifāni	وَاصِفَتَانِ wāṣifatāni	الْوَاصِفَتَانِ al-wāṣifatāni
Accusative	وَاصِفَيْنِ wāṣifayni	الْوَاصِفَيْنِ al-wāṣifayni	وَاصِفَتَيْنِ wāṣifatayni	الْوَاصِفَتَيْنِ al-wāṣifatayni
Genitive	وَاصِفَيْنِ wāṣifayni	الْوَاصِفَيْنِ al-wāṣifayni	وَاصِفَتَيْنِ wāṣifatayni	الْوَاصِفَتَيْنِ al-wāṣifatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	وَاصِفَات wāṣifāt	الْوَاصِفَات al-wāṣifāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	وَاصِفَاتٌ wāṣifātun	الْوَاصِفَاتُ al-wāṣifātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	وَاصِفَاتٍ wāṣifātin	الْوَاصِفَاتِ al-wāṣifāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	وَاصِفَاتٍ wāṣifātin	الْوَاصِفَاتِ al-wāṣifāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: واصف (vasıf)

Proper noun

وَاصِف • (wāṣif) m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: واصف (Vasıf)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَاصِف (wāṣif), active participle of وَصَفَ (waṣafa).

Noun

واصف • (vasıf)

1. description
2. eulogy; praise

Proper noun

واصف • (Vasıf)

1. a male given name from Arabic

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “vâsıf”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1368
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “واصف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1300
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “واصف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2123
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN