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وصف

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
و ص ف (w ṣ f)
8 terms

Verb

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وَصَفَ (waṣafa) I (non-past يَصِفُ (yaṣifu), verbal noun وَصْف (waṣf) or صِفَة (ṣifa))

  1. to describe, to depict
  2. to prescribe
Conjugation
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Verb

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وَصَّفَ (waṣṣafa) II (non-past يُوَصِّفُ (yuwaṣṣifu), verbal noun تَوْصِيف (tawṣīf))

  1. to be describable
    • 2013, هدى بركات, سيّدي وحبيبي, →ISBN, page 1:
      احببته حباً لا يوصف
      "I loved him with an indescribable love."
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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وَصْف (waṣfm (plural أَوْصَاف (ʔawṣāf))

  1. verbal noun of وَصَفَ (waṣafa) (form I)
  2. description
  3. praise, eulogy
  4. quality
  5. laudatory epithet
  6. virtue, merit
  7. (grammar) adjective
    • 1998, “العدوان”, in نضرة النعيم في مكارم أخلاق الرسول الكريم, page 4955:
      والعدوّ: ضدّ الوليّ، وقيل ضدّ الصّديق، والجمع الأعداء، وهو وصف ولكنّه ضارع الاسم.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  8. prescription
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Ottoman Turkish: وصف (vasf)
References
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic وَصْف (waṣf).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? wasf
Dari reading? wasf
Iranian reading? vasf
Tajik reading? vasf

Noun

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وصف (vasf) (plural اوصاف (owsâf))

  1. description
  2. characteristic, quality
  3. (grammar) adjective

Further reading

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “وصف”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
و ص ف
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic وَصَفَ (waṣafa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wa.sˤaf/, [ˈwɑ.sˤɑf]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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وصف (waṣaf) I (present بوصف (būṣef))

  1. to describe
  2. to prescribe

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of وصف (waṣaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m وصفت (waṣaft) وصفت (waṣaft) وصف (waṣaf) وصفنا (waṣafna) وصفتو (waṣaftu) وصفو (waṣafu)
f وصفتي (waṣafti) وصفت (waṣfat)
present m بوصف (bawṣif) بتوصف (btūṣif) بوصف (būṣif) منوصف (mnūṣif) بتوصفو (btūṣifu) بيوصفو (būṣifu)
f بتوصفي (btūṣifi) بتوصف (btūṣif)
subjunctive m اوصف (awṣif) توصف (tūṣif) يوصف (yūṣif) نوصف (nūṣif) توصفو (tūṣifu) يوصفو (yūṣifu)
f توصفي (tūṣifi) توصف (tūṣif)
imperative m اوصف (iwṣif) اوصفو (iwṣifu)
f اوصفي (iwṣifi)