توفى

Compare وَفَى (wafā, “to fulfill”), وَفَاة (wafāh, “death”).

• IPA^(key): /ta.waf.faː/

تَوَفَّى • (tawaffā) V (non-past يَتَوَفَّى (yatawaffā), verbal noun تَوَفٍّ (tawaffin))

1. (transitive) to receive in full
2. (transitive) to take the life of
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:126:

     وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّاۤ إِلَّاۤ أَنۡ ءَامَنَّا بِـَٔایَـٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَاۤءَتۡنَاۚ رَبَّنَاۤ أَفۡرِغۡ عَلَیۡنَا صَبۡرࣰا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسۡلِمِینَ

     "And thou dost not take revenge from us save that we believed in the Signs of our LORD when they came to us. Our LORD! shower us with perseverance, and cause us to die submitting to Thyself as Muslims!"

3. (intransitive, uncommon) to die

• تُوُفِّيَ (tuwuffiya, “to die”)

• Mace, John (2007) “توفى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN

تُوَفَّى • (tuwaffā) (form II) /tu.waf.faː/

1. inflection of وَفَّى (waffā):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive

تُوفَى • (tūfā) (form IV) /tuː.faː/

1. inflection of أَوْفَى (ʔawfā):
   1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative/subjunctive

From Arabic تَوَفَّى (tawaffā).

• IPA^(key): /twaf.fa/,

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توفّى • (twaffa) V (present بتوفّى (bitwaffa))

1. to die, to pass away

   Synonym: مات (māt)