عفا

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Arabic

Root
ع ف و (ʕ f w)
11 terms

Verb

عَفَا (ʕafā) I (non-past يَعْفُو (yaʕfū), verbal noun عَفْو (ʕafw))

  1. to obliterate, to eliminate the past mistakes
  2. to pardon (عَن (ʕan))
  3. to excuse
  4. to desist

Conjugation

References

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

Verb

عَفَا (ʕafā) I (non-past يَعْفُو (yaʕfū), verbal noun عَفْو (ʕafw) or عَفَاء (ʕafāʔ))

  1. obliterated, to be cleared, to be amnestied

Conjugation

References

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