غفر

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ف ر (ḡ f r)
11 terms

Pronunciation 1

Verb

غَفَرَ (ḡafara) I (non-past يَغْفِرُ (yaḡfiru), verbal noun غَفْر (ḡafr) or مَغْفِرَة (maḡfira) or غُفْرَان (ḡufrān))

  1. to forgive, to excuse, to pardon
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:193:
      رَّبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلْإِيمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا ۚ رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ
      rrabbanā ʔinnanā samiʕnā munādiyan yunādī lilʔīmāni ʔan ʔāminū birabbikum faʔāmannā rabbanā fāḡfir lanā ḏunūbanā wakaffir ʕannā sayyiʔātinā watawaffanā maʕa l-ʔabrāri
      Our Lord! we have heard a caller calling us to faith “Believe in your Lord!” - and we have believed. Our Lord! forgive us for our sins, and wipe out from our our bad deeds, and completed alongside the steadfast.
Conjugation

Verb

غَفَرَ (ḡafara) I (non-past يَغْفِرُ (yaḡfiru), verbal noun غَفْر (ḡafr))

  1. to cover
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

Verb

غَفَّرَ (ḡaffara) II (non-past يُغَفِّرُ (yuḡaffiru), verbal noun تَغْفِير (taḡfīr))

  1. to wear a surplice
  2. to guard, cover
  3. to pardon, forgive
  4. to attach an indulgence (to a Rosary)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

غَفْر (ḡafrm

  1. verbal noun of غَفَرَ (ḡafara) (form I)
Declension