قفر

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Arabic

Root
ق ف ر (q f r)
1 term

Etymology 1.1

Verb

قَفَرَ (qafara) I (non-past يَقْفُرُ (yaqfuru), verbal noun قَفْر (qafr))

  1. to trace, to track
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Noun

قَفْر (qafrm

  1. verbal noun of قَفَرَ (qafara) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 2.1

Verb

قَفِرَ (qafira) I (non-past يَقْفَرُ (yaqfaru), verbal noun قَفَر (qafar))

  1. to become scarce (of money, food or resources)
  2. to become thin (of hair, flesh, etc.)
Conjugation

Etymology 2.2

Verb

قَفُرَ (qafura) I (non-past يَقْفُرُ (yaqfuru), verbal noun قَفَارَة (qafāra))

  1. to be desolate, to be forsaken
  2. to be deserted, to be barren
Conjugation

Etymology 2.3

Adjective

قَفْر (qafr) (feminine قَفْرَة (qafra), masculine plural قِفَار (qifār))

  1. desolate, forsaken
    الأَرْضُ القَفْرُ
    al-ʔarḍu al-qafru
    The desolate land.
  2. barren
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2.4

Noun

قَفَر (qafarm

  1. verbal noun of قَفِرَ (qafira, to be scarce, to be thin) (form I)
Declension