وصف

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ص ف (w ṣ f)
8 terms

Verb

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

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

Verb

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

Etymology 2

Noun

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
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: وصف (vasf)
References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَصْف (waṣf).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

وصف (vasf) (plural اوصاف (owsâf))

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

Further reading

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ص ف
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic وَصَفَ (waṣafa).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

وصف (waṣaf) I (present بوصف (būṣef))

  1. to describe
  2. to prescribe

Conjugation

    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)