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س-ف-ل

The Arabic root س-ف-ل (s-f-l)

8 words in the dictionary are built from س-ف-ل, including verbs in Form VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Adjective
elative degree of سَافِل
Adjective
low
Noun
سَافِل
contemptible person
Noun
أَسْفَل
lower part

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

اِسْتَفَلَ · present يَسْتَفِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to be or become base, vile, ignoble, mean

اِسْتِفَال
Verbal noun
مُسْتَفِل
Active participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Adjective
elative degree of سَافِل
Adjective
low
سَافِل
Noun
contemptible person
أَسْفَل
Noun
lower part
سَفَالَة
Noun
depravity
سَفِيل
Adjective
despicable
سَفِيل
Noun
lowlife

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