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و-ص-ف
The Arabic root و-ص-ف (w-s-f)
Form I verb وَصَفَ: to describe
10 words in the dictionary are built from و-ص-ف, including verbs in Forms I, II, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
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Noun
صِفَة
quality
Noun
مُسْتَوْصَف
clinic
Verb · Form II
وَصَّفَ
to be describable
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
to describe, to depict; to prescribe (medicine, treatment)
وَصَّفَ
· present يُوَصِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to be describable
تَوْصِيف
مُوَصِّف
مُوَصَّف
اِتَّصَفَ
· present يَتَّصِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to be characterized or described by
اِتِّصَاف
مُتَّصِف
مُتَّصَف
Other nouns and adjectives
مُسْتَوْصَف
clinic
وَصْفِيّ
descriptive
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